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Overview
Nutrition is one of the major determinants of the health and wellbeing of children in all societies.
In order to design effective programmes to alleviate malnutrition (along with its adverse effects on health and developmental outcomes), it's essential to understand the causes, prevalence and severity of nutritional problems.
This short course will give you an overview of global nutrition epidemiology and policy.
You'll learn about the causes and impacts of malnutrition, as well as approaches to nutritional intervention in developmental and emergency contexts.
You'll also gain hands-on experience of anthropometry and survey analysis software.
This course is run by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's Institute for Global Health (IGH).
Course content
This course provides a concise and field-orientated overview of public health nutrition in development and emergency contexts.
You'll learn about enduring problems caused by undernutrition, as well as the obesity epidemic and the emerging challenges of the double burden of malnutrition.
Topics covered include:
- the importance of nutrition in public health
- the main determinants of malnutrition
- methods of nutritional assessment
- approaches to nutritional intervention
You'll also learn about more practical field issues, such as conducting surveys and running treatment programmes for severe acute malnutrition.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for professionals working for relevant organisations, including NGOs, UN agencies, the public sector and universities.
Teaching, structure and assessment
This course is taught on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays over two weeks.
It involves lectures, group work, practical hands-on training sessions on anthropometry and software tools, and independent learning.
Lecture notes and reference materials are provided via Moodle (a virtual learning environment), which you'll also use to access regular online quizzes to help monitor your progress.
As a short course student you won't be formally assessed, but you're expected to fully participate in group work. You'll receive a certificate of attendance on completion of the course.
This course can also be taken as a taster course, allowing you to earn Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê credits.
The taster course is assessed by a 2,000 word essay (80%) and a one-hour unseen MCQ exam (20%).
Find out more about the difference between short and taster courses on the IGH website.
Learning outcomesÂ
On completing this course you'll be able to:
- outline the global prevalence of malnutrition, trends and future projections, and the main stakeholders and players in international nutrition
- describe how nutrition interacts with other aspects of maternal and child health and gain awareness of the social, economic and cultural factors which impact on nutritional status
- describe current global initiatives aimed at addressing malnutrition
- interpret dietary requirement reference data with respect to populations and individuals
- explain the basic nutritional physiology of key micronutrients and methods for their assessment
- critically review current policy and practice relating to HIV/AIDS and nutrition/food security interventions
- describe the range of nutrition interventions that are used in development and humanitarian contexts for preventing and treating different forms of malnutrition
Entry requirementsÂ
For the short course you'll need:
- professional work experience in a relevant area and/or a first or second-class honours degree in a relevant subject
- a good standard of English proficiency
Cost and concessions
The fees for the short courseÌý²¹°ù±ð:
- Home/EU - £850
- Overseas - £1,200
- Overseas low-middle income countries - £750
- IGH staff - freeÂ
- other Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê staff - £400
- IGH/Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê alumni - £650
The fees for the taster courseÌý²¹°ù±ð:
- Home/EU - £950
- Overseas - £1,300
- Overseas low-middle income countries - £850
- IGH staff - £100
- other Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê staff - £500
- IGH/Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê alumni - £750
Course team
![Dr Andrew Seal](/short-courses/sites/short_courses/files/andy-seal.jpg)
Dr Andrew Seal
Andrew is a Senior Lecturer at the IGH. He works on nutritional problems in populations affected by disasters, emergencies or HIV/AIDS. He leads the Nutrition in Crisis Research Group, which studies the epidemiology of malnutrition in emergency-affected populations, optimisation of food assistance, diagnosis and management of acute malnutrition, and approaches to human resource development and capacity building. He's worked in Bangladesh, Eastern Europe, and many countries in Africa.
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Course information last modified: 30 Nov 2022, 16:00