Nutrition Informatics Competencies across All Levels of Practice: A National Delphi Study

Ayres, Elaine J.; Greer-Carney, Janet Lea; McShane, Phyllis E. Fatzinger; Miller, Amy; Turner, Peggy

doi:10.1016/j.jand.2012.09.025

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“…Training and educational programmes will be instrumental in overcoming the top three reported barriers of training, technology and employer issues, ensuring dietitians are equipped with the fundamental technology and information management skills to be involved and make informed decisions. 11 Initiatives to provide dietitians with the confidence and HIT skills to be proactive and pursue involvement will be the key to the future success of dietetic-related technological developments and implementations. This participation ensures that technology solutions reflect the standards and processes required by dietetic practice.…”

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“…The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy) has led international efforts in defining and developing the field of nutrition informatics. The Academy Nutrition Informatics Committee was founded in 2007 and has initiated numerous projects, including: a nutrition informatics web page and blog, collaborative relationships with global organisations (such as Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation and Health Level Seven International) and created nutrition informatics competencies across all areas of dietetic practice . The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA), following the Academy lead, has established a health informatics advisory committee, a health informatics continuing professional development working party and a nutrition informatics interest group to support resource development, continuing professional development and advocacy for nutrition informatics in Australia.…”

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Uptake of nutrition informatics in Australia compared with the USA

Maunder

Walton

Williams

et al. 2015

Nutrition & Dietetics

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Aim To determine the method and extent of health information technology (HIT) utilisation, roles in relation to HIT in the workplace and perceived barriers and benefits of HIT by dietitians in Australia and provide a comparison with dietitians in the USA. Methods A survey adapted from the 2011 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy) was utilised and circulated electronically to Dietitians Association of Australia members and advertised through a professional nutrition website in 2013. The survey encompassed 25 questions on computer access and use, data sources, experience using HIT, organisational involvement and perceived barriers and benefits to HIT. Descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, chi-square tests and z-tests were computed to investigate and compare responses from the 2013 Australian and 2011 Academy surveys. Results The survey completion rate represented 14.5% of Dietitians Association of Australia members (747) and 5% of Academy members (3342). The Australian and Academy respondents reported similar high levels of comfort using technology, awareness of workplace HIT benefits (such as enhanced time management and improved ability to access data) and low levels of organisational involvement. However, there were a significantly greater number of Academy organisations utilising electronic health records (P < 0.05), and significantly more Academy respondents (55%) reported 'no barriers' to using HIT compared with Australians (37%) (P < 0.05). Conclusions Educational programmes will be central to ensuring dietitians are equipped with technology and information management skills required to be involved in and make informed decisions about dietetic-related HIT projects as these will soon be fundamental to dietetic practice. Disciplines Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences Results:The survey completion rate represented 14.5% of Dietitians Association of Australia members (747) and 5% of Academy members (3,342). The Australian and Academy respondents reported similar high levels of comfort using technology, awareness of workplace HIT benefits (such as enhanced time management and improved ability to access data) and low levels of organisational involvement. However, there were a significantly greater number of Academy organisations utilising Electronic Health Records (p<0.05), and significantly more Academy respondents (55%) reported 'no barriers' to using HIT compared to Australians (37%) (p<0.05).The article was originally published as:Maunder, K., Walton, K., Williams, P., Ferguson, M., Beck, E., Ayres, E. & Hoggle, L. (2015). Uptake of nutrition informatics in Australia compared with the USA. Nutrition and Dietetics, 72 (3),[291][292][293][294][295][296][297][298] 2 Conclusions: Educational programs will be central to ensuring dietitians are equipped with technology and information management skills required to be involved in and make informed decisions about dietetic-related HIT projects as these will soon be fundamental to dietetic practice.

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Uptake of nutrition informatics in Australia compared with the USA

Maunder

Walton

Williams

et al. 2015

Nutrition & Dietetics

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“…The Delphi technique uses a survey to gather anonymous and diverse opinions from experts who participate in a series of rounds of the survey with the aim of gaining consensus of opinion . It is useful in gaining data across diverse geographical locations and has been used to gain consensus on competencies related to nutrition practice . Ethics approval was obtained from the relevant human research ethics committees (approval numbers: 2011001765, 2012000036 and 1200000001).…”

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“…15 It is useful in gaining data across diverse geographical locations and has been used to gain consensus on competencies related to nutrition practice. 20,21 Ethics approval was obtained from the relevant human research ethics committees (approval numbers: 2011001765, 2012000036 and 1200000001).…”

