Sillaby of Public Health Nutrition Class

I. Course Description: This course introduces students to current and emerging

issues in public health nutrition. The course consists of readings, lecture, class
discussion and classroom presentations.
II. Course Objective after completing the course students will be able to:
1) identify and utilize sources of information on the nutritional status of
Indonesian populations.
2) analyze new information in the field of public health nutrition and nutritional
epidemiology.
3) describe current issues related to global food systems and nutrition.
4) identify and discuss the role and impact of different policy documents, support
systems, international agreements, and regulations of importance for public
health nutrition activities on a national and international level.
III. Grading Policies Class participation: 30%, Written Assignments: 40%, Oral
Presentation: 30%

Class Date Content Lecture

1 Sept 19
2 Sept 26
3 Oct 3
4 Oct 10
5 Oct 17
6 Oct 24
7 Oct 31
Functions of Public Health Nutrition NM
What is public health nutrition?
Public Health Nutrition & the New Nutrition   NM
Science
Community Nutrition Assessment NV
 Dietary Intake Assessment of
Individuals and Populations
 Measuring Intake
 Validity
 Reliability
 Under-reporting/Over-reporting
 Assessment of Nutritional Status
 Anthropometric
 Measurements Biomarkers
Physiological Measurements
National Nutrition Monitoring and NV
Surveillance
How do we know about the nutritional
status of Indonesian?
Nutrition throughout Life Cycle NV
(Evidence for Setting Requirements During
the Lifecycle)
Epidemiology of Selected Deficiency Diseases NV
(Micronutrients study and Transition of
Nutrition Epidemiology)
Nutrition and Degenerative Disease MS
 Cardiovascular Disease
 Obesity and Nutrition Transition
 Cancer
 8 Nov 7 Current Issues related with Nutrition MS
(Nutrigenomics, Functional Foods etc.)
9 Nov 14 Ecology of Food and Nutrition MS
11 Nov 21 Introduction to Nutrition Policy NM
What is policy?
How is policy developed?
What are the potential components of
nutrition policies at the local, state and
national level?
12 Nov 28 Goals, Objectives, and Logic  Models NM
How do we plan  interventions?
13 Dec 5 Community Nutrition Programs (Students Team
Presentation: Analysis and Solving of Public
Health Nutrition Problem)
14 Dec 12 Community Nutrition Programs (Students
Presentation: Analysis and Solving of Public Team
Health Nutrition Problem)
15 Dec 19 Community Nutrition Programs (Students Team
Presentation: Analysis and Solving of Public
Health Nutrition Problem)
Note: NM = Nura Malahayati
NV = Novrika
MS = Miksusanti

References:
1. Gibney MJ, et al. 2004. Publich Health Nutrition.
2. Gibson RS. 2005. Principles of Nutritional Assessment.
3. SEAMEO-TROPMED RCCN. 2007. Handbook of Nutrtitional Assessment.
4. Edelstein S. 2006. Nutrition in Public Health. A Handbook for Developing Programs
and Services.
5. World Bank. 2006. Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development, A Strategy for
Large-Scale Action. The World Bank. Washington.
6. Friedman Gary D. 1986. Prinsip-prinsip Epidemiologi. NewYork: American Public
Health Association.
7. Bonnie SW, Roberts, Sue RW. 2000. Nutrition Throughout The Life Cycle Fourth
Edition; McGraw Hill.
8. Shils ME, Shike M, Ross AC, Caballero B, Cousins RJ. 2005. Modern Nutrition in
Health and Disease, 10th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Willliams & Wilkins.
9. Bappenas. Rencana Aksi Naional Pangan dan Gizi (RANPG) 2015-2019.
10. Canas-Garcia V, et al. 2010. Review Advance in nutrigenomics research: novel and
future analytical approaches to investigate the biological activity of natural
compounds and food function. J Phar Biomedic Anal. 51:290-304.