Frequency and Confidence of Healthcare Practitioners in Encountering and Addressing Nutrition-Related Issues.

Objective: Identify the frequency of nutrition issues encountered by healthcare professionals and their confidence in addressing these issues.

Methods: A survey designed to assess the frequency and type of nutrition issues most often encountered in practice of a variety of healthcare professionals and the practitioners' confidence in addressing nutrition issues was developed and distributed to 5,729 graduates from an academic medical center. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all variables.

Differences in the delivery of health education to patients with chronic disease by provider type, 2005-2009.

Introduction: Health education provided to patients can reduce mortality and morbidity of chronic disease. Although some studies describe the provision of health education by physicians, few studies have examined how physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners differ in the provision of health education. The objective of our study was to evaluate the rate of health education provision by physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners/certified midwives.