NUT5002 Practice and research in public health nutrition

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Apply the social, environmental, economic and political determinants of nutrition status to a priority public health nutrition area.

2. 2

   Plan, implement and evaluate systems based, population health approaches and solutions to priority nutrition issues.

3. 3

   Apply the research process using appropriate methods of collection and analysis for both qualitative and quantitative data.

4. 4

   Contribute to an evidence-based, population approach to improve population nutrition health in a community setting.

5. 5

   Advocate for policy change to benefit health and nutrition outcomes for populations.

6. 6

   Employ critical and scientific writing and communication skills to document and report findings of project in professional and scientific fora.

7. 7

   Practice professional leadership to promote the role of nutrition.

8. 8

   Establish effective working partnerships, networks, collaborations with a range of team members and stakeholders.

9. 9

   Adopt a questioning and critical approach in all aspects of practice and evaluate practice on an on-going basis.