Matrix of food and nutrition actions in primary health care: a benchmark for training of nutritionists in the context of education by skillsets

Abstract

This study had two objectives, namely to conduct a critical review of studies that underpin the training and practice of nutritionists in the context of Primary Health Care (PHC) in the Unified Health System (SUS), and evaluate the contribution of the matrix of food and nutrition actions in primary health care in this discussion. A protocol was developed to conduct the review in a systematic way. For the selection of studies, major databases were consulted, i.e. those used in health facilities, using intersections of the key search words: Nutritionist, National Policy on Food and Nutrition; National Curriculum Guidelines on health, Skill-based education; PHC. The array of actions can contribute to the training of nutritionists in the context of skill-based education to serve as a benchmark for actions, skills and abilities to train individuals, such that they are better able to cope with the needs of the population with emphasis on the SUS. Using it as a benchmark for training can contribute to the improvement of the latter and governmental actions based on the adoption of action on food and nutrition in PHC, in an effort complementing actions of all the other health programs, in particular the Family Health Strategy.