| The making of a nutrition professional: the Association for Nutrition register. | |
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PMID: 22464828 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: Nutritionists in the UK are at the start of an exciting time of professional development. The establishment of the Association for Nutrition in 2010 has presented an opportunity to review, revitalize and expand the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists. In the UK and elsewhere, there is a need for a specialist register of nutritionists with title protection as a public safeguard. DESIGN: The new structure will base professional registration on demonstration of knowledge and application in five core competencies. Initially, there will be five specialist areas: animal; public health; nutritional scientist; food; sports and exercise. The wording and requirements linking the specialist areas to the competencies have been carefully defined by leading individuals currently on the existing register in these specialist areas. These have been evaluated by a random sample of existing registrants to check for accuracy of definitions and examples. Other work aims to establish a clear quality assurance framework in nutrition for workers in the health and social care sectors (UK Public Health Skills and Career Framework Levels 1-4) who contribute to nutrition activity, such as community food workers, nutrition assistants and pharmacists. Students, co-professional affiliates and senior fellows will also find a place in the new Association. The title 'nutritionist' is not currently legally protected in the UK and it is used freely to cover a range of unregulated practice. CONCLUSIONS: The establishment of a professional register to protect the public and to provide a clear identity for nutritionists is a vital step forward. |
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Je Cade; E Eccles; H Hartwell; S Radford; A Douglas; L Milliner |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-2 |
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Title: Public health nutrition Volume: - ISSN: 1475-2727 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Apr |
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Created Date: 2012-4-2 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9808463 Medline TA: Public Health Nutr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-8 Citation Subset: - |
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1Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. |
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