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NUTR 477

Advanced Population and Public Health Nutrition

3 units

Fall 2020

Topics

  • Understand the core attitudes and values shared by public nutrition professionals
  • Apply nutrition knowledge and skills in a community setting
  • Promote nutrition health promotion and disease prevention in the community
  • Develop and implement strategies to promote health healthy food choices and healthy eating behaviours
  • Conduct assessments to determine needs for community-based food and nutrition programs and services
  • Plan, implement and evaluate community-based food and nutrition programs and services
  • The role of policy and how food and nutrition policy is developed in Canada and affects nutrition behaviour
  • Food and nutrition surveillance and monitoring as it relates to planning, policy analysis, program evaluation, advocacy and research
  • Understand the complexities of working within a community agency

Readings

Fall 2019

Topics

  • Overview of public health nutrition practice in Canada
  • Dietary assessment and surveillance at the population level
  • Overview of comprehensive school health, Cheryl Shinkaruk, Manager, Programs and Projects, Edmonton Catholic Schools
  • LAB: Working with clients with disabilities, Karin Werther MSc OT, Room 3-26 Corbett Hall
  • Community nutrition models for health promotion
  • Nutrition program planning and interventions
  • Nutrition program planning and logic models
  • Population and public health nutrition, Sheila Tyminski, MEd, RD, Director, Population and Public Health Nutrition, Alberta Health Services
  • LAB: Nutrition education and teaching strategies (ECHA 1-182)
  • Nutrition program implementation and evaluation at Dairy Farmers of Canada, Lindsay Buchanan RD, Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • Introduction to community nutrition program and grant writing
  • LAB: School Placement
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