Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour to inform development of a Dissemination and Implementation science training for nutrition practitioners.

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Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.

Published: December 2023

Objective: To determine nutrition practitioners' attitudes, behavioural control and normative beliefs to best inform the development and formulation of a nutrition-specific Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) science training.

Design: A cross-sectional survey aimed to assess Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) constructs and intention to use D&I science. A validated TPB questionnaire assessed constructs including perceived behavioural control, subjective, injunctive and descriptive normative beliefs, attitudes and intention to use D&I science. For analysis, Spearman's , Kruskal-Wallis and Steel-Dwass tests were conducted for quantitative variables.

Setting: Online, 26-item Qualtrics survey.

Participants: Cross-sectional sample of members ( 70) affiliated with the Society for Nutrition Education and Behaviour listserv.

Results: The major finding from this study was a significant positive correlation between perceived behavioural control score and intention ( = 0·315, = 0·0119).

Conclusions: D&I training interventions could formulate learning and teaching strategies to target perceived behavioural control (self-efficacy, knowledge and ability) to enhance intention. For example, application and experience-based learning techniques trainings could be strategies to increase knowledge and abilities.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10755436PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023002525DOI Listing

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