SHN5132 - Promoting and Communicating Health Issues

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Evaluate the role of health professionals and nutrition education needs of target groups.
Design and plan a programme of nutrition/health education for a target group.
Appreciate the role of the media in communicating food and health messages to a range of audiences.
Analyse and present scientific reports in suitable formats.
Evaluate a range of media output on food or health-related issues.

Content:

The role of public health nutritionists in the development of initiatives to address health issues such as diet and cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes mellitus, protecting children’s health, the effects of low-income on nutrition.
Planning nutrition education programmes. The way in which issues relating to food, nutrition and health are portrayed by the media. Techniques in reporting scientific issues to the public.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Delivery will consist of lectures accompanied by workshops and seminars where students plan and prepare for the health event. Additional seminars are for assessment support. There are hours allocated to e-moderated e-activities with formative feedback. However it is anticipated that these online socialisation activities will lead to students using the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) independently for peer assisted learning. Individual tutorials are available for assessment support.

Lectures
Contact hours: 14
Intended group size: 65

Workshops,br> Contact hours: 14
Intended group size: 15 to 20

Seminars
Contact hours: 12
Intended Group size: 65

Guided independent study
Hours: 160