Syllabus
Unit I
Nutrition Education 9hrs.
Nutrition Education Meaning, nature and importance of nutrition education to the community and the lessons to be taught. Training workers in nutrition education programs, integration of nutrition education with education and extension work. Principles of planning, executing and evaluating nutrition education programs, problems of nutrition education, Nutrition education approaches
Methods of Nutrition Education – Direct and Indirect Methods , Individual and Group Contacts, Types, Methods (Parti,cipatory Leaning Method, Village Resource mapping, Focus group discussion), Merits and Demerits
Unit II
Mass Communication in Nutrition Education 9hrs.
Definition, Merits and Demerits, Types – Print Media, Newspapers, Magazine, Leaflets, Pamphlets, Radio, Television, Films, Film Strips
Unit III
Tools in Nutrition Education 9hrs.
IEC Materials – Significance of IEC materials, types, Advantages and Limitations, Design and development of IEC materials
Related Experiences
Preparation of chart or poster or leaflets
Digital Health Interventions: Mobile Health, Mobile App, online communication, Dietary survey, Web sources
Uses of Folk Media in Nutrition Education –
Types of Folk Media, Merits and Demerits Related Experiences
Preparation of Skits or Puppet Shows or Villupattu
Unit IV
Organizing Programmes in Nutrition Education 9hrs.
Introduction – Selection of Theme, Planning the Programme, Executing the Programme, Evaluation of the Programme
Unit V
Approaches and Strategies for improving nutritional status and health 9hrs.
Approaches and Strategies for improving nutritional status and health, Health–based interventions, Food–based interventions including fortification and genetic improvement of foods, supplementary feeding, Nutrition education for behaviour change, environmental sanitation, Food Nutrition and health WASH interventions, National and state governmental nutrition education intervention programmes.
Objectives and Outcomes
Pre requisite: Nutrition & counseling.
Course Objectives:
- To expose on the methods of nutrition education
- Understand the significance of Information Education and Communication (IEC) tools for nutrition education
- Develop skills on how to plan, execute and evaluate a nutrition education
Course Outcomes:
CO1: Understand appropriate skills for developing nutrition education materials
CO2: Gain knowledge on mass communication, media and aid tools for nutrition education CO3: Utilize different communication tools for nutrition education
CO4: Gained knowledge to organize nutrition education programmes
CO5: Understand the various approaches and strategies for improving nutritional status and health
Skills: Develop skills in organizing nutrition education programmes
CO-PO Mappings
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Evaluation Pattern
Evaluation Pattern
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Assessment
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Internal
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External
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Periodical 1 (P1)+ Periodical 2 (P2)/Midterm
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30
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*Continuous Assessment (CA)
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20
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End Semester
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50
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*CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports, and Seminar
