Opting In and Out: A Qualitative Study Exploring Career Break Experiences of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.

Background: Since 2002, an average of 17.5% of registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) have reported being out of the paid dietetics workforce, and approximately half of those report intention to return. With the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' focus on expanding workforce demand and capacity, understanding why and how dietitians opt in and out of the dietetics workforce may provide insights into how to potentially reduce the number of career breaks or expedite and enhance the reentry process.

Preparing Future Foodservice Managers: Operational and Educational Characteristics of Student-Operated Restaurants.

Objective: To study operational, management, and educational experiences of student-operated restaurants (SOR) through the perspective of SOR managers across the US.

Methods: Qualitative semistructured interviews were conducted with 19 SOR managers. Qualitative case study procedures were used for analysis.

Parents' Part C Experiences in Rural Areas: Alignment With Recommended Practices.

The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) clearly outlined recommended practices for the provision of Part C services. However, there may be challenges in rural areas associated with services aligning with these recommended practices. Therefore, this study focuses on how families experience Part C services and the extent to which services align with specific areas the DEC recommended practices in the large, rural state of Montana.

Parent-Child Relationships and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Parents in Early, Middle, and Late Adulthood.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families is currently unknown. Parents and children have experienced a variety of changes as public health interventions have been implemented to slow the spread of the virus. The current exploratory qualitative study recruited parents ( = 365) in early (ages 20-34), middle (ages 35-64), and late (ages 65 and older) adulthood to understand how the early weeks of the pandemic influenced their parent-child relationships.

Disaster Management and School Nutrition: A Qualitative Study of Emergency Feeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: School nutrition programs mitigate child food insecurity across the United States. With the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, kindergarten through grade 12 physical school campuses closed, which led to those programs transitioning to emergency feeding. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction has 4 action priorities that guided the assessment of school nutrition employees' emergency response during the COVID-19 pandemic.