Course ID: | KINS(HPRB)(NUTR) 7600. 4 hours. |
Course Title: | Public Health Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions |
Course Description: | Provides students with strong preparation for their future
roles as leaders in nutrition and physical activity
intervention for health promotion and disease prevention. |
Oasis Title: | Health Intervention |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Summarize the current research in physical activity and nutrition public health practice.
2. Interpret general systems theory as it relates to current issues in public health physical activity and nutrition.
3. Apply appropriate interventions for various community settings based on evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence.
4. Apply concepts of intervention development, implementation, and evaluation to physical activity and nutrition programming in community settings.
5. Examine environmental and demographic disparities in the public health physical activity and nutrition evidence from ethical and scientific perspectives.
6. Critique public policy options and opportunities to promote nutrition and physical activity across cultures and sociodemographic groups. |
Topical Outline: | 1.Introduction to interventions: Systems Theory
2.Health Behavior Theory as a guide for interventions
3.Translating Science into practice: CDC Guide to Preventive
Services, Dietary Guidance for Groups and Populations
4.Program Development Process
5.Review of Interventions: Family Based
6.Review of Interventions: Faith Based
7.Review of Interventions: School/School Related
8.Review of Interventions: Worksite
9.Review of Interventions: Environmental Approaches (grocery
stores, restaurants, vending, planned/built environment)
10.Adapting interventions to culturally diverse populations
11.Public Policy as a Nutrition and Physical Activity
Intervention
12.Evaluating Interventions
13.Ethical Considerations in Nutrition and Physical Activity
Interventions |