Nutrition
and Dietetics roles in healthcare include;
1. Preventing onset of
disease, therefore less admissions in healthcare facilities and a consequential
reduction in the curative budget
2. Faster cure and effective
management of disease by boosting the body’s own defense against
disease/Immunity System
3. Shortening the length of
hospital stay
4. Reversing the effects of
disease in the body
5. Maintaining Optimal Health
status, which assures more productive citizens, economic stability and overall
increase in the country’s GDP.
The foods we eat, and the
nutrients they provide, are the most important continuing environmental factors
influencing our growth, development, functional abilities, and optimal health.
Nutrition plays a Crucial
Role in Preventive, Promotive and Curative Healthcare Services. Nutritionists
and Dietitians employment and active involvement in healthcare has tremendous
unmatched benefits to County Governments and most importantly to Citizens
across all age groups and throughout the lifespan.
It is therefore crucial to
ensure that ALL Health facilities; County Referral Hospitals, Sub-County
Hospitals, Health Centres and Dispensaries, have the recommended number of
nutritionists, in order to ease the burden of disease and the Curative budget
on the County Government. The most
important level missing Nutrition and Dietetics Personnel is the Community
level/Tier 1. The households and community level at large is the most crucial
in influencing adoption of Nutrition and healthy behavior and choices that influence
food security, disease prevention and overall optimal health.
It is important for County Governments
and especially the leadership to understand Nutrition and Dietetics and its
role in healthcare. That is the only way we will curb the rising
Non-Communicable Diseases prevalence and decrease the curative budget. We need
to be pro-active and focus more on disease prevention, and we won’t have to
keep worrying about skyrocketing curative budgets, more so in Central Kenya and
Coast, where NCDs seem to be drastically increasing.
True Stella, prevention is better than cure. I do hope we get to the point where we can see an implementation of your recommendation in all counties. Kudos!
ReplyDeleteWell put Stella. Let's hope that soon our government will see the great need.
ReplyDeleteWell put Stella. Let's hope that soon our government will see the great need.
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