Promotion of physical activity by Canadian Registered Dietitians in daily practice

Abstract

Despite a relatively modest response rate, there were clear suggestions that RDs in Alberta, Canada promote PA in daily practice and attending a workshop designed to facilitate the use of specific tools and strategies for promoting PA in daily practice resulted in increased referral of their clients to exercise specialists.

Systematic review of knowledge translation strategies in the allied health professions

“…Fifteen studies investigated a single KT intervention (pharmacy n = 5, physiotherapy n = 2, occupational therapy n = 4, dietetics n = 3, speech-language pathology n = 2) [46,50,51,53,54,59,60,63,64,67-69,71,75,76]. Seventeen studies examined multiple KT interventions (pharmacy n = 7, physiotherapy n = 9, occupational therapy n = 2) [45,47-49,52,55-58,61,62,65,66,70,72-74].…”

“…Seventeen studies examined multiple KT interventions (pharmacy n = 7, physiotherapy n = 9, occupational therapy n = 2) [45,47-49,52,55-58,61,62,65,66,70,72-74]. Following the EPOC classification scheme, the predominant single KT intervention was educational meetings (n = 11) [46,51,53,54,59,63,64,69,71,75,76], followed by educational materials (n = 2) [50,67], educational outreach visits (n = 1) [68], and a financial intervention (n = 1) [60]. The studies employing multiple interventions all contained at least one education-related component.…”

“…When the KT interventions were examined by profession, educational meetings were used most often in dietetics (n = 3; 100% of dietetics studies) [46,53,63]; occupational therapy (n = 3; 50% of occupational therapy studies) [59,75,76]; pharmacy (n = 3; 25% of pharmacy studies) [51,54,69]. Pharmacy studies employed the widest range of interventions, including multiple interventions (n = 7; 58%) [45,49,55-58,62,65], educational meetings (n = 2; 16%) [54,69], educational material (n = 1; 8%) [50], and financial intervention (n = 1; 8%) [60].…”

“…, professional/process outcomes, patient outcomes, and economic outcomes). Of the 32 included studies, the primary outcomes were professional/process outcomes (n = 25) [46,47,49-59,63-68,70,71,73-76], patient outcomes (n = 4) [48,60,62,72], and economic outcomes (n = 2) [61,69]. One study identified both professional/process and patient outcomes as primary outcomes ( e.g.…”

“…The studies using educational meetings as the single KT intervention used professional/process outcomes (n = 10) [46,51,53,54,59,63,64,71,75,76] and economic outcomes (n = 1) [69]. …”