BASICS OF NUTRITION EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY (PRACTICAL)

Paper Code: 
DHSC 614(A)
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Assess the epidemiology of nutrition and health problems in vulnerable groups
  2. Study the tools and methods of Nutrition Anthropology

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

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DHSC 614 A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basics of  Nutrition Epidemiology and Anthropology (Practical)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students will be able to CO287: Develop skills required for assessing epidemiology of nutrition and health problems in India.

CO288:Outline information about nutritional anthropology and various research tools associated with it.

CO289:Appraise information related to purpose and techniques of various QL tools

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion,Designing of questionnaire and data collection and analysis, Analysis of Nutritional survellience  and Analysis report s

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments related to anthropology and data collection,  Effective discussion , Simulation, NNMB, NFHS etc  ie survey Report analysis

CA test, Semester end examinations, viva,  Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

CONTENTS

 

  • Assessing the epidemiology of a nutrition and health problems in
  • vulnerable groups of the population & tracking progress in the last decade
  • Comparing the frequency of occurrence/exposure of nutrition and health
  • Study of Nutrition Anthropology/Research Tools and Methods
  • Brief overview of QL tools (purpose and technique) :
    • Focus Group Discussion
    • Open ended Interviews – In depth Interviews & Key Informant Interviews
    • Various Types of observation methods.
    • Importance of integrating qualitative and quantitative methods (QL and QN);

Overview of concept of participatory Research (PR) as distinct from Qualitative Research

  • Principles of PR
  • Features of good PR
  • Introduction of few PR methods (eg. Community mapping, preference ranking,

Venn Diagrams, seasonality diagram)

  • Data collection in the area of health and Nutrition using above methods

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Basic Epidemilogy, R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström, 2nd Edition , WHO, 2006 http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241547073_eng.pdf
  • Moon G, Gould M (2000). Epidemiology: An Introduction. Philadelphia, Open
  • Unitversity Press.
  • Lillian Langseth (1996). Nutritional Epidemiology: Possibilities and Limitations. Washington DC, ILSI Press.
  • Pelto GH, Pelto RJ and Masser E (1989). Research Methods in Nutritional Anthropology,Tokyo, Japan: The United Nations Unitversity
  • MotherCare (1990). Behavioural Determinants of Maternal Health Care Choices in Developing Countries, Mother Care, USA.
  • Koblinsky M (1993). The Health of Women : A Global Perspective. (1993) NCIH,Washington, DC, USA.
  • Lawrence, M. (2008).Public Health Nutrition
  • Lal S. (2009). Textbook of Community Medicine. CBS Publication

 

Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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