How practice meets guidelines: Evaluation of nutrition counselling in Finnish well‐women and well‐baby clinics

Abstract

This study calls for co-operation between scientists, governmental policy makers and healthcare professionals to ensure a continuous chain of information, applicable to nutrition counselling, from scientific data to everyday practice.

Nutrition education and counselling practices in mother and child health clinics: study amongst nurses

“…Respondents were asked either to agree or to disagree with the pertinent claims. Recommendations on breastfeeding, prevention and management of food allergy and use of vitamin D supplements were taken as representative examples of counselling issues commonly faced in health clinics (Huurre et al. 2006).…”

“…We suggest here that this could include an increase in dietetic services, which were here found to be lacking in most health clinics, and in in‐service training in both nutrition knowledge and counselling skills. Nurses fulfil an important task in preventive care, which is appreciated by the clientele (Huurre et al. 2006).…”

“…Controversy also prevails as to preventive tools for allergy, a common chronic disease amongst children. In Finland, an elimination diet is not recommended for allergy prevention, although previous studies have shown that about half of nurses advocate it (Huurre et al. 2006).…”

“…These sources were felt to be the most useful. Use of the internet as an information source has notably increased over recent years (Huurre et al. 2006), this making it possible to pursue studies independent of time and place (Horiuchi et al.…”

“…2010). Importantly, the clinics have been shown to be the prime source of nutrition information for families, personal counselling being particularly appreciated (Huurre et al. 2006).…”