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PUBLIC NUTRITION (PRACTICAL)
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to –
- Basic Principles for planning and preparing low cost nutritious dishes for vulnerable groups.
- Simple techniques of assessment of nutritional status.
- Critical evaluation of a nutrition and health programme.
- Organization of a nutrition education activity.
- Computer application in imparting nutrition and health education
Course Learning Outcomes (COs):
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HFN 325 |
Public Nutrition (Practical)
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The students will be able to –
COFN81: Develop low cost standardized recipes for different age groups and physiological states.
COFN82: Design and implement an action plan for addressing a public health nutrition problem in the community. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Power Point Presentations, Informative videos, group discussion
Learning activities for the students: Self learning assignments, Effective questions, presentations, Field trips
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Quiz, Poster Presentations, Power Point Presentations, Individual and group projects, Open Book Test, Semester End Examination, discussion, demonstration
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Contents:
- Development, Organoleptic evaluation and calculation of nutritive value of low cost recipes for vulnerable sections of society considering the dual burden of malnutrition.
- Pregnancy and Lactation
- Infancy
- Childhood
- Adolescence
- Elderly
- An overview of Ongoing Public Health and Nutrition program and report writing
- Formulation of Intervention plan Template
- Preparation of Intervention summary
- Community analysis
- Problem analysis
- Stakeholder analysis
- Determinant analysis
- Mandates for action
- Capacity analysis
- Establishment of intervention governance structure
- Formulation of goals and objective
- Intervention research
- Development and implementation of strategies
- Evaluation of plan
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