Community Nutrition Promotion

Course aim

To develop understanding and application of the principles and practicalities of program planning and delivery to successfully guide community nutrition activities which meet the capabilities required for a nutritionist.

Course content

Public health nutrition framework – local, national and international perspective. Public health nutrition priorities with a focus on Aboriginal and disadvantaged populations. Current national, international community nutrition programs, with a focus on Aboriginal  and disadvantaged populations. Principles and practicalities of community nutrition program planning, delivery and evaluation (including needs assessment, setting aims and objectives, implementation theory and models, program evaluation). Application of theory to the critique and development of community nutrition programs. Application of food and nutrition knowledge to planning community nutrition activities.  Emerging issues in community nutrition.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BIOL 1055	Introduction to Nutrition and Food Sciences 2
BIOL 2052	Lifespan Physiology

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	1 hour x 12 weeks
Workshop	3 hours x 12 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Report, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.