HSN714 - Systems Thinking in Public Health Nutrition
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Jessica Kempler |
| Previously: | Previously coded HSN727 (2 credit points) |
| Cohort rule: | H511, H517, H616, H714, H757, H759 students: enrol in online mode 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: | HSN705 and HSN708 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSN727 |
| 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: | 5 x 2 hour online seminars per trimester |
Content
In this unit students will build on skills and competencies gained via the two prerequisite units. This unit introduces students to the concept of systems thinking in order to understand and intervene around major nutrition related problems. The unit is designed for those students seeking a career in public health nutrition or current public health nutritionists seeking to extend their knowledge and skills in public health nutrition.
This unit focuses on application of systems thinking in public health nutrition and covers the fundamentals of systems thinking theory. It offers an opportunity to apply key methods and approaches in systems thinking to public health nutrition policy and programs. It prepares students to use a systems thinking lens to describe, understand, and anticipate complex behaviour and environments relevant to public health nutrition problems as well as design interventions in keeping with systems thinking.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Identify and describe characteristics of systems thinking theory and apply this to contemporary public health nutrition issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Describe basic principles of complex systems and how public health nutrition issues operate as complex systems. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Define and explain features of various nutrition and food systems including system boundaries, elements, feedback loops and leverage points, and use participatory approaches to design feedback loop diagrams | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Plan and propose implementation strategies for public health nutrition interventions using best practice systems thinking frameworks and approaches. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Demonstrate reflective practice and communicate effectively with team members to support group interactions. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Food system mapping | Video presentation: 8 minutes with 8 slides + 750 word summary (individual) | 30% |
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| Assessment 2: Food system nutrition intervention | 2500 words (individual) | 50% |
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| Assessment 3: Visual representation of food system issue (group) and reflection (individual) | Infographic (group) and teamwork reflection template (individual) | Infographic: 15% |
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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
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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