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“It is really just brilliant to get credits for something that is so important to you!” Skills for Life: University students’ perceptions of a planned dietary life skills course

Objective Universities have a role in educating and empowering students to become healthy and literate citizens of the 21st century society. The aim of this study was to explore university students’ perceptions regarding the relevance and utility of a planned dietary life skills course. Design Qualitative design including focus group discussions. Setting A Norwegian university with participating undergraduate students from seven different disciplines. Method Data collection included 13 semi-structured focus group discussions involving 57 university students (35 women and 22 men aged 18–38 years). The focus group discussions were recorded and transcribed verbatim. To ensure in-depth knowled…

Data for “It is really just brilliant to get credits for something that is so important to you!” Skills for Life: University students’ perceptions of a planned dietary life skills course

Project Summary In this qualitative study, 13 semi-structured focus group discussions (FGDs) with a total of 57 university students (35 women and 22 men) were conducted to explore their views on a proposed dietary life skills course and potential barriers and facilitators to engagement, as a means of co-creation. The students were informed that information from the FGDs could be used to develop an elective, credit-providing course, available for all students at their university, focusing on nutrition, health and food preparation skills, aiming to enhance students’ knowledge, attitudes and skills regarding food and health. The Skills for Life course is planned to be piloted in 2023. Data ove…