EPID0005-1 : Epidemiological survey applied to nutrition

Study Programmes 2016-2017

WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications

EPID0005-1

Epidemiological survey applied to nutrition

Duration :

10h Th, 10h Mon. WS

Number of credits :

Master in public health (120 ECTS)		2

Lecturer :

Michèle Guillaume, Axelle Hoge

Coordinator :

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Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

-definition of nutritional epidemiology and associated concepts.
-data collection methods relating to nutrition and the biases inherent in these methods.
-nutritional status indicators.
-stages involved in a nutritional survey.
-validation studies for the tools necessary for nutritional epidemiology.
-examples of major studies on nutrition.
-a summary of current knowledge about the links between food and pathologies.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

Students will grasp the resources neccessary for the implementation or contribution of a critical approach to a study on nutritional epidemiology.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

The following courses will be taught: Principles of scientific investigation, epidemiological part-the determining factors of health-Assessment of public health programmes-Introduction to an approach to public health research.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Ex-cathedra lessons. Portfolio.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face lessons. Portfolio.