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Public Nutrition (Theory)
Paper Code:
HFN 322
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the students to:
- To understand the multi-faceted nature of malnutrition problem.
- To be able to assess the malnutrition problem at the community level.
- To understand the role and responsibilities of various sectors in improving health and nutritional status of population.
- To be aware of policies and various intervention programmes operating in India to overcome malnutrition.
12.00
Unit I:
- Concept and scope of Public Health Nutrition, Health Care DeliverySystem
- Relationship Between Eating Behavior and Chronic Diseases
- Reducing Risk through Preventive Mechanism
- Levels of Prevention and Promotion
- Public and Community Health Objectives
- Knowledge and Skills of Public Health and Community Nutritionist, Places of Employment
12.00
Unit II:
An introduction on Epidemiology
- Methods.
- Epidemiological reasoning.
- Epidemiological studies.
- Nutritional Epidemiology- Measurement.
- Importance of nutritional epidemiology in developing countries.
- Nutritional epidemiology and Public Health Nutrition.
12.00
Unit III:
Dual burden of Malnutrition
- An introduction
- Emergence of Dual Burden of Malnutrition in India.
- Overview of Nutritional Status of Vulnerable group.
- Overview of causes and consequences.
- Nutritional intervention for vulnerable population. ( Pregnancy, Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence, Adulthood: Special health issues)
12.00
Unit IV:
Delivering Successful Nutrition Services
- Principles of Planning Effective Community Nutrition Programs.
- Introduction
- Identifying Issues
Factors that prompt program planning
- Analyzing subjective and objective data
Writing a mission statement
Clarifying goals
- Developing a Program Plan
Designing actions
Management system
Resources, budgets and Feasibility
Managing Task and Time
- Program Implementation
- Program Evaluation
Evaluation types
Why program evaluation and with whom
The program process evaluation
Theories and models for Health Promotion and Changing Nutrition Behavior
- Introduction
- Program planning using theories/Models
- Health Belief Model (HBM)
- Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Model (KABM)
- Social Learning Theory (SLT)
- Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA)
- Diffusion of Innovation Theory
- Transtheoretica/Stages of Change Model
- Social Marketing Theory (SMT)
- Healthy Communities: The Process
- P- Process
- PRECEDE_PROCEED
12.00
Unit V:
Principles of Nutrition education
- Introduction
- Educational Principles
- The Theory of Learning
- The Nature of Learning
- Applying Educational Principles to Program Design and Intervention
- Education across the life span
- Education and culture
- Developing a nutrition education plan
- Developing a lesson plan.
- Enhancing and achieving program participation- ideas for designing messages
Marketing nutrition program and role of food industry and food choices
- Developing Marketing plan
- Market research and situational analysis
- E- professionalism (advertising the program, food industry, advertising and food choices
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