MPH5254 - Nutrition in developing countries - 2017

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

Coordinator(s)

Professor Mike Toole

Not offered in 2017

Synopsis

Food security & nutritional issues in developing countries, emphasising causal factors, field programs addressing famine & under nutrition.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Identify and classify the major nutrients required for good human health and well-being.
  2. Analyse the major global and local determinants of adequate human nutrition.
  3. Assess the nutritional status of individuals and populations.
  4. Diagnose and manage acute malnutrition in children and adults.
  5. Identify the causative factors in the evolution of population nutrition emergencies.
  6. Plan programs to rehabilitate malnourished communities and to maintain and strengthen household food security.
  7. Understanding the determinants and different elements of household and community food security.

Assessment

  • Group presentation based on case study (20 minutes) (20%)
  • Exam (1.5 hours) (30%)
  • Annotated bibliography (4,000 - 4,500 words) (50%) (Hurdle)

Workload requirements

6 day block mode.

Please note: The teaching dates for this unit vary from the standard teaching datesstandard teaching dates (http://www.monash.edu/enrolments/dates/census) for this teaching period.

Unit discontinuation and penalty dates for these units are different to other units taught in the same teaching period.

Please refer to the information available on the Faculty's non-standard teaching datesFaculty's non-standard teaching dates (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/enrolments/non-standard-dates.html) page to avoid academic and financial penaltiesacademic and financial penalties (http://www.monash.edu/enrolments/processes/change/add-or-discontinue-units#penalties).

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Prerequisites

Basic computer proficiency.

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