Table 3.

Public health nutrition functions that registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) that responded to a cross-sectional, anonymous, online survey are asked to perform, usually perform, or are trained to perform in their current public health nutrition or community nutrition positions (n = 316)

Public health nutrition function	Are you asked to do it?	Do you usually do it?	Are you trained to do it?
	←n (%)→
1.Assuring access to healthy and affordable food and nutrition-related care	216 (68.4)	229 (72.4)	241 (76.3)
2.Taking a leadership role in identifying nutrition-related needs of a community	212 (67.1)	223 (70.6)	241 (76.3)
3.Assessing, planning, directing, and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention efforts	207 (65.5)	218 (69.0)	233 (73.7)
4.Collaborating with others to promote environmental and systems changes	213 (67.4)	217 (68.6)	220 (69.6)
5.Administering and managing programs, including supervising personnel	193 (61.1)	197 (62.3)	210 (66.5)
6.Advocating for and participating in policy development and evaluation including identifying the impacts and outcome of these efforts	168 (53.2)	187 (59.2)	188 (59.5)
7.Participating in research, evaluation, and demonstration projects, including interpreting and applying research findings and successful interventions to public health and nutrition programs	142 (44.9)	155 (49.1)	196 (62.0)
8.Systematically collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on population demographics, health and disease trends, and food consumption patterns	128 (40.5)	141 (44.6)	196 (62.0)
9.Providing technical assistance/consultation to policy makers, decision makers, and others within and outside of health agencies	145 (45.9)	147 (46.5)	167 (52.8)
10.Developing and/or assisting in budget preparation	153 (48.4)	140 (44.3)	146 (46.2)
11.Identifying and seeking resources (eg, grants, contracts) to support programs and services	116 (36.7)	133 (42.1)	136 (43.0)