Consensus on the competencies required for public health nutrition workforce development in Europe - The JobNut project

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1439-1449

  Jonsdottir, Svandis ^a   Hughes, Roger ^b   Thorsdottir, Inga ^a   Yngve, Agneta ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competencies; Consensus; Delphi method; Public health nutrition; Workforce development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD;

CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 79960131147     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000625     Document Type: Article

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