Community Nutrition

Nutrição Comunitária

Curse code:9554308

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 understand and to correctly apply the ' Nutrition Care Process and Model ' in Community Nutrition.
• To identify and to distinguish specific nutritional needs of vulnerable populations.
• 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
   Nutritionist's role in the community.
   Nutritional screening methods in populations.
   The role of culture in community choices.
   The influence of communities’ health in society and in the world.
2. PLANNING NUTRITION PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY
   Planning tools and implementation of nutritional intervention programs in communities.
   Evaluation of the effectiveness of nutritional programs.
3. NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
   The role of community nutritionist in screening, assessment, and intervention in populations with vulnerability to diseases related to nutrition.
   Application of Nutrition Care Process and Model in communities.

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