Public health nutrition workforce development in seven European countries: constraining and enabling factors

Public health nutrition workforce development in seven European countries: constraining and enabling factors.

OBJECTIVES Little is known about current public health nutrition workforce development in Europe. The present study aimed to understand constraining and enabling factors to workforce development in seven European countries. DESIGN A qualitative study comprised of semi-structured face-to-face interviews was conducted and content analysis was used to analyse the transcribed interview data. SE...

Competency development needs of the Australian public health nutrition workforce.

OBJECTIVES To assess factors affecting competency development of the Australian public health nutrition workforce and investigate competency development intentions, barriers and self-reported training needs. DESIGN Cross-sectional study using self-administered mail- or email-delivered questionnaire. SETTING AND SUBJECTS Two hundred and forty practitioners working in designated community and...

Sustainable development and public health: rating European countries

BACKGROUND Sustainable development and public health quite strongly correlate, being connected and conditioned by one another. This paper therein attempts to offer a representation of Europe's current situation of sustainable development in the area of public health. METHODS A dataset on sustainable development in the area of public health consisting of 31 European countries (formally propose...

Capacity-building for a strong public health nutrition workforce in low-resource countries

Association of perceived environment with meeting public health recommendations for physical activity in seven European countries.

BACKGROUND This study investigates the association of perceived environment and meeting the current public health recommendations (PHRs) for physical activity (PA) and examines the role of body mass index (BMI) in this relation. METHODS A total of 4231 subjects (>or=18 years), from seven European countries, were involved in a cross-sectional survey. PA was measured by the International PA Que...