A review of primary healthcare practitioners' views about nutrition: implications for medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to review literature that reports on the perspectives and opinions of Australian and New Zealand primary healthcare practitioners on their role in nutrition counselling of their patients.

Methods

A systematic search of relevant articles reporting on attitudes towards nutrition counselling by Australian and New Zealand doctors/physicians, nurses including midwives, pharmacists and dentists was conducted. The search included literature from the past ten years until March 2021 and identified 21 relevant papers, with most of the studies including medical practitioners and nurses.

Results

Three main themes were identified from qualitative and quantitative data, which included education and training, practitioner experiences and challenges. Consi

SUBMITTER: Carter C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9902177 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature