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The course is designed to enable the student identify issues and trends in nursing and health care. In-depth knowledge is derived through literature review and interaction with members of the health team. Seminar report will be presented by the student.

Definition and concepts of counselling. Roles of Dietitians/ Nutritionists. Dietary counselling for target patients, application of Behavioural Change Communication for healthy living. Counsellor– Patient relationship. Problems/Barriers to Communication in relation to patients. Development of personal philosophy to problem solving. Different approaches to counselling; steps in dietary counselling. Nutrition counselling at home and in the hospital. The concept of change: The nature of dietary change, implication of dietary change, adapting to dietary change. Patients interviewing techniques. Clients’ compliance and associated factors including follow up.

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.

Applied nutrition programme planning and implementation. Nutrition policy and governance. Public private partnership. Link between Nutrition and Development. Multisectoral linkages (Agriculture, Nutrition, Health and Education sectors and many others) in Nutrition programme planning and implementation. Monitoring and Evaluation of Nutrition programme. Food laws and regulations. Nutrition labelling. Applications of Codex Alimentarius Commission. Poverty reduction and nutrition security. Nutrition and social protection. Basic concepts of Advocacy: Definition, Importance, Types, process of developing effective advocacy plan, Advocacy tools, development and implementation strategies for effective advocacy.

Socio-cultural patterns of food behaviour, food habits, and determinants of food choice and nutrition transition. Execution of nutrition surveys of individual and groups in institution, in urban and rural setting. Methods used in nutrition surveys: anthropometry (stunting, wasting, underweight, overweight/obesity), food balance sheets, morbidity and mortality vital statistics, clinical signs, growth monitoring, growth chart methods construction and use of questionnaires, various parameters used in food consumption surveys. methodology in collecting food consumption data (direct methods: weigh food intake, 24-hour dietary recall, food frequency questionnaire, estimated food record and many others.) and indirect methods - food balance sheet, data processing and calculation of various nutrients, interpretation of data collected and use of survey results. Food composition tables.

Principles of Nutritional Epidemiology, Reviews of Assessment methods for Populations and Individuals. Diets/Disease Relationships, Correction of Measurement Errors in Nutritional Study, Nutrition Survey & Research Methods in Nutrition, Measures of Association, Inferential Nutritional Epidemiology & Statistics, Multiple determinants of Diseases, Nutritional Surveillance & Notification, Evaluation of Diagnostic and Screening Tests-Specificity, Sensitivity, Validity and Predictive Values, Application of Nutritional Epidemiology to Health care Delivery and Systems Development.

Basic OOP Concepts: Classes, Objects, inheritance, polymorphism, Data Abstraction, Tools for developing, Compiling, interpreting and debugging, Java Programs, Java Syntax and data objects, operators. Central flow constructs, objects and classes programming, Arrays, methods. Exceptions, Applets and the Abstract, OLE, Persistence, Window Toolkit, Laboratory exercises in an OOP Language.

Introduction to general pathology- both organic and non-organic, Changes in inflammation; Suppuration; Abscess formation - effects on tissue; Repair of tissues; Factors upon which rate of repair depends; Degeneration in relation to structures in the ear; Effect of changes in circulation of hearing; Anaemia and hyperaemia; Oedema; formation and drainage of tissue fluid. Mechanism of development of oedema in the inner ear. Spurious, feigned or malingering hearing loss.

The course is designed for the undergraduates in public health and others in the health Sciences programs. Overview of the history of occupational health in Nigeria and elsewhere. Attention is focused on selected occupational health problems of the various industries and occupations. Various target organs and systems affected by specific hazards are highlighted. Specific areas relating to health hazards from new environmental pollutants and early detection of impairments. Various legislations concerning safety measures for the workers and the work environments are reviewed. Visits to the various industrial setting and other places of interest to identify specific problems. Disaster and disaster Management. Phases of Disaster Management and risk reduction right from Disaster declaration process. How to conduct annual hazard mitigation risk assessment. How preparation is made for Disaster Management, such as preparation for flood, windstorm, land slide and collapsing of buildings and other Disaster issues as well as emergency response procedures and action plans. Procedures at disaster management centres or site of a disaster. Managing humanitarian crises and those of Response and Recovery after a Disaster.

Model of human occupation (MOHO). Ecological models used in mental health (Person- Environment-occupation-Performance Model, Ecology of human performance). Overview of mental health conditions: depression; Cognitive behavioural therapy. International occupation- based models used in mental health (KAWA model, Canadian Model of Occupational Performance). Therapeutic use of self theories and strategies to enhance occupational performance. Overview of substance use disorders and drug induced psychosis. Overview of schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions.