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COMMUNITY NUTRITION (THEORY)
Paper Code:
CND 602
Credits:
03
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable students
• Recognize the solutions for overcoming problems of malnutrition in the
• Community.
• 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.
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Course Outcomes |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
CO61: Outline Understand Principles of community nutrition and develop comprehension about multifaceted nature of nutritional problems CO62: Create awareness about nutrition policy and programmes. CO63: Developunderstandingnational and international agencies working actively in community
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Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Designing of questionnaire
Learning activities for the students: Self learningassignments, Effective discussion , Simulation, Review of several public health programmes Report analysis |
CA test, Semester end examinations, Home Assignment, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
9.00
Unit I:
UNIT - I
Concept and Scope of community Health and Nutrition. Health care, health delivery systems
Nutrition and health in national development
Demography and population Dynamics
9.00
Unit II:
UNIT - II
Identification of at risk group
Causes of malnutrition, Economics of Malnutrition, Triple Burden of Malnutrition
Nutrition and behavior
Food and Nutrition Security
9.00
Unit III:
UNIT - III
Nutrition Education
Nutritional Surveillance & Monitoring
Programme Planning
9.00
Unit IV:
UNIT - IV
Nutrition Policies, National Health Policy, National Nutrition Policy
Food Based Strategies for Combating Malnutrition: Horticulture Intervention, food fortification, value addition
Ongoing programme in field of Public Health Nutrition at central as well as state
Community Nutrition Programmes – Objectives, strategy and other various
nutrition related welfare programme. An Overview of
• ICDS, Mid Day Meal Programmes, Iron Deficiency Disorder Control Programme, Vitamin A Deficiency Disorder Control Programme, IDD
• NFHS, CNN, NHM, WCD
9.00
Unit V:
UNIT V
National and International agencies in improving the nutritional status:
• WHO,
• UNICEF,
• CDC,
• CARE,
• ICMR,
• NIN,
• ICAR
Opportunities in Development Sector
Factors affecting community Health & nutrition
An overview of Constitutional rights and acts related to nutrition and health sector
Essential Readings:
1. Nutrition Foundation of India Bulletin, New Delhi.
2. Nutrition News. NIN, Hyderabad.
3. Park, J.E. and Park, K. 2000. Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine. Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur.
4. Jeannette B. Endras, 1999. Community Nutrition Challenges and Opportunity Merril, an imprint of prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Colum Ohio.
5. Suryatapa Das (2022). Textbook of Community Nutrition- 5th edition. Academic Publisher. Kolkata. West Bengal.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Rao, B.S.N. Deosthale, Y.G. and Pant, K.C. 1998 (Revised and updated).Nutrition value of Indian Foods by Gopalan. C. Ramashastri, B.V. and Balasubraman S.C., NIN, ICMR,Hyderabad.
2. Gopaldas, T. and Seshadari, S. 1987. Nutrition Monitoring and Assessment.Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
3. McLaren, D.S. 1977. Nutrition in the Community John Wiley and Sons, Chichest.
4. Jelliffe. D.B. 1966. The Assessment of the Nutritional Status of the Community.WHO, Geneva.
5. Jeliffee, N. 1962. Clinical Nutrition. Hoeber Medical Division, New York.
6. Nutritious Recipes. For Complementary Feeding of Infants & Young Children. Food & Nutrition Board. MWCD Govt. of India (2008)
References:
e- RESOURCES
JOURNALS
Journal of Family and Community Medicine, Saudi Society of Family and Community Medicine, ISSN: 2230-8229, E ISSN: 2229-340X.
The Journal of Community Informatics. The Journal of Community Informatics. ISSN: 1712-4441.
International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. Inderscience Publishers. ISSN:1479-3911E-ISSN:1479-392X
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