A systematic review on empowerment for healthy nutrition in health promotion

The present review aimed to identify and synthesize studies that used an empowerment approach within the field of healthy nutrition. A systematic review was conducted. Studies were identified by database searching (PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Psyndex). Searching, selecting and reporting wer...

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Published in:Public health nutrition 2015-12, Vol.18 (17), p.3146-3154
Main Authors: Brandstetter, Susanne, Rüter, Jana, Curbach, Janina, Loss, Julika
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action research
Behavioural nutrition
Developing countries
Diet
Diet - economics
Empowerment
Food safety
Food security
Food Supply - economics
Global Health - economics
Health Promotion
Humans
Intervention
LDCs
Malnutrition - diet therapy
Malnutrition - economics
Malnutrition - prevention & control
Nutrition Policy
Nutrition research
Nutritional Status
Participatory research
Personal Autonomy
Power, Psychological
Review Article
Socioeconomic Factors
Systematic review
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Summary:The present review aimed to identify and synthesize studies that used an empowerment approach within the field of healthy nutrition. A systematic review was conducted. Studies were identified by database searching (PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Psyndex). Searching, selecting and reporting were done according to the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) Statement. Health promotion including the subject of healthy nutrition. Individuals from non-clinical populations. A total of 1226 studies were screened for eligibility, eight studies were finally included. Three studies used the empowerment approach within a qualitative research paradigm and five studies within (quasi-) experimental intervention studies. Heterogeneity in settings, samples and evaluation methods was high. Most studies referred to the key message of empowerment, i.e. taking control over one's own life. However, the ways in which this key message was implemented in the interventions differed considerably. The number of studies included was very low. Furthermore, most studies had some limitations in terms of reporting how the empowerment approach was actually applied. The empowerment approach still seems to be unfamiliar within the field of healthy nutrition.
ISSN:1368-9800
1475-2727
DOI:10.1017/S1368980015000270