Syllabus : PH 1232 Public Health Nutrition Practice

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1 Syllabus : PH 1232 Public Health Nutrition Practice Spring 2010 Feature Instructor & TA Information (for each Faculty and TA) Considerations Deanna M. Hoelscher, PhD, RD, LD, CNS, Professor, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences Director, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living UT School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus 313 East 12 th Street, Suite 220 Austin, TX (fax) (cell phone) Deanna.M.Hoelscher@uth.tmc.edu Available by appointment Alexandra Evans, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living UT School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus 313 East 12 th Street, Suite 220 Austin, TX (fax) alexandra.e.evans@uth.tmc.edu Available by appointment Office hours by appointment. Instructors can also be contacted by or phone. Course Description Spring credit hours Offered via ITV This course presents an overview of the practice of public health nutrition. Topics include behavioral strategies for nutrition education; development of nutrition education lessons; program evaluation; identification of community problems related to dietary intake, needs, and resources; food and culture; nutrition policies and recent legislation; and current public health nutrition topics. Nutrition education applications to various population groups will be presented. Practical experiences from research, local and state initiatives will be included.

2 Textbook and Materials Course Learning Objectives Marion Nestle. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health. University of California Press, Updated version, Please get the updated 2007 version Additional course materials and readings will be available on Blackboard Posted on Blackboard At the end of the course, students will be able to: 1. Synthesize published reports from the scientific literature relevant to specific community nutrition and nutrition education problems. 2. Explain how individual, cultural, environmental and socioeconomic factors interact to affect the food intake and nutritional status of individuals and populations. 3. Identify the major theories for behavioral approaches to nutritionrelated health promotion, disease prevention and disease control. 4. Discuss the national, state, and local public health laws, regulations, and policies related to community nutrition health problems. 5. Communicate public health nutrition concepts clearly in oral and written form. 6. Summarize & discuss current public health nutrition issues. 7. Conduct a community nutrition assessment, including identification of nutrition-related resources and recommendations for program implementation. 8. Evaluate public health nutrition-related books in the popular press. Learning Activities Student Assessment And Grading Criteria Quizzes (5) Nutrition Education Report Community Diagnosis Group Report and Presentation Book Review Culture Report Food Company Report Blog Entry The course is taught once a week for 2 hours, 50 minutes via ITV. The course format includes lectures, discussions, group work, student presentations, and case studies. Class Assignments: 1. Nutrition Education Report 100 points 2. Community Diagnosis Group Report 100 points 3. Food Company Report 100 points 4. Book Review 100 points 4. Culture Report 100 points 5. Blog Entry, Discussion Groups & Participation 50 points 6. Quizzes (5 quizzes, 10 pts. each) 50 points

3 TOTAL POINTS: 600 points Grades: A = (540+ points) B = ( points) C = ( points) F = <69 (<420 points) Prerequisites and/or Technical Requirements No specific prerequisites are required, but a general background in nutrition (e.g., at least one course or individual study) is recommended. Students must have Internet access and Word or another wordprocessing software. PowerPoint or another presentation software is also required. Technical support for Blackboard is available through UTSPH. Policies and Procedures ADA ACCOMMODATIONS If you have a documented disability that will impact your work in class, please contact the director of student affairs as soon as possible to discuss your needs. Additionally, you should notify the faculty teaching this class. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY The projects in this class will benefit from intensive student collaboration and faculty consultation; however, we also need to assess individual attainment of knowledge. In an effort to maintain the highest standards of scholastic integrity, we want to use this opportunity to remind you of the pledge you were asked to sign at registration:... I pledge that I will neither give nor receive unauthorized help on any examination, paper, or assignment that requires individual responsibility.... Specifically, written plagiarized work, defined as submitting as your own work that which contains direct or paraphrased quotes from another source, cannot be used in written assignments. Assignments must reflect the individual s own work. Any violation of the scholastic integrity pledge will result in failure of the course and disciplinary actions deemed necessary and appropriate by the school administration. For all work in this course, you will need to incorporate recommendations by faculty and colleagues in a way that demonstrates independent thinking and integration of ideas. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES In the event that illness, family emergencies, work or other problems seriously interfere with your ability to meet the requirements of the course, please discuss those circumstances with one of the faculty members as soon as possible. Such problems can and do occur unexpectedly, and we will attempt to accommodate those situations. Prompt communication concerning special circumstances is essential and must originate from the student.

4 Course Calendar SEPARATE DOCUMENT If a student wishes to withdraw from the course, they must the lead course instructor and copy the additional course instructors. Students can withdraw from the course any time prior to the last week of courses. Students will be assigned an incomplete grade only if they contact the lead instructor by and copy the additional course instructors before the last day of class. If a student does not complete course assignments, but does not contact the course instructor, their current grade will be assigned to them as a final grade. Students with incomplete grades have one semester to finish the course requirements, unless prior arrangements have been made. If they do not communicate with the lead instructor by the last week of the following semester, their grade will be assigned as it currently stands. See below For help with learning objectives, see

5 Tentative Syllabus: *Note* Please see Blackboard for assigned weekly readings. Date Topics Covered Assignments/Quizzes Jan 11 Introductions; Review Syllabus & Assignments Intro to Public Health Nutrition Practice Jan 18 MLK Holiday No class Jan 25 Applying Theory to Nutrition Education Quiz 1 Programs Preparing a Nutrition Education Lesson Examples of Nutrition Education Materials: IMPACT, CATCH Behavioral Theory in Nutrition Interventions Guest Speaker: Dr. Tom Baranowski Feb 1 Measurement of Nutrition Education Interventions Use of Public Health Nutrition Data Community Assessment Quiz 2 Feb 8 Preparing an Effective Professional Quiz 3 Presentation Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Community Sustainable Agriculture Feb 15 Student Presentations Nutrition Nutrition Education Topic PowerPoint Education Topics Due Feb 22 Federal Nutrition Programs & Policies Quiz 4 Case study: Salt/sodium and Public Health Guest Speaker: Dr. Vincent Fonseca Mar 1 Student Presentations Book Reports Book Reports Due Mar 8-12 Mar 15 Mar 22 Mar 29 Spring Break Obesity-related Policies in the U.S. Evaluating Nutrition Research: Evidence- Based Guidelines from the American Dietetic Association Evaluation of nutrition websites Activity: Evaluate article & website Student Presentations -- Community Assessments International Nutrition Policy Guest Speaker: Dr. Steven Abrams IOM Report on Marketing to Kids IOM Report on Foods Sold in Schools Texas School Food Policy Blog entry Community Diagnosis Report and Oral Presentations Due Quiz 5

6 Apr 5 Understanding Culture Food Company/Industry Report Due Guest Speaker: Dr. Maru Fernandez Food and Culture Apr 12 Using Culture in Development of Nutrition Culture Recipe Due Education Programs Que Sabroso Vida Guest Speaker: Dr. Susie Day Effect of Culture/Ethnicity on Dietary Habits Dietary Acculturation Apr 19 Review of different cultures Culture Presentation Apr 26 Let s Eat - Cultural Literacy Culture Food & Report Due Revised 11/18/09

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