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Exploring The Inadequacy of Nutrition Education of General Physicians in Lahore, Pakistan - A Qualitative Study

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Muniba Fiaz, Rabia Shehzad, Abiha Asif, Sana Arshad, Aleena Zafer, Aisha Munawar, Hifza Aleem, Muhammad Sarmad Manzoor
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.15.2024.7193-7216

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General physicians are accountable for general health care of population. The inadequacy of nutrition education may have negative effects on quality of healthcare. Many studies showed improved nutrition status after implementing nutrition guidelines by doctors therefore, adequate nutritional knowledge is required for general physicians. Self-administered semi structured interviews of total 25 participants were conducted through non probability convenient sampling technique on 15 respondents till the point of saturation. The study was conducted from “Avicenna Medical and Dental Hospital Lahore” and also from “Nawaz Sharif Medical Complex Lahore”. Codes were assigned to similar situations and points to generate themes and subthemes.(Akyürek & Afacan, 2018a) The results emerged in the form of themes and subthemes as a result of thematic analysis through NVIVO. The themes generated are the role of nutrition education, adequacy of nutrition education, nutrition education and OPD, need for nutrition education, knowledge about human nutrition. The subthemes created as results are role of nutrition in disease prevention, primary nutritional management, nutrition education of young graduates and role of management bodies in nutrition education.

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