DOH222 Nutrition & Oral Health Care Delivery (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Dentistry and Oral Health (DENOH)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Students are provided with the opportunity to acquire a fundamental understanding of human life processes and in particular a focus on nutrients, nutrition and the basic metabolic processes. Special emphasis is on the relationship of nutrition to quality health (including dental health). Students are also introduced to the principles of public health and primary health care, followed by an examination the strategies used in public health, in the context of public health planning frameworks as well as developing skills to improve communication competence in public health. More complex issues of nutrition will be examined as they affect populations, with a special focus on oral health.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: DOH222
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Prerequisite(s):
Enrolment restrictions:
Restricted to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Oral Health (Therapy/Hygiene) course.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Be able to:
* describe the range of nutrients and recommended nutrient intakes;
* outline the digestion, absorption and transport of nutrients in the human body;
* describe health determinants and inequities, and how oral health impacts upon health
* define basic concepts of primary health care, the new public health movement, principles of public health, and the role of oral health therapy within these;
* outline current methodology of health promotion, stages of planning, implementation and evaluation;
* describe the significance of epidemiological, demographic and behavioural evidence- based data collection;
* outline basic concepts of assessing health at an individual, community and population level, focussing on assessment of needs of high-risk and marginalised peoples;
* describe how health can be measured from a demographic, socio-economic, epidemiological and community perspective;
* describe the significance of evaluating health and how to measure health outcomes, with the ability to re-define the promotion of health;
* outline the significance of partnership, participation and advocacy in community development;
* define the responsibility of public nutrition and oral health policy which impacts on health outcome;
* define key concepts of health in consideration to diverse world views, and the significance of nutrition and health practices in relationship to health outcome;
* describe the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to the provision of health care.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Nutrition *an overview of nutrition *planning a healthy diet *digestion, absorption and transport *the carbohydrates: sugars, starches and fibres *the lipids: triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols *protein: amino acids *metabolism: transformations and interactions Oral Health Care Delivery * principles of public health * health promotion methodology * health evaluation at individual, community and population levels *data collection methods * public nutrition and oral health policy and its impact on health outcomes *nutrition and health practices and their relationship to health outcomes * partnership, participation and advocacy in community health * multidisciplinary approaches to health care
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.