Programs and Policies in Global Nutrition

Topics

• ● Critical analysis of issues in public health nutrition relating to the context of a developing country; ● Understanding of the biological and social roles of nutrition in health, particularly as they relate to issues of poor nutrition in a global context; ● Demonstration of effective organizational skills and the ability to communicate with and enlist the support of potential participants and stakeholders; and ● Participation in making policy related to health and nutrition within services, programs, and projects.
• 1. Describe and interpret the prevalence and trends of public health nutrition issues faced by mothers and children living in low- and middle-income countries, ranging from malnutrition to micronutrient deficiencies to overweight and obesity. 2. Discuss the political, environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic factors underlying a wide range of nutrition issues in low- and middle-income countries and predict how interventions affect these factors. 3. Identify the ways in which historical, social, cultural, economic, commercial, and institutional factors promote or act as barriers to the design and implementation of agriculture, food, and nutrition policies and programs, and the ways in which these policies and programs affect health and other outcomes. 4. Integrate knowledge of nutritional issues and policies to analyze methods through which stakeholder groups affect the design and implementation of food and nutrition programs and policies.

Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes