COMMUNITY NUTRITION

PUBH539

Course Code: PUBH539
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 8

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Compare the persent nutritional status in Tukey to the world
Discuss the causes of the nutritional problems with attention to health, economics and politics
Recommend interventions to solve the nutritional problems

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

SABE 606 HAS 529 HAS 535

Course Description

The objectives of this course are to describe and evaluate the relationship between physical and physiological growing and development and nutrition; to determine the nutritional problems in Turkey

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to community nutrition
2^nd Week	Nutritional Problems with Public Health Perspective
3^rd Week	Evaluating the Nutritional Status of Populations and Individuals
4^th Week	Classifying the Nutrients and Their Effect on the Organism
5^th Week	Food Sanitation and Hygien
6^th Week	Fast-food and Nutrition
7^th Week	Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation
8^th Week	Infant'sNutrition
9^th Week	Children's Nutrition
10^th Week	Nutrition for the elderly
11^th Week	Health Problem Due to Malnutrition
12^th Week	Non Communicable Diseases and Nutrition
13^th Week	Physical Activitiy, Nutrition and Health
14^th Week	Nutrition During Disasters
15^th Week

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Bertan M., Güler Ç. Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler. 1998, Güneş Tıp Kitabevi, Ankara
2. Caballero B., Allen L., Prentice A. Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. 2005, Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK.
3. Toprak İ. Vd. Toplumun Beslenmede Bilinçlendirilmesi Saha Personeli İçin Toplum Beslenmesi Programı Eğitim Materyali. 2002, T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı, Temel Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara, http://www.beslenme.saglik.gov.tr/docs/a5f_serisi/toplumun_beslenmede.pdf
4. Natalie Stein. Public Health Nutrition. Principles and Practice in Community and Global Health.2015. ISBN-13: 9781449692049

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	8	25
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	25	25
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	6	84
Preparation for Final exam	1	39	39
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	8	5	40
Total Work Load			231
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			7.7
ECTS Credit of the Course			8

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9	X	X	X
K10	X	X	X
K11	X	X	X