Use of Instagram to convey nutrition information to collegiate athletes

Sharp, Sarah; Burns, Melanie Tracy; Andrade, Jeanette

doi:10.1080/07448481.2021.1920955

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“…Two authors independently reviewed the Instagram profiles of 25 Australian dietitians and 25 student dietitians and their five most recent posts using the Social Media Evaluation Checklist in Stage 4. Providing data from a total of 50 profiles and 250 posts, this number was deemed achievable within the time frame and considered appropriate compared with previous literature [30][31][32] to meet the aim of piloting the checklist. Stage 4 occurred between June and July 2021.…”

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Informing online professional dietetics practice: The development and pilot testing of the Social Media Evaluation Checklist

Squires

Brighton

Urquhart

et al. 2023

Nutrition & Dietetics

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AimTo develop and pilot a tool to evaluate Australian dietitians' and student dietitians' ethical and professional practice using social media.MethodsA Social Media Evaluation Checklist was developed based on checklist development literature with a four‐staged process. Stage one included a literature review and input from an expert panel to ensure content validity. Stages two and three were to ensure face validity by categorising the checklist and pilot testing the tool. Instagram profiles and posts were audited by two authors using the checklist in the final stage to analyse ethical and professional use. An account purposely created for this study was used, and the first 25 dietitian and first 25 student dietitian profiles identified using the key words ‘dietitian’, ‘student dietitian’ and ‘dietitian student’ and the hashtag ‘#australiandietitian’ were reviewed.ResultsA total of 50 Instagram profiles and 250 posts were audited based on seven categories; (1) financial disclosure, (2) cultural awareness, (3) evidence‐based information, (4) transparency, (5) privacy/confidentiality, (6) professionalism and (7) justifiability. Areas for improvement included advertising transparency which was met in only 12% of dietitian posts, and the provision of evidence‐based information, which was met in 56% of dietitian posts and 72% of student dietitian posts.ConclusionsThis study provides insight into the ethical and professional use of social media by Australian dietitians and dietetics students. With the evolving nature of social media, guidance is required. This will ensure dietitians remain, now and in the future, the credible source of nutrition information for the public.

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Section: Professionalismmentioning

confidence: 99%