Sabri Ülker Foundation, in cooperation with the Federation of Family Physicians Associations (AHEF), launched the Nutrition and Nutrition Communication Program for Family Physicians, breaking new ground in Turkey. In the trainings to be carried out throughout Turkey, family physicians will be given free training in areas such as "weight control approaches", "interactions of nutritional supplements with diseases", "vitamin supplements". His curriculum is Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Head of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department and Director of the Vaccine Institute Prof. The training created by Serhat Ünal started yesterday with the participation of nearly 10 thousand family physicians.
The Sabri Ülker Foundation continues its activities focused on public health. Established 11 years ago with the aim of conveying accurate and scientific information in the field of nutrition and healthy living to every segment of the society; With the support and cooperation of the Federation of Family Physicians, a comprehensive training program was initiated for family physicians across Turkey. It is aimed to take meaningful steps towards “balanced and healthy nutrition of the society” through family physicians to be reached throughout the program. The trainings, which started on March 21, will consist of 8 sessions and will end in July.
Why is nutrition education needed?
Stating that in the first phase of the Nutrition and Nutrition Communication Program for Family Physicians, they carried out a comprehensive survey study with the participation of 1.308 family physicians, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Head of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department and Director of the Vaccine Institute and Sabri Ülker Foundation Scientific Committee Member Prof. Serhat Unal; “As a result of the survey we conducted in cooperation with AHEF, we found out in which areas family physicians feel lacking the most and on which subjects they need information support. In the light of the data we obtained, we determined the topics and contents of our training program.”
Family physicians feel lacking in nutrition-related issues
Expressing that family physicians do not feel competent in matters related to nutrition, Prof. Serhat Unal; “According to the survey results, do you feel competent while answering your patients' questions about nutrition?' Only 26 percent of our physicians answered "Yes" to the question. 18,5 percent of the participants answered this question as “No” and 55 percent as “Partly”. These outputs led us to give nutrition education. With this training program, we aim to teach our physicians how nutritional and nutritional supplements can be presented in the presence of illness and to acquire communication messages and skills that may be necessary while presenting them.”
According to the results of the survey, the areas where family and physicians need information support the most are; It turned out that there are “weight control approaches”, “interactions of nutritional supplements with diseases”, “probiotics and prebiotics” and “vitamin supplements”.
“Proper nutrition is very important in preventing diseases”
Orhan Aydoğdu, Secretary General of the Federation of Family Physicians Associations; “Family physicians are very important people who can touch the person from the first breath to the last breath, and in this respect, they play a very important role in the future of public health. When we look at the causes of diseases, environmental factors are very important, although there are several main causes. The most important reason among environmental factors can be seen as nutrition. Just as the individual has a very important responsibility here, he also imposes responsibilities on us family physicians within the framework of preventive medicine. Being able to prevent the disease before it becomes sick is both essential for creating a healthier society and is very important to alleviate the heavy burden of health expenses on the economy. For this reason, I am sure that the fact that nutrition education will be provided by experts in the field, both online and offline, through the AHEF portal, where 20 thousand family physicians are registered, will have very positive results in the short and medium term, and I am sure that we will see its reflections in the construction of a healthier society. I would like to thank all physicians and the Sabri Ülker Foundation.”
It is aimed to reach 20 thousand family physicians.
The first session of the Nutrition and Nutrition Communication training program was “What is nutrition? What is not? held on the theme. Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Department of Public Health lecturer Prof. Dr. Prof. F. Nur Baran Aksakal and Head of Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Istanbul Kent University. The training, which started on March 21 with the participation of H. Tanju Besler, will consist of 8 sessions in total. The program, which will be held online, will end on July 4th. The Nutrition and Nutrition Communication training program aims to reach 20 thousand family physicians.
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