NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

NUT720

Course Code: NUT720
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Merve Özdemir

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn appropriate methods for research within the scope of nutritional epidemiology
Analyze their ability about research planning
Will be able to make practical applications on the planning and evaluation of research on nutrition, the selection of the appropriate statistical method and the interpretation of the results

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

To choose appropriate research methods in nutrition research, and improve their ability to interpret the nutrition studies

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Important of epidemiologic methods in nutrition research
2^nd Week	Research design, planning and evaluation on nutritional epidemiology
3^rd Week	Research design, sample size and power,relationship of diet-diseases
4^th Week	Sources of error in the evaluation of the relationship between nutrition and disease.
5^th Week	Statistical methods on assessment of nutritional status
6^th Week	Validity on nutritional researchs
7^th Week	Midterm
8^th Week	Use of food composition tables on food and nutrient consumption
9^th Week	Use of biomarkers on assessment of nutritional status
10^th Week	Comparision of food consumption methods
11^th Week	Antropometric measurements on nutritional researchs
12^th Week	Descriptive, ecologic, case-control and cohort research design in nutrition researchs
13^th Week	Experimental research, Intervention research
14^th Week	Seminar presentation

Recommended or Required Reading

Tezcan, S., Epidemiyoloji, Tıbbi Araştırmaların Yöntem Bilimi,Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı, Yayın No: 92/1, Ankara, 1992.
Bertan, M., Enünlü, T., Bölge Sağlık Yönetiminde Epidemiyoloji El Kitabı, DSÖ, HÜTF Halk Sağlığı Anabilim Dalı, 90/51, Ankara, 1990.
Matgetts, B.M., Nelson, M., Design Concepts in Nutritional Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, 1991.
Langseth,L., Nutritional Epidemiology Possibilities and Limitations, ILSI EUROPE CONCIS1. E MONOGRAPH SERIES, ILSI Europe, 1993
Pysical Status: The use and interpretation of anthropometry, WHO Expert Committee, 1995
Oxford Textbook of Public Health (Eds. Detels R., Beaglehole R., Lansang MA, Gulliford M) Oxford University Press, 2011 (ISBN: :978-0-19-969347-4).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Case Study
Problem Solving
Practice
Project
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	1	20
Project	1	25
Total(%)		70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		30
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	6	84
Preparation for Final exam	1	48	48
Course hours	14	2	28
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	40	40
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	2	45	90
Total Work Load			292
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			9.73
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3			X
K4	X		X
K5			X
K6			X
K7	X	X	X