Competencies for effective public health nutrition practice: A developing consensus

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 683-691

  Hughes, Roger ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competencies; Consensus development; Public health nutrition

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIETETICS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; NUTRITION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 3943086165     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003574     Document Type: Review

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