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Are dietetics educators' attitudes to assessment a barrier to expanding placement opportunities? Results of a Delphi study

Palermo

Capra

Beck

et al. 2015

Nutrition & Dietetics

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Aim: Assessment of entry-level health professionals is complex, especially in the work-based setting, placing additional pressures on these learning environments. The present study aims to gain understanding and ideally consensus regarding the setting for assessment of all elements of competence for entry-level dietitians across Australia. Methods: Seventy-five experienced academic and practitioner assessors were invited to participate in an online Delphi survey. The 166 entry-level performance criteria of the competency standards for dietitians formed the basis of the questions in the survey, with rating on which ones could be assessed in the practice setting, those which could be assessed in a classroom/university setting and which could be assessed in either setting. Forty-three of 75 invited assessors responded to the first round of the Delphi. A second modified survey was sent to the 43 participants with 34 responding. Results: Consensus was achieved for the assessment setting for 86 (52%) of the performance criteria after two rounds of surveying. The majority of these performance criteria achieved consensus at round one (n = 44) and were deemed to be best assessed in the practice setting (n = 55). This study highlighted the perspectives of assessors and their preference for the work-based setting for assessment. Conclusions: To reduce the focus on work-based settings as the only place for competence-based assessment of health professionals, there is a need to support individual and organisational change through challenging existing norms around assessment.

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“…The increasing and growing burden of obesity related cardiometabolic diseases and nutrition related deficiencies, calls for paradigm shift viewing the importance of smart technologies and devices as a game changer. Tackling the nutritional deficiencies and related consequences on growth, development, education, work, health and economic are considerably enormous in LMICs and specially in Africa (Allison et al, 2015;Ayres et al, 2012). Smart wearable sensors detection and therapeutic are used in exploring from personalized to community-based nutritional approach to prevention and treatment of chronic nutritional and related disease and improving existing conventional and complementary nutrition therapies in relation to lifestyle, biochemical and genetics of individual/community and environmental influences (Allison et al, 2015;Popkin, 2014).…”

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Wearable nutrition and dietetics technology on health nutrition paradigm shift in low and middle income countries

Tambo¹,

Ngogang²

2018

Int. J. Nutr. Metab.

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Real-time, effective and affordable nutrition and dietetics wearable technology and sensors are emerging field with immense opportunities and benefits to the global nutrition challenge. As a powerful public health nutrition game changer, it requires more research and development support in tackling food security and nutrition safety challenges and evidence in local and global priorities needs worldwide. Such revolution real time, home, work and hospital-based rapid, accurate and cost-effective self-detection and diagnosis of direct or indirect causes or diet deficiency or excess are much needed for generating evidence-based information and knowledge for individual and vulnerable group nutritional and dietary mitigation and lifestyle adaptation through wearable sensors and technology. Importantly, they foster national decision making nutrition policy and guidelines, programs and interventions can best practices in self-management, healthier lifestyle and increasing life expectancy, productivity and wellness. However, urgent political commitment and financial investment is needed in building and sustaining dietary and nutrition wearable and implantable technologies and devices of research and development. These can enhance evidence-based, coherent and coordinated nutrition and dietary programs and strategies to a targeted group or illness, vital in addressing malnutrition and under-nutrition public health burden amongst African children. Moreover, enhancing balanced dietary and nutrition promotion and awareness, education and best practices culture in improving sustained lifestyle adaptations in people living with HIV (PLWHIV) and diabetes or overweight or stroke patients. Diseases, building wearable consumers' health and fitness prognosis, prospective digital nutrition, dietetic data and database or nutrition informatics platforms. These provide a paradigm shift in engaging participatory communication amongst public consumers, dietetic and nutritionist professionals in improving quality interventions, management and outcomes. Furthermore, fostering and sustaining new ideas and solutions including the quest for food and nutrition enlightenment, knowledge and resilience. However, assessment and understanding of nutritional and dietary needs, and potential opportunities in functional health benefits and resource development in personalized accessibility and availability of needed resources to encourage positive behavior, diet and nutrition changes is needed in monitoring current and future healthy generations.

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Nutrition Informatics Competencies across All Levels of Practice: A National Delphi Study

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

Uptake of nutrition informatics in Australia compared with the USA

Uptake of nutrition informatics in Australia compared with the USA

Are dietetics educators' attitudes to assessment a barrier to expanding placement opportunities? Results of a Delphi study

Wearable nutrition and dietetics technology on health nutrition paradigm shift in low and middle income countries

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