Culturally Adapted, Hands-on Malnutrition Workshop for Dietitians in Ghana Increases Self-efficacy, Knowledge, and Skills

Lauri Wright, Alana Marrero, Leslie Thompson, Sarah Zeola, Laurene Boateng, James Epps, Sherri Lewis

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Resumen

Malnutrition is a major public health concern in Ghana where 7.5% of women are underweight and one-third of child deaths are attributed to malnutrition. Implementation of a malnutrition diagnosis offers a potential, cost-effective solution to improve a patient's health outcome. This report describes a hands-on workshop on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Malnutrition Guidelines designed for Ghanaian dietitians. The teaching techniques and cultural adaptation are detailed. Program evaluation demonstrated that the workshop improved knowledge, application skills, and confidence among the participants.
Idioma originalAmerican English
Páginas (desde-hasta)116-120
Número de páginas5
PublicaciónTopics in Clinical Nutrition
Volumen35
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublished - abr 2020

Disciplines

  • Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Nursing

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