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PUBLIC NUTRITION (THEORY) [1]

Paper Code: 
DHSC 511 (A)
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course Objectives (COs): 
This course will enable the students to –
1. Gain a insight on Public Health Aspect
2. Geographical Distribution of Health Problems 
3. Ongoing Programs for combating malnutrition
 

Course outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

The students will be able to -

 

CO194: Define various aspects of

public health.

CO195: Explain geographical

distribution of various public health

issues.

CO196: Describe how to assess

nutritional and health status.

CO197: Develop skills and techniques

required for assessment of various

ongoing public health programmes.

Approach in teaching:

Lecture method

Power point presentation  Discussions

Tutorials

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments

Effective questions

Seminar presentation Field Visits to Anganwadi centers

Giving tasks

Class test

Semester end examinations

Quiz

Assignments

Presentations

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Concept and scope of public nutrition
• Definition and multidisciplinary nature of public nutrition
• Concept and scope
• Role of public nutritionist
• Health Care Delivery System
 
12.00
Unit II: 
Nutritional problems, their implications and related nutrition programmes
• Etiology, prevalence, clinical features and preventive strategies of-
• Undernutrition –
• Protein energy malnutrition, nutritional anaemias, vitamin A deficiency, iodine
• deficiency disorders
• Overnutrition – obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes
• Fluorosis
 
12.00
Unit III: 
Assessment of nutritional status
• Objectives and importance
• Methods of assessment
• Direct – clinical signs, nutritional anthropometry, biochemical tests, biophysicaltests
• Indirect – Diet surveys, vital statistics
 
12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
Nutrition Monitoring and Nutrition Surveillance
• Objectives and components of Nutrition Monitoring
•
Nutrition Survelliance System (NSS)
• Objectives and Uses of Nutrition Surveillance 
• Key Indicators of Nutrition Surveillance System
•
 Nutrition Education 
• Need, Scope and Importance 
• Theories of NE
• Process of NEC(Nutrition Education Communication)
 
12.00
Unit V: 
Nutrition Policies, Programmes and Acts
• National Nutrition Policy
• Nutrition Programmes
• ICDS
• Nutrient Deficiency Control Programme
• Supplementary Feeding Programmes
• Food Security Programmes
• Self Employment and Wage Employment Schemes
• Planning Cycle  : Programme Planning and Administration
 
Essential Readings: 
• Wadhwa A and Sharma S (2003). Nutrition in the Community-A Textbook. Elite
Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
• Park K (2011). Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 21st Edition. M/s
Banarasidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur, India.
• Bamji MS, Krishnaswamy K and Brahmam GNV (Eds) (2009). Textbook of Human
Nutrition, 3rd edition. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
• ICMR (1989) Nutritive Value of Indian Foods. National Institute of Nutrition, Indian
Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad.
• ICMR (2011) Dietary Guidelines for Indians – A Manual. National Institute of Nutrition,
Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad.
• Jelliffe DB, Jelliffe ERP, Zerfas A and Neumann CG (1989). Community Nutritional
Assessment with special reference to less technically developed countries. Oxford
Unitversity Press. Oxford.
• World Health Organization (2006). WHO Child Growth Standards: Methods and
development: Length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for height
and body mass index-for-age (http://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/en/ [2]
 
References: 
e content: 
Journals (Indexed in UGC CARE : Group 1 and Group 2
Journal of Family and Community Medicine, Saudi Society of Family and Community Medicine ,  ISSN: 2230-8229 ,  E ISSN: 2229-340X          Indexed in Scopus.
The Journal of Community Informatics. The Journal of Community Informatics . ISSN : 1712-4441.
International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health.Inderscience Publishers. ISSN:1479-3911E-ISSN:1479-392X
 
Academic Year: 
2022-2023 [8]

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[1] https://homescience.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/public-nutrition-theory-3
[2] http://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/en/
[3] https://www.slideshare.net/jamesmacroony/healthcare-delivery-system-in-india
[4] http://nhp.gov.in/e-health-india_mty
[5] https://csd.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/docs/ICT%20India/Papers/ICT_India_Working_Paper_28.pdf
[6] https://wcd.nic.in/sites/default/files/nnp_0.pdf
[7] https://wcd.nic.in/sites/default/files/integrated%20nutrition%20education-%20a%20handbook.pdf
[8] https://homescience.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2022-2023