Dietitians and Nutritionists Behaviour on Social Media: A Scoping Literature Review

Inga Saboia, Inga Saboia, Ana Margarida Pisco Almeida, Pedro Sousa, Pedro Sousa, Cláudia Pernencar, Cláudia Pernencar

2020

Abstract

At its present state, Social Media (SM) is an important stage to promote user participation, acting as an open space for the discussion of a multitude of fields, one of which being health. Professionals, like Registered Nutritionists and Dietitians (RNDs), whose access to media was traditionally more restricted, are also more engaged in this new context, creating a new scenario. To better understand how is this group of professionals using social media to communicate with their audiences is the main objective of this study. To approach this topic, a mapping was conducted, followed by a presentation of the summary of the evidence discovered: RDNs demographic and professional profile; their most used social media tools; the reasons why they use social media; their common behaviours and attitudes, as well as a review of the gaps and shortcomings in the literature. A literature review, using a structured approach was also conducted. 2877 works were screened, but only 8 were associated with answers. Of these 8, there were 2 studies that partially presented a quantitative analysis. Results show lacks in consolidated studies that can be used to support the creation of knowledge in this field. This lead to conclude that research about social media usage by nutritionist, at present, remains in a nascent stage and requires further studies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Saboia I., Almeida A., Sousa P. and Pernencar C. (2020). Dietitians and Nutritionists Behaviour on Social Media: A Scoping Literature Review. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-398-8, SciTePress, pages 530-538. DOI: 10.5220/0008988305300538

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf20,
author={Inga Saboia and Ana Margarida Pisco Almeida and Pedro Sousa and Cláudia Pernencar},
title={Dietitians and Nutritionists Behaviour on Social Media: A Scoping Literature Review},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2020},
pages={530-538},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008988305300538},
isbn={978-989-758-398-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - Dietitians and Nutritionists Behaviour on Social Media: A Scoping Literature Review
SN - 978-989-758-398-8
AU - Saboia I.
AU - Almeida A.
AU - Sousa P.
AU - Pernencar C.
PY - 2020
SP - 530
EP - 538
DO - 10.5220/0008988305300538
PB - SciTePress