Abdullah Amro, Hanan Abdallah Kotkot, Yahia Albobali, Prem Chandra, Yasser Saeed Khan
Epidemic preparedness and innovations in digital healthcare: enhancing post-pandemic speech-language pathology services for child and adolescent mental health in Qatar
BMC health services research
culinary medicine cm growing field education aims bridge gap clinical need nutritional counseling lack education topic healthcare professionals aid nutritionrelated noncommunicable disease ncd prevention improving patients dietary behavior however presence nutrition education healthcare curricula lacking early evidence indicates cm could address gap objectives study determine provision interdisciplinary cm elective improve student knowledge confidence counseling nutrition culinary principles improve personal dietary habits students onegroup pretestposttest quasiexperimental design first secondyear osteopathic medical students oms nurse practitioner students recruited participate cm elective via email participants excluded good academic standing respective institutions twelve individuals n8 medical n4 nursing enrolled course participants completed pre postcourse surveys determine changes nutrition literacy nutrition literacy assessment instrument nlit42 nutrition counseling proficiency nutrition survey family practitioners dietary quality automated selfadministered 24h dietary assessment tool asa24 twosided paired test conducted determine changes outcome variables 12 participants completed precourse assessments 8 participants completed postcourse assessments culinary activity attendance 945 participants exhibited statistically significant increase overall nutrition literacy scores completing cm elective p0006 literacy subcategories indicated improvement came participants ability understand household measurements p0005 better increases selfreported proficiency observed participants confidence counsel nutrition preventionwellness p002 macronutrients health food safety p001 statistically significant changes personal dietary pattern quality observed interdisciplinary cm elective improved nutrition literacy aspects counseling proficiency although small shifts dietary variables observed elective statistically improve participants dietary pattern however changes observed may lead clinically relevant outcomes maintained longterm findings encouraging implementing cm educational tool could improve healthcare practitioners ability understand counsel patients nutrition prevent nutritionrelated ncds