Sustained benefits of a community dietetics intervention designed to improve oral nutritional supplement prescribing practices

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 496-504

  Kennelly, S ^a,b   Kennedy, N P ^c   Corish, C A ^b   Flanagan Rughoobur, G ^a   Glennon Slattery, C ^a   Sugrue, S ^b  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dietary advice; Malnutrition; Nutrition education; Nutrition screening; Nutrition support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETETICS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DATA COLLECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIETETICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052205997     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2011.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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