Course Outcomes
Expected learning outcomes
- Integrate concepts from behavioral, biological and natural sciences, with emphasis on epidemiology and global perspectives, in order to review the needs of communities and diverse populations.
- Evaluate epidemiological research and apply findings to community oriented nursing practice in order to explain the control of communicable disease.
- Explain the relationship between the environment and human health and disease.
- Examine the role of the nurse and discuss appropriate nursing interventions that promote and maintain the health of children.
- Evaluate strategies that can be used by public and community health nurses to improve the health status and eliminate health disparities of vulnerable populations.
- Evaluate how disasters effect persons, families and their communities.
- Identify the multidimensional influences on aging and how these effect the health status of older adults.
- Describe nursing roles that meet the emerging health needs of individuals, families, communities and populations.
- Describe school health services and coordinated occupational health programs.
- Discuss trends in lifestyles that will affect the health of communities and the future challenges for nursing.
Target Audience
Who should attend?
This course is aimed at health managers, community health workers, community health volunteers, nutritionists, development practitioners and other health professionals who are responsible for enhancing community health.
Curriculum
Course modules and outline
Food Diet and Nutrition
- Food, nutrition and nutrients
- Different nutrients for different foodstuffs
- Balanced diet and child feeding
- Food and nutrition security
- Nutrition, Health and Development
?Nutrients and their sources
- Classification of essential nutrients
- Main nutrients
- Micro nutrients
- A balanced diet
Infant and Young Child Feeding
- Global and national recommendations for child feeding during the first 24 months
- Benefits of breastfeeding for the baby
- Benefits of breastfeeding for the mother
- Benefits of breastfeeding for the family
- Benefits of breastfeeding for the community
- Key messages for optimal complementary feeding practices
Food Safety, Storage & Preservation
- The concept of food safety and hygiene
- Food storage and preservation
- Food poisoning
Nutrition Assessment Methods
- Anthropometry
- Biochemical/biophysical methods
- Clinical methods
- Dietary methods
Common Community Nutrition Problems
- Types of malnutrition
- Common forms of malnutrition
- Classification of malnutrition
- Consequences of malnutrition in community
- Strategies to promote proper nutrition in community
Micronutrients Deficiency
- The importance of micronutrients
- Micronutrients deficiencies
- Causes of micronutrient deficiency
- Strategies to control for micronutrients deficiency
Household Food Security
- Core concepts of food security
- Chronic and acute food insecurity
- Causes of household food insecurity
- Indicators of household food insecurity
- Food security strategies
- Nutrition emergency interventions
Nutrition Education and Counselling
- Behaviour change communication
- Stages of behaviour change
- Nutrition behaviour change communication
- Growth monitoring and promotion
Why Attend
Key course benefits
Practical capacity building approach
Designed for government, NGOs and public institutions
Real-world African case studies
Certificate of completion
Applicable tools and templates
Interactive facilitation and exercises
Course Enquiry
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