Concepts and recent advances in a variety of topics in the domain of Public Health Nutrition are described and discussed with emphasis on evaluating nutritional status at population level and on community-based nutrition interventions. The course is instructed in three sections including 1) Nutritional epidemiology, 2) Community engagement and capacity building in global health and nutrition research, and 3) The application of qualitative research in nutritional health research. Students will learn through a combination of faculty lectures and student presentations, assignments, practice on data analyses and interpretation, and papers in a self-directed study format. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Concepts and recent advances in a variety of topics in the domain of Public Health Nutrition are described and discussed with emphasis on evaluating nutritional status at population level and on community-based nutrition interventions. The course is instructed in three sections including 1) Nutritional epidemiology, 2) Community engagement and capacity building in global health and nutrition research, and 3) The application of qualitative research in nutritional health research. Students will learn through a combination of faculty lectures and student presentations, assignments, practice on data analyses and interpretation, and papers in a self-directed study format. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
