PUBLIC HEALTH FOR NUTRITION STUDIES
PHE1BHN
2015
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, topics are organised into three groupings. In Population Health, content includes basic epidemiological concepts, Australian health patterns and trends, and diet and nutrition as risk factors for disease. In Health, Nutrition and Society, content includes sociological analyses of changing definitions of health and illness, nutrition-related inequalities in health, political and ethical issues in public health nutrition, socio-cultural understandings of food and eating, and environmental influences on nutrition. In Behaviour and Nutrition, content includes biological regulation of dietary intake, psycho-social factors that influence eating behaviours, physical activity, biopsychosocial aspects of obesity and eating disorders, and nutrition-related public health promotion.
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Jane Pierson
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Upon successful completion of this subject, you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of nutrition-related aspects of population health; demonstrate knowledge of socio-cultural and environmental influences on nutrition and nutrition-related health; demonstrate knowledge of biological and psychosocial factors that are relevant to dietary habits and eating behaviours, and to physical activity; demonstrate knowledge of biopsychosocial factors that underpin overweight and obesity and eating disorders; and demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of nutrition-related health promotion.
- Activities:
- Lectures; in-class tests; individual assignment
Melbourne, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: 250
Enrolment information: resource considerations via a restriction in student online on automatic self-enrolment into the subject
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jane Pierson
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
Three 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 1,000-word assignment | 30 | 01 | |
| one 2-hour examination | 50 | 01 | |
| one (2-part) online test | 20 | 01 |
Online, 2015, Semester 1, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: No
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Adrienne Forsyth
Class requirements
Scheduled Online Class
One 4.0 hours scheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day and delivered via online.
"Start Week OUA-SP1-1. End Week OUA-SP3-13. Online instance for Open Uni Australia with no timetabled component."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 1,000-word assignment | 30 | 01 | |
| one 2-hour examination | 50 | 01 | |
| one (2-part) online test | 20 | 01 |