Public Health Nutrition Topics

Public Health Nutrition topics

Below is a list of post graduate, post-entry level Public Health Nutrition topics available by distance education, that have also been peer reviewed through the APHNAC network. Topics were peer reviewed by 2-3 reviewers, using a peer review template.

Topics developed through the PHERP project were also guided by a topic development process and guidelines on the 'advanced level' topics. Topics developed through the PHERP project include Food Policy in Public Health Practice (Flinders), Applied Nutritional Epidemiology (Menzies/CDU) and Obesity Prevention and health promoting settings (Deakin), all available for enrolment in 2005.

The following Topics will be available in 2006:

Nutrition in International Health. The University of Queensland
Capacity Building for Public Health Nutrition (Griffith)
Food, culture, behaviour and health (Newcastle)
Public Health Program evaluation (Sydney)
Food, Health and the Environment (Canberra)

Advanced level topics
Advanced level topics assume the student is nearing the end of an MPH and generally have one or more core topics as pre-requisites.

Food Policy in Public Health Practice (Flinders)

This Flinders University topic has broad appeal and uses a critical approach to policy development and analysis, using national and international food policy as the context.

A short course based upon this topic is also available.

Food Policy in Public Health Practice (Flinders)

Applied Nutritional Epidemiology (Menzies)
This Menzies School of Health Research topic fills a gap by applying epidemiological principles to the public health nutrition needs of health departments – surveys, surveillance, and evidence-based policy. Available for enrolment in Semester 1, 2005.

Applied Nutritional Epidemiology Unit

Peer Review Applied Nutritional Epidemiology

Other topics
These topics often have no pre-requisites and may be useful as pre-requisites for the advanced level topics if students have little background in nutrition.

Nutritional Assessment (Queensland)

This University of Queensland course introduces descriptive epidemiology of major nutrition-related problems, as well as measurement and methodological issues in public health practice. A range of nutritional assessment methods (dietary, anthropometric and biochemical) used in public health practice and research are examined in detail.

Peer Review Nutritional Assessment

Introduction to Public Health Nutrition (Sydney)
This is a University of Sydney course and University of Queensland course under the title "Nutrition Policies, Programs and Planning". Students successfully completing this course will gain an understanding of the field of public health nutrition (PHN), and develop practical skills and expertise related to analysing food and nutrition problems in a community and taking action to address them.

Peer Review Introduction to Public Health Nutrition