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PUBLIC NUTRITION (THEORY) [1]

Paper Code: 
HFN 322
Credits: 
04
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
• 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 
 
Academic Year: 
2015-2016 [2]

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[2] https://homescience.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2015-2016