Courses Handbook 2010

13183 (v.3) Nutrition Promotion 682


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s):
Syllabus: This unit provides students with an introduction to the filed of nutrition promotion. It focuses on the rationale for nutrition promotion, the Australian food system and its relationship to the health care system. Students will examine the issues associated with designing nutrition promotion programs such as community assessment, planning, implementation and evalution of programs. Examples of innovative nutrition promotion strategies will be used including: individual and small groups, schools, worksites, restaurants, supermarkets, local nutrition policies. There will also be case studies to illustrate invervention and evaluation strategies.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 069901 Nutrition and Dietetics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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