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Selected Topics in Public Health Nutrition

Public health nutrition is the promotion of good health through the prevention of nutrition-related illness in the population. This course will examine a selection of nutrition-related public health problems and describe how research-based evidence is used to develop effective promotion strategies.

Course code

Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.

151717

Level

The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).

700-level

Credits

Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.

15

Subject

Nutritional Science

Course planning information

Course notes

Attendance at any contact workshop or block course on campus or online is compulsory, further details and any changes will be available on the course Stream site.

All assessments are compulsory

General progression requirements

You may enrol in a postgraduate course (that is a 700-, 800- or 900-level course) if you meet the prerequisites for that course and have been admitted to a qualification which lists the course in its schedule.

Learning outcomes

What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.

  • 1 Evaluate public health nutrition programmes in New Zealand.
  • 2 Apply health promotion concepts and programme planning models.
  • 3 Recognise a settings approach for health promotion and models of community organisation.
  • 4 Plan a theory informed nutrition intervention to reduce inequalities in health and improve Māori health.
  • 5 Evaluate New Zealand food and nutrition policies.
  • 6 Assist vulnerable communities to build their capacity for health promotion

Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.

Assessments

Assessment Learning outcomes assessed Weighting
Written Assignment 2 3 4 6 10%
Written Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 6 25%
Written Assignment 1 2 3 4 6 25%
Test 1 2 3 4 5 6 40%

Assessment weightings can change up to the start of the semester the course is delivered in.

You may need to take more assessments depending on where, how, and when you choose to take this course.

Explanation of assessment types

Computer programmes
Computer animation and screening, design, programming, models and other computer work.
Creative compositions
Animations, films, models, textiles, websites, and other compositions.
Exam College or GRS-based (not centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by a college or the Graduate Research School (GRS). The exam could be online, oral, field, practical skills, written exams or another format.
Exam (centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by Assessment Services (centrally) – you’ll usually be told when and where the exam is through the student portal.
Oral or performance or presentation
Debates, demonstrations, exhibitions, interviews, oral proposals, role play, speech and other performances or presentations.
Participation
You may be assessed on your participation in activities such as online fora, laboratories, debates, tutorials, exercises, seminars, and so on.
Portfolio
Creative, learning, online, narrative, photographic, written, and other portfolios.
Practical or placement
Field trips, field work, placements, seminars, workshops, voluntary work, and other activities.
Simulation
Technology-based or experience-based simulations.
Test
Laboratory, online, multi-choice, short answer, spoken, and other tests – arranged by the school.
Written assignment
Essays, group or individual projects, proposals, reports, reviews, writing exercises, and other written assignments.

Textbooks needed

Textbooks can change. We recommend you wait until at least seven weeks before the semester starts to buy your textbooks.

Recommended

PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. FROM PRINCIPALS TO PRACTICE

Author
LAWRENCE M; WORSLEY A (EDS)
ISBN
978 174175 102 4
Edition
IST 2007
Publisher
ALLEN AND UNWIN. CROWS NEST, NSW, AUSTRALIA

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