1st cycle of studies in Nutrition

Community Nutrition3

Nutrição Comunitária

Curse code:9554413

Renata Catarina Gonçalves Ramalho

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

The Community Nutrition Unit aims to acquaint students with the role of nutrition in public health, to provide students with the skills needed to effectively plan nutritional interventions in vulnerable populations, and to contribute to the delineation and implementation of effective and successful programs in Community Nutrition.

Skills to be developed:

  • To understand and to correctly use specific concepts of Community Nutrition.
  • To recognize the role and skills of the Community Nutritionist.
  • To understand and to correctly apply nutritional screening and assessment methods in Community Nutrition.
  • To be able to plan community nutrition programs intending the promotion of public health and disease prevention throughout the life cycle.
  • To be able to interact as a member of an interdisciplinary group in Public Health and Community Nutrition.
  • To critically analyse data from scientific press.
Syllabus:
  1. COMMUNITY NUTRITION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
    The Community Nutritionist : role, skills and responsibilities
    Community Nutrition and public health
    Nutrition screening and assessment; evaluation methods of food intake at household and national levels: Portuguese food scale and DAPHNE platform
    Cultural Influences on Public Health Nutrition
    Public Health Nutrition: international perspective
  2. PLANNING NUTRITION PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY
    Principles of planning effective and successful Community Nutrition programs
    Theories and models for health promotion and changing nutrition behaviour
    Nutritional Education
  3. NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: COMMUNITY PRACTICE
Suggested Bibliography:
  • Nnakwe NE (2013) Community Nutrition: Planning Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 2nd ed., Jones & Barlett Learning. ISBN: 978-1-4496-5293-7
  • Edelstein S (2010) Nutrition in Public Health, 3rd ed., Jones & Barlett Learning. ISBN: 978-0-7637-7791-3
 

Additional Info

  • Institution/School: Institution/School