Telehealth/Teledietetics

Pathway Contributor: Susan Firus

Credentials:
RD

Degree(s):
Master of Arts, Registered Dietitian

Relevant Dietetic Experience and Accomplishments:

• Editor PEN
• Advocate for Child Nutrition & Type I Diabetes
• Chair of Mindful Eating Counselling Working Group

Practice Focus:
Diabetes

Contributions:

• Is telephone nutrition counselling delivered by dietitians effective for improving health behaviour and clinical outcomes in healthy adults and adults with chronic disease?  

  Role: Reviewer

• What are the characteristics of effective telehealth interventions (including telephone counselling and Internet-delivered) to achieve health behaviour change in adults (i.e. intensity, duration, type of clients, characteristics of providers)?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Are telephone interventions delivered by peers effective in achieving health behaviour change?  

  Role: Reviewer

• How effective are telephone interventions for improving nutrition outcomes in infants and new mothers (e.g. breastfeeding support, infant complementary feeding)?  

  Role: Reviewer

• How effective is call centre support for public health nutrition interventions and government policy implementation (e.g. school health, food safety, reducing trans fats or sodium, increasing fruit and vegetable consumption)?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Telehealth/Teledietetics Background

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  Role: Reviewer