WOMEN HEALTH AND NUTRITION(THEORY)

Paper Code: 
CND 301
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
This course will enable the student 
• To be acquainted with status of women in family  & society
• Understand how various factors influence the health & nutritional status of women
• Understand how health  of women influence family, community & national development

Course  Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 

CO 24: Assess the status of women in family and society and the role of women in National development.

CO25: Examine the nutritional requirements of women through lifecycle and the special care needed during certain physiological conditions.

CO26: Critically evaluate the role of education in empowering women and the role of family, community and National development in womens’ health.

CO27: Distinguish various policies and legislations for women.

Approach in teaching:

Demonstrations, Laboratory exercises, Discussionsand interaction with chefs and cooks

 

Learning activities for the students:

Use of recipe books and related videos, Participation in cookery competitions, Product development.

 

Class test

Semester end examinations

Quiz

Assignments

 

 

  

 

9.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
Role of Women in National Development 
• pre and post-independence 
• present scenario
 
Women in family and community
• Demographic changes as per the latest census report (2011)
• Sex ratio
• Life expectancy
• Literacy rate
• Fertility related statistics
Birth Rate, General Fertility Rate, General Marital Fertility Rate, Age-Specific Fertility Rate, Total Fertility Rate, Gross Reproduction Rate, Net Production Rate, Child Women Ratio, Pregnancy Rate, Abortion Rate, Abortion Ratio, Marriage Rate
 
9.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II
Women as a reproductive unit
Girl child and gender bias 
Family planning
• Definition 
• Health aspects 
• National population policy 
• Fertility regulating methods
• Post- conceptional methods
National Family Welfare Programme 
 
9.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III
Women’s nutritional requirements and food need throughout lifecycle
Special Care during certain physiological conditions (mental- social support and food fads and myths )
• Menarche
• Pregnancy 
• Lactation
• Menopause
Special Care in chronic degenerative diseases (mental- social support and food fads and myths )
• HIV and AIDS
• Cancers- breast cancer and cervical cancer
Overview to the funding agencies for the same ( national &  international)
 

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV
Policies and Legislations 
• CEDAW ( Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women)
• WRLH (Women’s Right to Life and Health) 
• Safe motherhood & child survival
• Ministry of Women & Child  Guidelines 
• Laws  pertaining to rape and female foeticide
 
9.00
Unit V: 
UNIT-V
Empowerment of women
• Role of education 
• Various national schemes for women 
SABLA, IGMSY,IMY, Working Women Hostel, STEP, Swadhar, KSY and BSY.
 
Essential Readings: 
1. Wadhwa A and Sharma S (2003). Nutrition in the Community-A Textbook. Elite
Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
2. Park K (2011). Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 21st Edition. M/s
Banarasidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur, India.
3. Bamji MS, Krishnaswamy K and Brahmam GNV (Eds) (2009). Textbook of Human
Nutrition, 3rd edition. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
4. Park K & Park (2011) Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine. 21 st
Edition.Banarsidas Bhanot Publications UP, India
5. Women and Health (2011) Mary IJ, Chidambaranathan C.Pointer Publication , Jaipur.
6. Bhatia A (2000). Women Devcelopment and NGO’s. Rawat Publications
7. Nutrient Requirement and Recommended Dietary Allowances. (2020) ICMR
 
References: 
1. UNICEF (1994): The Urban Poor And Household Food Security, UNICEF
2. IDRC (1993): Gender, Health and Sustainable Development.
3. NFHS Reports (Available online).
4. UNICEF-State of World’s Children
5. Annual Report of Government of India (National Development
6. Policy documents,11 th Five Year Plan. Ministry of Women & Child, Government of India
7. ICMR Spl.Rep.Ser.No.42. Nutrition for Mother and Child. NIN Hyderabad
 
Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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