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Barriers to and Facilitators of Dietetics Education among Students of Diverse Backgrounds: Results of a Survey

Published:August 01, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2016.06.010
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      Hispanic and Asian populations are expected to experience exponential increases by 2060, while smaller increases are anticipated within the African-American, American-Indian, and Alaskan-Native populations.

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      The resulting patient base will increase demand for a racially and ethnically diverse health care workforce capable of providing time-sensitive, individualized health care that meets patients’ expectations and accounts for literacy, language abilities, and levels of acculturation and assimilation.

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      Failure or inability to competently address these issues could result in bias, poor patient−provider relationship, worse health outcomes, and low patient compliance, which ultimately combine to exacerbate existing health care disparities.
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      Biography

      C. L. Wynn is a workgroup member representing the National Organization of Blacks in Nutrition and Dietetics (NOBIDAN) and Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Virginia State University, Petersburg.

      Biography

      S. Raj is a workgroup member representing Asian Indians in Nutrition and Dietetics (AIND) and Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, D. B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

      Biography

      F. Tyus is a workgroup member representing NOBIDAN (past chair) and retired, Cleveland, OH.

      Biography

      Y. D. Greer is a workgroup member representing NOBIDAN (chair) and owner, Y-EAT Right, nutritional consultant for Healthy Living, Milwaukee, WI.

      Biography

      R. K. Batheja is a workgroup member representing AIND, diversity chair, Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine Dietetic Practice Group, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL, and an RDN in private practice, Long Island, NY.

      Biography

      Z. Rizwana is a workgroup member representing Muslims in Dietetics and Nutrition (chair) and instructor, College of North Atlantic, Doha, Qatar.

      Biography

      R. K. Hand is director, Dietetics Practice Based Research Network, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL.

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          I was intrigued by the findings of the research study, “Barriers to and Facilitators of Dietetics Education among Students of Diverse Backgrounds: Results of a Survey.”1 As a practicing registered dietitian nutritionist for 17 years and a qualitative researcher with a focus on equity and diversity in education, I share a commitment to increasing diversity in the profession. Researchers found underrepresented participants from diverse backgrounds believed inequitable practices existed within steps of dietetics education.
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