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UQU Programs
Clinical Nutrition

Nutritional Epidemiology

NUT3172
Two hours English

Nutritional Epidemiology

?Nutritional Epidemiology
1 Week1: Overall view of the course contents: / - Rules and guidelines for the lectures / - Aim / - Objectives / - List of course topics / - How the course fit in our program
2 Week 2: Overview of epidemiology / Epidemiology: definition, population medicine and epidemiology, health and disease, the natural history of disease, levels of prevention
3 Week3: Epidemiologic concepts / The scope of epidemiology, epidemic versus endemic disease, classification of disease, risk factors for well-established health problems and the evidence in support of these factors
4 Week 5: Causation in epidemiology / - The concept of cause / - Establishing the cause of a disease
5 Week 6: Epidemiology and prevention: / chronic non communicable diseases / Epidemiology of non-communicable disease with some common health problems / The scope of prevention / Levels of prevention
6 Week 7: Epidemiology of communicable disease with some common health problems
7 Week 8: Steps in practical epidemiology / Specific diseases Critical reading / Screening in the detection of disease / Exposure assessment and data quality in nutritional epidemiology
8 Week 9: Types of epidemiologic studies / Observations and experiments / Observational epidemiology
9 Week 10: Types of epidemiologic studies / Experimental epidemiology / Potential errors in epidemiological studies / Confounding
10 Week 11: Nutritional epidemiology / - Information on individuals and groups food and nutrient intake. / - Education, research and health care / - The food industry / - Authorities and politicians / - Dietary data on a national level. Per capita consumption
11 Week 12: Dietary data on the household level. Household based surveys / - Food consumption of individuals. Dietary assessment Methods / - Prospective methods, Menu records, estimated food records, Weighed food records, The duplicate portion technique… / - Retrospective methods, 24 hour and 48 hour recalls, Food frequency questionnaires……
12 Week 13: debates in some common problems from epidemiological view
13 Week 14: Evidence based practice
14 Week 15: revision
1.1 Mapped to: K2

Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of nutritional epidemiology techniques and practices in managing common health conditions, informed by evidence-based practice.

Teaching Strategy - Lectures -Small group discussion.
Assessment Methods - Exams - Rubrics for report assignment
1.2 Mapped to: K1

Discuss theories, principles, and concepts for nutritional epidemiology

Teaching Strategy - Lectures -Small group discussion.
Assessment Methods - Exams - Rubrics for report assignment
2.1 Mapped to: S1

Apprise basic issues of nutritional epidemiology in health and diseases by using suitable different sources.

Teaching Strategy - Problem solving cases - Brain storming sessions - Small group discussion Group assignment
Assessment Methods -Rubrics for presentation - exam
2.2 Mapped to: S3

Assess public needs using suitable different qualitative and quantitative methods, strategies and techniques to operate top of the range mathematical and statistical approaches

Teaching Strategy - Problem solving cases - Brain storming sessions - Small group discussion Group assignment
Assessment Methods -Rubrics for presentation - exam
3.1 Mapped to: V1

Exhibit ethical, Islamic manners and citizenship when dealing with client and his family applying standards of the nutritional epidemiology fields conducts.

Teaching Strategy Group assignment - Debates
Assessment Methods Rubrics for debates and assignment Assessment by peers
3.2 Mapped to: V2

Employ responsibility for self-learning and continuing personnel development to execute leadership either working alone or in a team

Teaching Strategy Group assignment - Debates
Assessment Methods Rubrics for debates and assignment Assessment by peers
Assessment
Weight
Mid-term exam
30%
Coursework-active participation, group project
20%
Final written Exam
50%
Total
100%