222.655.01
Nutrition and Life Stages
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
M, W, 1:30 - 2:50pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Reviews stages of human development as a prism for understanding human nutrition. Lectures and discussion sections focus on life stages through a progression, highlighting the biological, social and behavioral influences on well-being in that life stage, as well as changes that influence the transitions in nutrition between life stages. Also, explicitly discusses social and political dimensions to health/disease differences within and between populations.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population’s health
- Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels
- Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
- Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to graduate students