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.

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Health and Nutrition.
  1. Concept and Scope of community Health and Nutrition. Health care, health delivery systems
  2. Nutrition and health in national development
  3. Demography and population  Dynamics
9.00
Unit II: 
Nutrition and behavior
  1. Identification of at risk group
  2. Causes of malnutrition, Economics of Malnutrition, Dual Burden of Malnutrition
  3. Nutrition and behavior
  4. Food and Nutrition Security

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Nutrition Education
  1. Nutrition Education
  2. Nutritional Surveillance & Monitoring
  3. Programme Planning
9.00
Unit IV: 
Nutrition Policies
  1. Nutrition Policies, National Health Policy, National Nutrition Policy
  2. Food Based Strategies for Combating Malnutrition : Horticulture Intervention, food fortification, value addition
  3. Ongoing programme in field of Public Health Nutrition at central  as well as state
  4. Community Nutrition Programmes – Objectives, strategy and other variousnutrition related welfare programme. An Overview of
  • ICDS, Mid Day Meal Programmes, Iron Deficiency Disorder Control Programme,  Vitamin A Deficiency Disorder Control Programme, IDD

 

9.00
Unit V: 
National and International agencies
  1. National and International agencies in improving the nutritional status :
  •   WHO, UNICEF,  CDC, CARE,ICMR, NIN,ICAR                                               
  1. Approaches & working with Community
  2. Factors affecting community Health & nutrition
  3. 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.

 

References: 

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)

 

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