Community Nutrition

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. list strategies for the planning, implementation and evaluation of community nutrition programmes; 2. assess factors affecting community nutrition;. 3. interpret food and nutrition survey data to guide community nutrition activities; and 4. discuss nutrition interventions in community.

Concept of community nutrition. Planning, organisation and evaluation of Community Nutrition programmes (concept of community participation, social mobilisation, participatory monitoring and evaluation). Assessment of ecological factors affecting community nutrition. Methods of Assessment of nutritional status of individuals and groups in a community. Use of growth and development chart. Economic aspects of nutrition. Food budgets. Food habits. Surveys in rural and urban communities. Applied nutrition programmes and interventions (Nutrition specific and sensitive interventions). School feeding programmes. Nutrition rehabilitation centres. Nutrition and National harmony. Nutrition information and surveillance system. Field visits to communities for nutrition assessment and interventions.