HSN708 - Nutrition Promotion

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Alison Booth
Cohort rule:

H511, H517, H616 and H714 students: enrol in online mode only.

H748 students: enrol via Campus mode at Burwood (Melbourne) only.

Other Postgraduate students who wish to enrol in this unit:

If you are enrolled in an on campus course, you can enrol in the on campus unit offering and you will need to request a manual enrolment from a Student Adviser in Student Central.

If you are enrolled in an online course, you need to enrol into the online unit offering.

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: HSN210
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

5 x 2 hour seminars per trimester

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 5 x 2 hour online seminars per trimester

Content

Nutrition promotion is an important aspect of public health nutrition, essential for the improvement and optimization of population health. This unit focuses on current concepts of nutrition promotion. Topics include: threats to population nutrition status, communication models, nutrition education and food literacy, settings and systems based approaches, and, program and policy evaluation. Theories relevant to nutrition promotion including behavioural influence and change models will be discussed.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Understand the challenges facing nutrition promotion in contemporary society. Discuss the foundations, scope and role of nutrition promotion, and use of relevant theories.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO2 Analyse and compare the purposes, requirements, strengths and limitations of different forms of nutrition promotion for individuals and groups in different settings.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO3 Demonstrate several professional communication skills and advocacy in nutrition promotion for a variety of audiences and media.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO4 Propose appropriate, practical, evidenced based strategies for the promotion of healthy food and nutrition practices.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

Nutritionist skill building in this unit

Health and Disease
- Determinants of health
- Population health
- Healthcare systems, services and roles

Food safety and industry incorporating consumers and regulations
- Factors which affect food choice and consumption

Social and cultural factors
- Social context

Be able to assess, analyse and interpret nutritional data
- Interpret dietary data according to guidelines

Be able to communicate, maintain partnerships and engage in advocacy
- Engage in advocacy
- Communicate nutrition messages
- Contribute to behaviour change
- Facilitate groups
- Ethical and socially responsible work

Abilities in nutrition project management skills
- Conduct needs assessment
- Establish goals, objectives and strategies
- Design and plan project
- Implement project
- Evaluate project
- Disseminate results
- Prioritise programs and services

Abilities in research skills
- Apply knowledge to new situations

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Assignment

1000 words 20%
  • Week 5

Assessment 2: Assignment

2000 words 40%
  • Week 8

Assessment 3: Assignment

2000 words 40%
  • Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN708 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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