The course includes basic epidemiology, determinants of health, an overview of the health system, health providers, financing, and interdisciplinary practice models. This course focuses on individual and community assessment, program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Setting program goals that produce outcomes which improve health and support wellness are emphasized. Barriers to change are explored. Program evaluation to determine effectiveness, quality control, and costs is stressed.
Students plan and evaluate a program for a specified population.
NTR 455 Nutrition, Fitness, and Wellness This course develops the students' understanding of exercise physiology and how food fuels the body and affects athletic performance. Both the principles of exercise physiology and nutrition are integrated to provide the student with an understanding of how optimal fitness is achieved. This course includes a study of the basic principles of nutritional epidemiology, and enables students to understand the strengths and weaknesses of research design for epidemiological studies, to analyze and interpret nutritional epidemiological data, and to define effective and safe food and nutrient recommendations for health promotion and disease prevention. This course builds on the understanding of energy intake, transformation, and liberation. Students learn to evaluate, create, and implement exercise programs for a variety of populations.