| Course ID: | NUTR 6670E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Nutrition Intervention |
Course
Description: | Critical examination of multiple nutrition intervention
strategies used in clinical and community settings. Emphasis is
placed on systematic analysis of nutrition-related health
problems and interventions designed to address them. A major
focus will be on developing a comprehensive nutrition
intervention program for a selected target group. |
| Oasis Title: | Nutrition Intervention |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in NUTR 4660, NUTR 6660, NUTR 4660E, NUTR 6660E, NUTR 4660S, NUTR 6660S |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Identify basic nutrition intervention principles.
2. Discuss the philosophical, ethical and scientific issues
in nutrition intervention.
3. Select and/or design interventions for individuals, groups
and populations.
4. Provide defensible rationale, orally and in writing,
for choosing strategies and making recommendations related
to intervention principles. |
| Topical Outline: | 1) Nutrition Intervention: A Systems Approach.
2) Understanding Nutrition Intervention.
3) Community Asset Mapping.
4) Listening to the Client/Community.
5) Creating the Intervention.
6) Quality Assurance in Interventions Scientific Rationale.
7) Quality Assurance in Interventions Behavioral Rationale.
8) Projecting the Future.
9) Adapting Programs for Culturally Diverse Populations.
10)Evaluating Intervention Approaches: Clinical, Group, and
Population Approaches. |