Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Medicine

School

Public Health School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Internal

Class hours

Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 2 Hours/ Week

Recommended prerequisite

Assessment methods

Online Quiz

Critical Appraisal

Concept Interpretation

Presentation

Course enquiries

Dr Preetha Thomas

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

This course introduces varied methods available to community and public health nutritionists for describing the food and nutrition landscape, and includes an introduction to, for example, dietary assessment tools, food security and infant feeding questionnaires, and community food asset mapping, as well as qualitative approaches to in depth understanding of people's attitudes and practices. Students will develop skills in study design, tool development, data collection, and reporting.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile