Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education
Addressing all forms of malnutrition requires multi-sectoral actions. To accelerate progress, post-graduate education – of future researchers, policy-makers and practitioners – that promotes interdisciplinary knowledge and skills is imperative. We report findings from a mixed-methods needs assessmen...
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| author | Roshania, Reshma P. Yates, Joe McIntyre, Lauren Chancellor, Tim Fivian, Emily Hill, Michael Isoto, Rosemary Marinda, Pamela Narayanan, Sudha Whatford, Louise Zotor, Francis Khandelwal, Shweta |
| author_browse | Chancellor, Tim Fivian, Emily Hill, Michael Isoto, Rosemary Khandelwal, Shweta Marinda, Pamela McIntyre, Lauren Narayanan, Sudha Roshania, Reshma P. Whatford, Louise Yates, Joe Zotor, Francis |
| author_facet | Roshania, Reshma P. Yates, Joe McIntyre, Lauren Chancellor, Tim Fivian, Emily Hill, Michael Isoto, Rosemary Marinda, Pamela Narayanan, Sudha Whatford, Louise Zotor, Francis Khandelwal, Shweta |
| author_sort | Roshania, Reshma P. |
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| description | Addressing all forms of malnutrition requires multi-sectoral actions. To accelerate progress, post-graduate education – of future researchers, policy-makers and practitioners – that promotes interdisciplinary knowledge and skills is imperative. We report findings from a mixed-methods needs assessment designed to assess enabling and constraining factors to integrated agriculture, nutrition, and health education. An online questionnaire was disseminated among experts in relevant disciplines, followed by focus group discussions among faculty members teaching in post-graduate institutions in low- and middle-income countries. We find that student motivation, instructor background, fixed curricula, and siloes among implementation agencies are important barriers to interdisciplinary education. Experiential learning and collaborations within and across institutions are enabling factors. We present key aspects of an interdisciplinary educational model that consider systemic and institutional realities of specialized institutions and low funding. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1404102025-10-26T13:02:55Z Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education Roshania, Reshma P. Yates, Joe McIntyre, Lauren Chancellor, Tim Fivian, Emily Hill, Michael Isoto, Rosemary Marinda, Pamela Narayanan, Sudha Whatford, Louise Zotor, Francis Khandelwal, Shweta research methods education health higher education interdisciplinary research agriculture nutrition education malnutrition nutrition developing countries Addressing all forms of malnutrition requires multi-sectoral actions. To accelerate progress, post-graduate education – of future researchers, policy-makers and practitioners – that promotes interdisciplinary knowledge and skills is imperative. We report findings from a mixed-methods needs assessment designed to assess enabling and constraining factors to integrated agriculture, nutrition, and health education. An online questionnaire was disseminated among experts in relevant disciplines, followed by focus group discussions among faculty members teaching in post-graduate institutions in low- and middle-income countries. We find that student motivation, instructor background, fixed curricula, and siloes among implementation agencies are important barriers to interdisciplinary education. Experiential learning and collaborations within and across institutions are enabling factors. We present key aspects of an interdisciplinary educational model that consider systemic and institutional realities of specialized institutions and low funding. 2023-06 2024-03-14T12:09:28Z 2024-03-14T12:09:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140410 en Open Access Elsevier Roshania, Reshma P.; Yates, Joe; McIntyre, Lauren; Chancellor, Tim; Narayanan, Sudha; et al. Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education. Global Food Security 37(June 2023): 100691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100691 |
| spellingShingle | research methods education health higher education interdisciplinary research agriculture nutrition education malnutrition nutrition developing countries Roshania, Reshma P. Yates, Joe McIntyre, Lauren Chancellor, Tim Fivian, Emily Hill, Michael Isoto, Rosemary Marinda, Pamela Narayanan, Sudha Whatford, Louise Zotor, Francis Khandelwal, Shweta Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education |
| title | Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education |
| title_full | Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education |
| title_fullStr | Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education |
| title_short | Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education |
| title_sort | assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture nutrition and health education |
| topic | research methods education health higher education interdisciplinary research agriculture nutrition education malnutrition nutrition developing countries |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140410 |
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