The construction of scientific knowledge in Food and Nutrition: Analysis of dissertations and theses in the Brazilian post-graduation programs in Nutrition

Vasconcelos, Francisco de Assis Guedes de

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“…Despite its considerable importance, the knowledge of food nutrition practices is still limited at the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS, Unified Health System), especially regarding the evaluation of nutritional care of overweight adults [20][21][22]. Therefore, this study aims to describe and evaluate the food and nutrition actions carried out with overweight adults in Primary and Secondary Care services in the city of Santos (SP).…”

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Evaluation of nutritional care of overweight adults from the perspective of comprehensive health care

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Objective: Describe and evaluate the nutritional care provided for overweight adults by the Primary and Secondary Health Care services of Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: This study was carried out between 2013 and 2015 integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches; it was divided into two phases: (1) characterization and (2) evaluation. In phase 1, a census of Primary Health Care Units (n=28) and Secondary Health Care Units (n=4) was conducted using interviews with health service managers and/or health professionals. Data were analyzed using exploratory data analysis. In phase 2, in-depth interviews were conducted with health service managers and/or health professionals investigating a sample of the Primary Health Care services and the totality of Secondary Health Care services provided. Thematic analysis was carried out using the theoretical framework for comprehensive health care proposed by Pinheiro & Mattos. Results: A total of 40 professionals were interviewed: 36 in the primary health care services and 4 in the secondary health care services. Nutritional care in the Primary Care services is focused on individual care and referrals to other services; nutrition diagnosis and health promotion occur only when overweight is associated with another disease. It was observed that the referral and counter-referral system and intersectorial collaborations were ineffective. In Secondary Care services, nutritional care is focused on clinical care using traditional approaches to nutrition education. Limiting factors for promoting comprehensive care were identified at the two levels of care: unproductive actions, lack of actions for health promotion and protection, and little dialogue between the Primary and Secondary care services. Conclusion: Overweight is not an outcome based on Primary and Secondary Care, but rather on prescriptive practices, which are not very effective in promoting users’ autonomy. It is necessary to guide the actions taken in these two levels of care to ensure the promotion of effective nutritional care.

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“…Vasconcelos 9 investigated 962 dissertations and theses in 7 PPG in Nutrition from 2003 to 2012. Although the author did not investigated research lines, his findings corroborate ours in terms of limited inclusion since only 5% of theses and dissertations were related to the core the author called Nutrition in Meal Production.…”

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“…The concept of core knowledge and practices was adopted in this study to characterize the concentration of knowledge and skills that define the identity of an area of knowledge and professional practice that can be found in undergraduate courses, academic publications, and scientific events 7 . Therefore, different core areas can be identified in the Food and Nutrition field 8,9 , the focus of this study is on the core called Food Service. However, although this title has been widely used in the field and also by the Federal Nutrition Council/Regional Nutrition Council 10 , there has been disagreement over the designation of this specific core.…”

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“…In terms of education and training, some recent studies have sought to identify part of the scientific environment that comprise the Food and Nutrition field based mainly on information about PPG research lines, research groups registered in the CNPq directory, theses, dissertations, and other academic publications 5,9,[16][17][18] . However, the research of the core analyzed here has not yet been investigated, and therefore there is no information available about the issues and agents involved in it.…”

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Scenario of research on Food Service in Brazil

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Objective: The present study aims to investigate the scenario of research on Food Service in Brazil based on the Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs in Nutrition, research groups, and scientific production. Methods: A search of the research lines including studies related to this topic and the researchers engaged in those studies was conducted. The research groups were identified on the Directory of Research Groups in Brazil website and the profile of the scientific production was based on articles included in the Scientific Electronic Library Online database. Articles published in international journals that were related to research lines focused on food production were also searched and analyzed. Results: The search identified only two graduate programs with research lines that describe the food production as the object of study although 13 graduate programs carry out research related to Food Service, especially focused on nutritional and sanitary aspects of food. The same trend was observed in the national articles. The internationalization of these two research line results from the academic publication in 22 different journals over the past 5 years. Thirty five professors were identified and most of them hold a PhD in Food Science and Technology. The number of research groups increased from two in 2000 to twenty nine in 2010. Conclusion: The inclusion of Food Service in graduate programs is still limited. The main trend observed is towards a closer relationship with Food Science and Technology in terms of the lines of research, professional qualification, and published studies.

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“…Four articles are related to the Public Health knowledge area [16,19,20,23]; three to the area of Education [14,15,18]; two to the area of Psychology [17,21]; one to the Humanities and Social Sciences [27]; one to the area of Physical Education [22]; and one to the area of History [31]. In addition to the articles referred to, specifically, in the area of Nutrition, seven articles related to the Brazilian graduate system were identified [2,[4][5][6][35][36][37].…”

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The scientific production of Nutrition published by the Scientific Electronic Library under the gaze of the evaluation of the Coordination for the Development of Higher Education Personnel

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2017

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Objective: Perform analysis of the scientific production of Nutrition published by the Scientific Electronic Library under the gaze of the evaluation of Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. Methods: Systematic search was performed in the 286 current title journals, using the "article search" path, the "subject index" window and the "Nutrition" indexer. The articles and periodicals selected were analyzed in order to answer the following questions: Which journals from Scientific Electronic Library publish articles on Nutrition? Do these journals have an impact factor as measured by the Journal Citation Reports? Which are? What is the classification of these journals by the areas of evaluation of Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, specifically by the area of Nutrition? Results: We analyzed 779 articles published in 85 journals. The majority of articles (n=698; 89.6%) were related to the area of Health Sciences. The five journals with higher volumes of articles were: Brazilian Journal of Nutrition, Reports in Public Health, Public Health Journal, Science & Public Health and Journal of Pediatrics. Most (62.4%) does not have Journal Citation Reports. The Nutrition area not rated any journal in strata A1 and A2, classifying them from B1 to B4. For eight areas analyzed their specific journals were induced to the upper strata of Qualis (A1, A2 and B1). Conclusion: The analyzed journals are the main vehicles of circulation of scientific paradigms of national scientific communities. Considering the correlation of forces between the vehicles of circulation of scientific knowledge in the international context, stimuli for valorization and qualification of these journals are essential.

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The construction of scientific knowledge in Food and Nutrition: Analysis of dissertations and theses in the Brazilian post-graduation programs in Nutrition

Cited by 11 publications

References 22 publications

Evaluation of nutritional care of overweight adults from the perspective of comprehensive health care

Evaluation of nutritional care of overweight adults from the perspective of comprehensive health care

Scenario of research on Food Service in Brazil

The scientific production of Nutrition published by the Scientific Electronic Library under the gaze of the evaluation of the Coordination for the Development of Higher Education Personnel

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