Open Collections

Sage, Oliver

University of British Columbia

Background: Registered dietitians (RD) use nutrition education resources to educate themselves and their patients to understand various nutrition topics. Research has shown that RDs have perceived barriers towards using the Canadian Sugar Institute’s (CSI) resources, and the suitability of their resources for use by RDs has yet to be explored. Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to conduct suitability testing of nutrition education resources for RDs that centre on sugars and health. The secondary objective was to develop a series of recommendations in the form of a “checklist” that can be used to create and/or refine current nutrition education resources. Methods: This study recruited RDs to virtually assess two nutrition education resources (one on sugars and metabolic disease and the other on sources of sucrose) using the adjusted Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) through three iterative rounds. SAM evaluates resources based on Content, Literacy Demand, Graphic Material, Layout & Typography, Learning, Stimulation & Motivation, and Suitability and has participants rank the subscales as ‘superior’, ‘adequate’, or ‘not suitable’. A checklist was created to help CSI refine the resources between each survey round. Participants re-evaluated the refined resources using the SAM. Descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA were performed to explore differences among total SAM scores between surveys. Results: RDs (n=45, n=37, n=27) participated in the first, second, and third surveys, respectively. The total SAM score of Resource 1 improved from 66.61 ± 16.0% (‘adequate’) in Survey 1, to 72.71 ± 14% (‘superior’) in Survey 2, to 78.83 ± 16% (‘superior’) in Survey 3 (p=0.007). The total SAM score of Resource 2 improved from 70.55 ± 18% (superior) in Survey 1 to 72.78 ± 16% (superior) in Survey 2, to 81.98 ± 16% in Survey 3 (p=0.016). Conclusion: Overall, rankings of CSI’s RD-facing resources improved after refinements were made using the checklist. Future studies are needed to test the use of the checklist in improving other resources intended for RDs on different nutrition topics.

Text

2024-01-12

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87237

Human Nutrition

University of British Columbia

UBCV

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/