What factors affect the recruitment and retention of allied health professionals working in hospitals? A systematic literature review.

ObjectiveWorkforce shortages in hospitals have necessitated a focus on recruitment and retention of health professionals. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise literature relating to factors that affect recruitment and retention of allied health professionals working in hospital settings.MethodPubMed, CINAHL (via EbscoHost), Embase (via Elsevier), and Scopus Advanced Search databases were used to retrieve 1665 studies, of which 16 were included.

Encouraging entrepreneurship in dietetics: A qualitative exploration of the experiences of new graduate dietitians participating in an entrepreneurship mentoring circle.

Aims: Healthcare needs of the Australian population are changing, providing an opportunity for dietitians to embrace innovation and entrepreneurship to meet evolving demands. This study explored the expectations and experiences of participants in a 12-month mentoring circle designed to provide entrepreneurship learning and formal mentoring for the Provisional Accredited Practising Dietitians Program.

Methods: A qualitative study design was employed.

Quality evaluation of nutrition policies in early childhood education and care services in Nerang, QLD.

Issue Addressed: Food environments in early childhood, such as early childhood education and care services, influence the development of dietary patterns and behaviours that traverse into adulthood, where they affect health and longevity. Nutrition policies are mandatory in early childhood education and care services in Australia and can positively or negatively shape the food environment. However, the quality of such nutrition policies is unknown.

Barriers and enablers to a healthy food environment in Australian childcare services: Exploring directors' perspectives.

Issue Addressed: Early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings are ideal environments to optimise nutrition and positively influence children's food behaviours. However, recent research has identified the need to improve nutrition policies, food provision, and mealtime environments in Australian ECEC settings. This study explored the perceptions of ECEC directors regarding barriers and enablers to a health-promoting food environment within ECEC services.

Developing the EQUIPED approach to quality management using multi-grounded theory.

Aim: This study aimed to develop a theoretical approach to quality management for dietetics services operating in primary care settings in Australia.

Methods: Multi-grounded theory was used to develop a theoretical approach to quality management across three phases. A preliminary approach was developed in the first phase using empirical data outlining quality management activities employed by primary care dietetics services.

Developing the Quality in Nutrition Care Model for Dietitians (QUINCE-MOD) in primary care: A mixed-method survey of healthcare consumers and professionals.

Background: Evidence-based models are effective tools for informing quality improvement activities in health care. The Quality in Nutrition Care (QUINCE) model is an evidence-based model that describes quality nutrition care in the primary care setting but has not been applied to primary care dietetics. The present study comprised two phases.

A novel perspective of Australian primary care dietetics: Insights from an exploratory study using complex adaptive systems theory.

Aims: Effective quality improvement strategies are essential to enhancing outcomes of dietetic care. Interventions informed by complex adaptive systems theory have demonstrated effectiveness in other healthcare settings. This study aimed to explore primary care dietetics practice using complex adaptive systems theory and to identify factors that individuals across the healthcare system can examine and address to improve the quality of dietetic care.

How do patients want to receive nutrition care? Qualitative findings from Australian health consumers.

This qualitative descriptive study explored health consumers' preferences for receiving nutrition care in Australian primary care. The study was underpinned by a constructivist research paradigm. Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted with 25 health consumers (age 19-78 years; 19 female) from across Australia between May and August 2020.

Quality improvement strategies enhance primary care dietetics: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Quality improvement strategies have been widely applied in health care; however, little is known about their use in primary care dietetics. This review aims to describe and evaluate the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies that seek to improve patient outcomes by enhancing dietetic care compared to standard dietetic care.

Methods: The study employed a systematic review and meta-analysis design following PRISMA guidelines and included studies up to March 2021.

The Quality in Nutrition Care (QUINCE) model: development of a model based on Australian healthcare consumer perspectives.

Background: Primary healthcare is the ideal setting to address diet-related disease through delivery of nutrition services. However, quality nutrition care has not previously been defined from the healthcare consumer perspective.

Objectives: To explore, and develop a theoretical model of, healthcare consumer expectations of quality nutrition care in the primary healthcare setting.

Perceptions of private practice dietitians regarding the collection and use of outcomes data in primary healthcare practices: A qualitative study.

Background: Dietitians working in private practices in primary settings provide nutrition care to support individuals with the prevention and management of chronic disease. A better understanding of the type and usage of data collected by dietitians in this setting may provide insights to optimise the effectiveness and impact of the workforce. The present study explored the perceptions of leading Australian private practice dietitians on the collection and usage of data in their practice.

Innovation at the Edge of Nutrition Education Research.

The fundamental role of diet in maximizing human health and utility is now universally recognized [...