Towards optimal nutritional care for all: A multi-disciplinary patient centred approach to a complex challenge

Frank de Man; Rocco Barazonni; Pascal Garel; Annemieke van Ginkel-Res; Ceri Green; Tunde Koltai; Claude Pichard; Regina Roller-Wirnsberger; Cornel Sieber; Marcel Smeets; Olle Ljungqvist

doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2020.03.020

Towards optimal nutritional care for all: A multi-disciplinary patient centred approach to a complex challenge

Clin Nutr. 2020 May;39(5):1309-1314. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.03.020. Epub 2020 Mar 31.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ European Nutritional for Health Alliance, London/Amsterdam, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy.
³ European Hospital and Healthcare Federation, Avenue Marnix 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Honorary President of the European Federation of the Assocations of Dietitians, Executive Director, Diëtheek, Pelmolenlaan 17b, 2447 GW Woerden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Medical Affairs Director Disease-Related Malnutrition and Frailty, Nutricia Specialized Nutrition, Taurusavenue 167, 2132 LS Hoofddorp the Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ ENHA Trustee and Board Director of Association of European Coeliac Societies. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Geneva University Hospital, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁸ Medical University of Graz, Department of Internal Medicine, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036 Graz, Austria. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁹ Director Department of Internal Medicine, County Hospital Winterthur (Switzerland)and Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Koberger Strassse 60 D-90408 Nürnberg Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁰ ENHA Trustee and EU Consultant. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹¹ School of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Örebro University, Sweden. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 32280010
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.03.020

Abstract

Ten years ago, European health care professional societies, health associations and members of the European Parliament convened in Brussels to discuss the necessary and urgent actions needed to improve access, initiation and follow up nutritional care for European citizens. As a response to this, in 2014 the Optimal Nutritional Care for All (ONCA) campaign was launched under the leadership of the European Nutritional for Health Alliance and its members. As of today this campaign has been rolled out in 18 European countries, whereby national multi-disciplinary platforms including patient groups work together to implement national nutritional care programs and develop good practices in care, research, education in order to increase awareness on malnutrition and improve nutritional care. This article describes the making of and evolution of the ONCA campaign, the outcomes and impact created, as well as opportunities to accelerate implementation of personalized nutritional care for all European citizens.

Keywords: Good practices; Health care; Implementation; Malnutrition; Nutritional care.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Europe
Humans
International Cooperation*
Malnutrition / prevention & control*
Nutrition Policy*
Patient-Centered Care