Aspirational Competency Expectations for Public Health Nutritionists in Australia: a Consensus Study
Aim: To assess consensus among public health nutrition (PHN) workforce development stakeholders on the competencies required for effective PHN practice in the Australian workforce context. Methods: A modified Delphi study involving two iterative survey rounds among an expert panel of 33 Australian P...
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| description | Aim: To assess consensus among public health nutrition (PHN) workforce development stakeholders on the competencies required for effective PHN practice in the Australian workforce context. Methods: A modified Delphi study involving two iterative survey rounds among an expert panel of 33 Australian PHN workforce development stakeholders. Surveys tested panellist ratings (essential, useful, irrelevant) of a listing of 143 competency elements derived from the literature and existing competency standards, across two survey rounds, with feedback between rounds. An arbitrary consensus cut-off of 67% was applied with <10% change between rounds or 100% agreement interpreted as agreement stability. Results: A total of 109 competency elements from the total list of 143 were rated as essential above the consensus cut-off, representing 76% of the original list. Thirty-three (33) elements were rated as essential by 100% of panellists. Approximately 90% or more of the competency elements tested were retained using the 67% cut-off across nutrition science, nutrition communication, professional communication, capacity building and intervention management competency units. Competency elements rated as essential beyond the consensus cut-off concentrated in the practice competency units of nutrition assessment, monitoring and surveillance, capacity building, and intervention management. Conclusions: The results provide an empirical basis for future nutrition curriculum renewal and workforce development innovations and challenge the assumption that existing dietetic workforce preparation based on meeting entry-level competencies is adequate for community and PHN practice. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-407692017-09-13T14:03:54Z Aspirational Competency Expectations for Public Health Nutritionists in Australia: a Consensus Study Hughes, R. Begley, Andrea Yeatman, H. workforce development consensus competency standards Aim: To assess consensus among public health nutrition (PHN) workforce development stakeholders on the competencies required for effective PHN practice in the Australian workforce context. Methods: A modified Delphi study involving two iterative survey rounds among an expert panel of 33 Australian PHN workforce development stakeholders. Surveys tested panellist ratings (essential, useful, irrelevant) of a listing of 143 competency elements derived from the literature and existing competency standards, across two survey rounds, with feedback between rounds. An arbitrary consensus cut-off of 67% was applied with <10% change between rounds or 100% agreement interpreted as agreement stability. Results: A total of 109 competency elements from the total list of 143 were rated as essential above the consensus cut-off, representing 76% of the original list. Thirty-three (33) elements were rated as essential by 100% of panellists. Approximately 90% or more of the competency elements tested were retained using the 67% cut-off across nutrition science, nutrition communication, professional communication, capacity building and intervention management competency units. Competency elements rated as essential beyond the consensus cut-off concentrated in the practice competency units of nutrition assessment, monitoring and surveillance, capacity building, and intervention management. Conclusions: The results provide an empirical basis for future nutrition curriculum renewal and workforce development innovations and challenge the assumption that existing dietetic workforce preparation based on meeting entry-level competencies is adequate for community and PHN practice. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40769 10.1111/1747-0080.12098 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted |
| spellingShingle | workforce development consensus competency standards Hughes, R. Begley, Andrea Yeatman, H. Aspirational Competency Expectations for Public Health Nutritionists in Australia: a Consensus Study |
| title | Aspirational Competency Expectations for Public Health Nutritionists in Australia: a Consensus Study |
| title_full | Aspirational Competency Expectations for Public Health Nutritionists in Australia: a Consensus Study |
| title_fullStr | Aspirational Competency Expectations for Public Health Nutritionists in Australia: a Consensus Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aspirational Competency Expectations for Public Health Nutritionists in Australia: a Consensus Study |
| title_short | Aspirational Competency Expectations for Public Health Nutritionists in Australia: a Consensus Study |
| title_sort | aspirational competency expectations for public health nutritionists in australia: a consensus study |
| topic | workforce development consensus competency standards |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40769 |