Nutrition Education and Communication

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. explain the concept of Nutrition Education and Communication; 2. develop communication skills; 3. discuss the FAO ENACT Course; 4. conduct field activities for the ENACT Modules; and 5. explain the concept of the monitoring and evaluation in nutrition education project.

The course should be delivered using the FAO ENACT course module. Definitions, goals and objectives of nutrition education; Learning objectives; Factors influencing teaching and learning; Nutrition problems and causes; The place of nutrition education in solving nutrition problems; Activity-oriented programmes adopted in fostering nutrition education and nutritional status of people; Communicating nutrition education – the source, the message (content) and the recipient; Nutrition education approaches; Learning methods (tutorials and mini projects) in nutrition education; Instructional technologies used in nutrition education; Programme planning and evaluation in nutrition education; Principles of nutrition advocacy; Behavioural change communication for healthy living; Information, education and communication (IEC) strategies; Communication skills and technical information.