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
  1. Concept and Scope of Food and Nutrition Security
  2. Strategies to combat public nutrition problems
  3. Diet or Food Based
  4. Programme management and administration

 

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V
  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: 
2017-2018
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