BASICS OF NUTRITION EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY (PRACTICAL)

Paper Code: 
DSHC 614 (A)
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
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

 

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

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
• 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: 
2022-2023
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