ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH STATUS (THEORY)

Paper Code: 
CND 502
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Assess the nutritional Status of subjects.
  2. Develop skills related to counseling.
  3. Learn different therapies of counseling.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

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CND 502

 

Assessment of Nutritional and Health Status (Theory)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students will be able to –

 

CO51: Gain knowledge on the Nutritional status of the population in terms of Anthropometry, dietary intake and clinical assessment

CO52: Identify the tools for Nutritional Screening  and Nutritional Assessment of Hospitalized Patients

 

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project, Field Trip

 

Learning activities for the students:

Field activities, Presentation, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
  • Direct and Indirect methods of Nutritional assessment of human groups 
  • Assessment of age: Using local events calendar.
  • Anthropometry Assessment: Measurements used, use of equipment, standards for comparison. Classification used to categorize malnutrition, cut of points used to distinguish current and long term malnutrition.
  • Indicators of nutritional status: weight /age, height/age and weight/height, mid upper arm (MUAC).
  • Guidelines for interpretations of growth charts

 

9.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II
  • Dietary assessment: Methods and techniques for assessing dietary intakes of individual, house hold level and Institutional level, Essential features, Uses and  limitations of different methods.
  • Problems intake measurements, factors affecting the accuracy of dietary assessment. Interpretation of dietary data.

 

9.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III
  • Clinical assessment: Study of different methods and techniques for clinical assessment of nutritional status and diagnosis of sign of relation to various nutrient deficiencies.
  • Biochemical assessment: Methods and techniques for major nutritional disorders, standards for comparison, field level assessment techniques.

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV
  • Tools for Nutrition Screening in Hospitalized Patients                              
  • Nutrition Risk Screening 2002
  • Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
  • Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool(MUST)

 

9.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V
  • Tools for Nutritional Assessment of Hospitalized Patients    
  • Subjective Global Assessment (SGA)
  • Physical Examination
  • Laboratory Examination

 

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