"The Australian Public Health Nutrition Academic Collaboration (APHNAC) is a national initiative that aims to strengthen capacity to educate and train Australia's public health workforce."
“Public Health Nutrition is the organised effort by society in the areas of food and nutrition to promote and protect the health of the population”
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Public Health Nutrition in Australia: Principles to Practice, Rhetoric to Reality
Adelaide 11-12 July 2008
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APHNAC is a collaboration linking together academic units offering postgraduate, post-entry level public health nutrition topics available by distance, see the list of collaborating institutions.
APHNAC arose from a Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing Public Health Education Research Program Innovations, project, 'Advanced Level Training in Public Health Nutrition'.
The project has primarily focused on developing a set of advanced level, peer reviewed university topics in public health nutrition. These are available as electives in post-entry level degrees such as Master of Public Health or similar degrees and are offered by flexible delivery. Students who enrol in an MPH degree may, depending on the rules and with the permission of the degree coordinator at their home university, cross-enrol in public health nutrition topics .
Individual topics can also be accessed for continuing professional development by those with an appropriate background.
In addition, various conferences are being developed based upon these topics. Advanced-level Public Health Nutrition competencies are also being developed through this project.