NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATION

Food, Nutrition and Health

• Food and Its Functions
• Meaning Of Nutrition
• The Concept of Health
• Meaning Of Nutritional Status
• Interrelationship Between Nutrition and Health

The Macronutrients-1: Carbohydrates and Water

• Digestion, Absorption and Utilization of Food An Overview
• Carbohydrates
• Water

The Macronutrients-II: Proteins and Fats

• Proteins
• Fats

Planning Balanced Diets

• Concept of a Balanced Diet
• Use of Recommended Dietary Intakes in Planning Balanced Diets
• Concept of a Balanced Diet

The Micronutrients-I : Vitamins

• Fat-Soluble Vitamins
• water-Soluble Vitamins

The Micronutrinents-II : Minerals

• Minerals Required in Larger Amount
• Minerals Required in Smaller Amounts

Meal Planning for the School Child and Adolescent

• The School Child
• Recommended Dietary Intakes for the School Child
• Meal Planning for the School Child
• The Adolescent
• Recommended Dietary Intakes for the Adolescent
• Meal Planning for the Adolescent

Food Safety

• Food contamination
• Food Adulteration
• Protecting the Consumer

Nutrition and Infection

• Interaction Between Infection and Malnutrition
• Dietary Considerations for Management of Infections

Major Nutrition Programmes-I : Nutrient Deficiency Control Programmes

• National Prophylaxis Programme for Prevention of Nutritional Blindness
• The National Anaemia Control Programme
• National IDD Control Programme

Asian Perspectives on Health and Quality of Life

• Health Policy and Perspectives in Asia
• Health Infrastructure and Inputs
• Sanitation and Water Supply
• Strategies and Education
• Quality of Life in Asia

Family Planning Programme

• Population Policy
• Development of Family Planning Programme
• Beyond Family Planning Measures
• Determinants of Family Planning Programme
• Effect on Family Planning on Health and Nutrition

Population Dynamics and Epidemiology

• Role of Vital Statistics in Public Health
• Vital Statistics in Asian Countries
• Sources of Data on Vital Statistics
• Fertility Measures and Determinants
• Epidemiological Methods : Morbidity, Mortality and their Determinations
• Other Population Parameters

Agents of Contamination

• Agents of Contamination
• Sources and Reservoirs of Infection
• Modes of Transmission of Infection
• Mode of Entry Into a Susceptible Host

Personal Hygiene

• Personal Cleanliness
• Rest and Sleep
• Exercise, Fatigue and Po
• Habits
• Substance Abuse
• Clothes and Footwear
• Safe and Responsible Sex

Water Supply and Waste Disposal

• Source of Water
• Urban Drinking Water Supply System
• Water Supply and Saturation Programmes in Rural Areas

Diet in Disease: Basic Principles

• Can Food Cure Disease?
• Diet Planning in Disease
• The Concept of Nutritional Care
• Your Role in Nutritional and Preventive Health Care

Dietary Management of Nutrition-related Disorders and Associated Problems

• Dietary Management of Disease: Concept and Application in Community Work
• Diet in Nutritional Deficiency Disorders
• Diarrhoea and Fever: Dietary Management

Diphtheria, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis

• Diphtheria
• Tetanus
• Poliomyelitis

Malaria

• Malaria
• Symptoms and Complications of Malaria
• Prevention and Management of Malaria

Measles and Tuberculosis

• Measles
• Symptoms and Complications of Measles
• Prevention and Management of Measles
• Tuberculosis
• Symptoms and Complications of Tuberculosis
• Prevention and Management of Tuberculosis

Health Progrmmes

• National Immunisation Programme
• National Family Welfare Programme
• National Programme for Prevention of Nutritional Blindness due to Vitamin A Deficiency
• National Nutritional Anaemia Prophylaxis Programme (NNAPP)
• National Iodine Deficiency Control Programme
• National Filaria Control Programme
• National Leprosy Eradication Programme
• National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB)
• National AIDS Control Programme
• National Mental Health Programme
• National Diabetes Control Programme
• National Tuberculosis Control Programme
• National Malaria Eradication Programme
• Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme (CSSMP)
• Other Programmes for the Promotion of Mother and Child Health and Nutritional Status
• Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS)
• Mid-day Meal Programme (MDM)
• Special Nutrition Programme (SNP)
• Applied Nutrition Programme (ANP)
• Wheat-Based Supplementary Nutrition Programme (WNP)
• Balwadi Nutrition Programme (BNP)

Income Generation Programmes

• Evolution of Special Programmes
• The Minimum Needs Programme
• Area Developement Programmes
• Employment Generation Programmes
• Anti-Poverty Programmes for the Rural Poor

Community Nutrition and Health

• Concept of Health
• Concept of Nutrition and its Relation to Health
• Community Nutrition and Health

Factors Influencing Community Health and Nutrition

• Major Determinants of Community Health
• Learning and working with the Community

Learning About the Community

• Working With the Community
• Identifying and Solving Problems
• Evaluation of the Action

Messages in Nutrition and health Education

• Messages in Nutrition Education
• Messages in Health Education

Group Communication Methods

• Communication and Classification of Group Communication Methods
• Information-Centred Method
• Advantages of Group Communication

Presentation of Modern Approaches

• Role of Nutrition and Health Educators
• Mode of Operation of Analytical Approach
• Mode of Operation of Educational Games
• Mode of Operation of Dialogue Approach
• Mode of Operation of Persuasive Approach

Presentation of the Operation of Selected Strategies

• Woman-to-Woman Strategy
• Child-to-Child Strategy
• Rural School System
• Preparation of Nutrition and Health Messages Suited to the Community
• Preparation of Nutrition and Health Messages Suited to the Community

Organizing Successful Nutrition and Health Programmes: Selected Process Models

• What's Success
• Levels in Organizing Nutrition and Haelth Programmes
• Level I : Conveying Suitable Messages to Selected Target Groups
• Level II : Multiplying Message Reach and Population Coverage
• Level III : Promoting and Sustaining Community Action/Practice
• Level IV : Helping the Community to "Take Over"