NUTRITION EDUCATION AND PROGRAMME PLANNING

Paper Code: 
HFN 143 D
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

·         To understand the concept behind public nutrition

·         To understand concept behind programme planning

           To successfully formulate nutrition education programme

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

a)      Concept of Public Health Nutrition

b)      Health Economics and Economics of Malnutrition

C)      Population Dynamics

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II
  1. Assessment of nutritional Status
  2. Dietary assessment
  3. Biomarkers
  4. Anthropometry and clinical measures
  5. Errors in methods of assessment of nutritional status

 

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III
  1. Nutrition Monitoring
  2. Nutrition Surveillance

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

a)      Concept and Scope of Food and Nutrition Security

b)      Strategies to combat public nutrition problems

c)      Diet or Food Based

d)    Programme management and administration

12.00
  1. Conceptualization and process of Nutrition Education
  2. Programme Formulation
  3. Programme Implementation
  4. Programme Evaluation

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine; Park J E and park K. Edition: 14th, Jabalpur. BanarsidasBhanot. 1990.
  •  Assessment of Nutritional Status in the Community,Jelliffe and Jelliffe 1989.
  • Gopalan C, Combating Undernutrition, Nutrition Foundation of India; Special Publication Series 3.
  •  Measuring Change in Nutritional Status: World Health Organization..Geneva, 1983.
  • Public Health Nutrition; Gibney MJ, Margetts BM, Kearney JM and Arab L. The Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Blackwell Publishing, 2005

 

References: 
  • Jean A.S. Ritchie, 1967, Learning Better Nutrition; Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Rome.
  • Gopalan C. and Kaur H., Towards Better Nutrition “Problems and Policies”. NFI; Special Publication Series No. 9.
  • Swaminathan M., Principles of Nutrition and Dietetics. Ed. 2.Bangalore. BAPPCO. 1986.
  • Swaminathan M., Essentials of Foods and Nutrition, vol. 1&2; Second Edition. Madras. Ganesh, 1974
  • Francis E.Johmstom, Nutritional Anthropology, Publisher; Alan R.Liss Inc., New York.
  • Vital Statistics of India: Office of the Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home-Affairs : GOI, New Delhi.
  • Economic Survey, GOI, Ministry of Finance; Economic Division.
  • BamjiRao and Reddy, Textbook of Human Nutrition, Publisher: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  • 1976, Nutrition in Preventive Medicine. Beaton and Bengoa; World Health Organization, Geneva
  • Berg A., 1973, The Nutrition Factor – Its Role in national Development; Publisher – The Brookings Institution 105.
  • 1995, National Plan of Action –FNB, DWCD, MHRD.
  • 1993, National Nutrition Policy – GOI, DWCD, MHRD.
  • Jacob T. Food Adulteration. 1976. Delhi, Macmillan, Adulteration.
  • Gibson R. Principles of Nutritional Assessment. 1990. Oxford University.
  • Shukla P.K. Nutritional Problems of India. 1982.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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