HSN708 - Nutrition Promotion
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Alison Booth |
| Cohort rule: | H511, H517, H616 and H714 students: enrol in online mode only. H748 students: enrol via Campus mode at Burwood (Melbourne) only. Other Postgraduate students who wish to enrol in this unit: If you are enrolled in an on campus course, you can enrol in the on campus unit offering and you will need to request a manual enrolment from a Student Adviser in Student Central. If you are enrolled in an online course, you need to enrol into the online unit offering. |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSN210 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 5 x 2 hour seminars per trimester |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 5 x 2 hour online seminars per trimester |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Nutrition promotion is an important aspect of public health nutrition, essential for the improvement and optimization of population health. This unit focuses on current concepts of nutrition promotion. Topics include: threats to population nutrition status, communication models, nutrition education and food literacy, settings and systems based approaches, and, program and policy evaluation. Theories relevant to nutrition promotion including behavioural influence and change models will be discussed.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Understand the challenges facing nutrition promotion in contemporary society. Discuss the foundations, scope and role of nutrition promotion, and use of relevant theories. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Analyse and compare the purposes, requirements, strengths and limitations of different forms of nutrition promotion for individuals and groups in different settings. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Demonstrate several professional communication skills and advocacy in nutrition promotion for a variety of audiences and media. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Propose appropriate, practical, evidenced based strategies for the promotion of healthy food and nutrition practices. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Nutritionist skill building in this unit
Health and Disease
- Determinants of health
- Population health
- Healthcare systems, services and roles
Food safety and industry incorporating consumers and regulations
- Factors which affect food choice and consumption
Social and cultural factors
- Social context
Be able to assess, analyse and interpret nutritional data
- Interpret dietary data according to guidelines
Be able to communicate, maintain partnerships and engage in advocacy
- Engage in advocacy
- Communicate nutrition messages
- Contribute to behaviour change
- Facilitate groups
- Ethical and socially responsible work
Abilities in nutrition project management skills
- Conduct needs assessment
- Establish goals, objectives and strategies
- Design and plan project
- Implement project
- Evaluate project
- Disseminate results
- Prioritise programs and services
Abilities in research skills
- Apply knowledge to new situations
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Assignment | 1000 words | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Assignment | 2000 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Assignment | 2000 words | 40% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HSN708 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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