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

Paper Code

Paper Title

 

 

 

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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Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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