COMMUNITY NUTRITION

Paper Code: 
HSC 601
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This Course will enable the student:

  • To develop awareness among the students about the magnitude of nutritional problems.
  • To develop ability to assess the problems and devise nutrition education material for them
9.00

 

1.      Concept and Scope of Community Health and Nutrition.

2.      Nutrition and health in national development

3.      Malnutrition – meaning, factors contributing to malnutrition (e.g. Food production, food availability, poverty, food behavior etc.)

4.      Nutritional Disorders : Epidemiology, clinical features, preventions, dietary treatment :

    • Protein Energy Malnutrition
    • Nutritional Anemia
    • Vitamin A deficiency disorder
    • Iodine deficiency disorder 
    • Micronutrient deficiency (e.g. Rickets, Vitamin D deficiency, Fluorosis Scurvy, Ariboflavinosis)

 

9.00
  1. Demography and Population Dynamics                                                 
  2. Methods of assessing nutritional status
  • Identification of at risk group
  • Direct assessment – diet survey, anthropometry, clinical and biochemical. 
  • Indirect assessment – food balance sheet, ecological parameters, vital statistics.

 

9.00

 

1.      Nutrition and infection relationship, Immunization and its importance.

2.      Food born infections and intoxications, Naturally occurring toxins in food, foods involved, methods of prevention of food borne disease outbreak, signs and symptoms.

3.      Food and nutrition security

 

9.00

 

1.      Food based strategies for combating malnutrition (dietary diversification, horticulture, intervention, food fortification, value addition)                                                                                       

2.      Concept and scope of Nutrition Education

3.      Nutritional Surveillance and Monitoring

4.      Programme Planning

9.00

 

1.      National and International agencies in improving the nutritional status : WHO, UNICEF, CARE, ICMR, NIN, ICAR, CFTRI , VHAI, NIPCCI )

2.      Ongoing Community Nutrition Programmes at central and state level - Objectives, strategy and other various nutrition related welfare programme. An Overview of Goiter control programme, mid day meal programme, anemia and Vitamin A prophylaxes programme. 

3.      An overview of constitutional rights and acts related to nutrition and health sector.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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