Nutrition and dietetic services domains | HN/HND Graduates | Academic staff and Work/internship Supervisors | ||
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Requested by communities (N = 109) | Provided by employers (N = 100) | Considered a priority to provide (N = 98) | ||
Respondents n(%)* | Respondents n(%)* | Respondents n(%)* | Illustrative quotes on the nutrition and dietetic services provided in communities | |
Nutrition Awareness, Education & Counselling | 60(55) | 56(56) | 63(64.3) | “Guidance and counselling …” “Nutrition guidance and counselling …” “Mainly nutrition education is provided …” “Nutrition education in the community …” |
Integrated management of acute malnutrition | 51(46.8) | 54(54) | 31(31.6) | “It is mainly the treatment of severe acute malnutrition through hospitals …” “Supplementation with ready-to-use-therapeutic feeds for those that meet the required criteria …” “Therapeutic feeding …” |
Food Security and livelihood support | 37(33.9) | 47(47) | 41(41.8) | “Nutrition livelihood programs …” “Food relief …” “Cash for work intervention …” |
Management of non-communicable diseases | 29(26.6) | 22(22) | 12(12.2) | “Interventions that largely address management of nutrition-related problems …” “Nutrition in illness in fairly larger hospitals and regional referral hospitals …” “Diet/meal planning …” |
Nutrition Screening | 25(22.9) | 28(28) | 7(7.1) | “Nutrition assessment …” “Routine community nutrition screening for children …” |
Maternal, infant, young child and adolescent nutrition | 19(17.4) | 19(19) | 14(14.3) | “Child health nutrition services at clinics and hospitals …” “Antenatal nutrition education …” “Food demonstration in infant and young child feeding …” “Health education on infant and young child feeding practices …” |
Water, sanitation, and hygiene | 11(10.1) | 14(14) | 8(8.2) | “Water sanitation and hygiene services” |
Business and industry | _ | _ | _ | “Product development, food processing …” |