School Dietitians' Satisfaction with and Needs for School Meal Service Support Centers.
10.5720/kjcn.2012.17.2.194
- Author:
Hyeyeong CHO
1
;
Sooyoun KWON
;
Youngmi LEE
;
Jihyun YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. hoonyoon@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
school meal service support center;
agricultural products;
school dietitians;
nutrition teachers;
school lunch program
- MeSH:
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Humans;
Joints;
Meals
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2012;17(2):194-204
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate school dietitians' satisfaction with and needs for School Meal Service Support Centers. A web-based on-line survey was conducted with 1,102 nutrition teachers or school dietitians using four School Meal Service Support Centers during the summer of 2011. The data from 578 respondents (52.5%), consisting of 165 (44.4%), 334 (53.4%), 41 (67.2%), and 38 (86.4%) dietitians using Seoul, Gyeonggi, Suncheon and Gyeongju centers, respectively, were analyzed. The main reason for using the centers was subsidies from local governments. The dietitians using the metropolitan centers, which were Seoul and Gyeonggi centers, tended to buy agricultural products through the centers only, and those using local centers, which were Suncehon and Gyeongju centers, bought those products from the private suppliers as well as from the centers. The dietitians' overall level of satisfaction with the centers was not high showing 3.3 out of 5 points; it was significantly associated with the operating system and services of the centers such as system efficiency, delivery accuracy, communication, and information provision rather than the agricultural products provided by the centers. The dietitians preferred joint operation of the centers by local governments and producers' groups. They wanted School Meal Service Support Centers to be evaluated every year. It was suggested that efforts should be made to improve the operation system and service of School Meal Service Support Centers for improving dietitians' satisfaction with the centers. In addition, an evaluation system for School Meal Service Support Centers should be implemented soon based on school dietitians' needs.
