Community Nutrition

Code:

CN41003

Acronym:

NUTCOM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science
OFICIAL	Health Sciences
OFICIAL	Natural Sciences

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Nutrition Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CNUP	90	Plano oficial	4	-	4	42	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1.To acquire knowledge in identification and intervention of nutritional problems in different community settings.

2. To develop skills of planning, implementation and assessment of community nutrition programs.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Ability to identify and intervention for nutritional problems/ food in different population groups.
2. Ability in the design, implementation and evaluation of community nutrition programs.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Community nutrition
1.1 Concepts and components
1.2 Prevention levels

 
2. Community nutrition programs 
2.1 Goals and objectives 
2.2 Food chain 
2.3 Interventions strategies 
2.4 Team work

 
3. Principles of planning effective community nutrition programs 
3.1 Steps 
3.2 Methods of identifying problems and needs 
3.3 Qualitative and quantitative data

4. Nutrition education 
4.1 Concepts and actions fields 
4.2 Direct and indirect methods 
4.3 Components of an action plan
4.4 Learning models and behavior theories
4.5 Nutrition education in school

5. Assessment of community nutrition programs 
5.1 Dimensions 
5.2 Techniques 
5.3 Eficaccy, effectiveness and efficiency 
 
 
6. Examples of community nutrition programs.


Practical component 
1. To plan and to perform four nutrition education sessions.
2. To develop a nutrition education campaign. 

Mandatory literature

Boyle Marie A.; Community nutrition in action. ISBN: 978-1-4390-4546-6
Oshaug A.; Planeamento e gestão em nutrição comunitária. ISBN: 972-675-044-X
Majem Lluís Serra 340; Nutrición y salud pública. ISBN: 84-458-1528-8
Bartrina Javier Aranceta; Nutrición comunitaria. ISBN: 978-84-458-2137-4
Nnakwe Nweze Eunice; Community nutrition. ISBN: 978-1-4496-5293-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

The curricular unit is organized in theoric, theoric-practical and practical sessions.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	40,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese
Trabalho de campo
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

The evaluation includes two components (A) and (B).

(A) it consists of the evaluation of the following activities: planning and performing four sessions of nutrition education for schoolchildren; and elaborating a nutrition food campaign, namely the decrease of sugar products intake in children/adolescents. The minimum mark that allows the final exam is 9.5 in 20.
(B) it composed of a written text, which minimum mark is 9.5 in 20.

The (A) component is compulsory to the approval of every student. Students whose statute allows the exemption of attending classes should contact the chair/coordinator of curricular unit on the first two weeks of classes, in order to be attributed other activities.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification results from the sum of the above mentioned components, whose relative weight is 60% (40% + 20%)  for component A and 40% for component B.
(A) =60% + (B) =40%

Observations

Bibliography

Bartrina JA. Nutrición comunitaria 3.ª ed. Barcelona: Masson; 2013.
Boyle MA, Holben DH. Community nutrition in action: an entrepreneurial approach. 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company; 2010.
Majem LS, Bartrina JA, editores. Nutrición y salud pública: métodos, bases científicas y aplicaciones 2.ª ed. Barcelona: Masson; 2006.
Nnakwe, NE. Community nutrition: planning health promotion and disease prevention 3th ed. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 2013.
Oshaug A, trad. António Pedro Graça. Planeamento e gestão em nutrição comunitária: manual para profissionais em nutrição comunitária. Lisboa: Departamento de Estudos e Planeamento da Saúde; 1996.