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KMID : 0664320210270020092
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Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
2021 Volume.27 No. 2 p.92 ~ p.112
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School Dietitian’s Job Satisfaction and Job Importance According to the School Types in Sejong City
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Yu So-Young
Kim Mi-Hyun
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Abstract
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This study compared the job satisfaction and job importance of school dietitians according to variousschool types in Sejong. One hundred and twenty-six school dietitians working in kindergartens (n=36), elementaryschools (n=42), middle schools (n=22), and high schools (n=26) participated in this questionnairesurvey. The subjects were divided into four groups according to the school types. Half of the subjects wereover 41 years of age, with 64.3% graduating from graduate school. The percentage of nutrition teachers wasthe highest in middle schools at 95.4%, followed by the elementary school at 90.5% and high school at73.1%, whereas 100% of the kindergarten dietitians were not nutrition teachers (P＜0.001). The percentage ofthe running status of nutrition education classes/activities was lowest in kindergartens (P＜0.001). The job satisfactionscore in the job itself area was significantly lower in kindergartens and high schools than in middleschools (P＜0.01). The satisfaction scores of human relationships, working environment, personnel evaluation,and welfare did not differ significantly among the schools. As for the Job importance, the scores of nutritioncounseling were significantly lower in middle school than in elementary and high schools (P＜0.05). In cookingand distribution management, high schools were less important than other school levels (P＜0.05). Thesefindings highlight the need for the placement of nutrition teachers in kindergarten to promote nutrition education,the reduction of workload for school dietitians/nutrition teachers and additional placement of dietitians bythe appropriate workload such as the number of people and meals to serve.
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KEYWORD
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job satisfaction, job importance, school dietitian, nutrition teacher
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