Nutrition and Public Health

Code:

OPT_MSP12_23

Acronym:

MSP12_23

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social and comportamental sciences

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree Course in Public Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSP	13	Master Degree Public Health - Official Plan12	1	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

po

Objectives

To gain knowledge and develop skills in methods and dietary determinants relevant for public health.

To develop students' skills for the development of intervention community strategies in Nutrition.

Learning outcomes and competences

 At the end of the course the student should be able:

  - To characterize the methods of assessing nutritional status of populations and be able to select the best method to address the study objectives.

 - To know the determinants of dietary intake and to describe the food/nutritional context and the major public health problems and their implications in health indicators.

- To know specific aspects related with food/nutrition and the methodology used to evaluate them in different periods of life.

- To understand the concepts of Health Education and Health Promotion.

 

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

non-applicable

Program

- History, concepts and principles: Health and Public Health, evolution and relation with Nutrition.

- Nutritional Epidemiology: type of studies in nutritional epidemiology, methods of assessment of nutritional status and dietary intake.

- Determinants of food consumption.

- Diet in different periods of life (pregnant women, children, adolescents).

- Diet, Health and Disease: Food-borne Diseases, Diet and Chronic Diseases.

- Community Nutrition: Dietary situation in Portugal, NutritionEducation, Planning and Programming in Community Nutrition.

 

Mandatory literature

Gibney MJ, Margetts BM, Kearney JM, Arab, L, editors. ; Public Health Nutrition, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004
Majem S Ll, Bartrina JA, Verdú JM. ; Nutrición y Salud Pública: Métodos, bases científicas y aplicaciones; 2006.
Willett WC editors; Nutritional Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998.

Comments from the literature

Bibliography will also include scientific papers with relevance to the topics under study

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and pratical sessions.

keywords

Health sciences

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence in at least 75% of the classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Classification of the final exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.