Two studies were identified that had described how nutrition content is incorporated into subjects within midwifery programmes.
50,51
The studies are examples from
the United States and New Zealand about how nutrition can be
easily integrated into midwifery education based on midwifery
competencies. The United States example explained how a 2-h
seminar on nutrition during pregnancy assisted midwives to
achieve competencies in nutrition assessment and counselling.
50
The New Zealand example showed how collaboration between
dietitians and midwifery educators can work to provide midwives
with the best evidence-based nutrition knowledge. It included the
stages of developing an optional nutrition paper using different
models based on students’ feedback on what can help them to
deliver better nutrition advice. What is promising is the students in
the study suggested that this education needed to be compulsory.
Registered midwives would also be offered the opportunity to
benefit from the nutrition exercise.
5