Area: |
School of Public Health |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
5.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
9318 (v.7) Nutritional Status 381 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Definitions and job descriptions in public health nutrition. The Australian health care system. Current organisation of nutrition services at a Commonwealth level. Role of public health nutrition. The national public health partnership. Food and nutrition systems. Food and nutrition policy. Implementing the Dietary guidelines for Australians. Nutrition education through the lifecycle and implications for research and policy development. The 'systems' approach to planning community nutrition projects. Assessment of needs, identification of priorities, project planning, implementation strategies and techniques, evaluation of projects. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Field of Education: |
61300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Informational |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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