Course:FNH473/Schedule

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Date Focus
January 9 Introduction: Course overview, hopes and expectations, preparing for your learning in FNH 473; Also: i) evaluate context for community nutrition work, ii) examine determinants of food choice, iii) consider the wisdom in 'A PIE'

Prepare for Class:

  1. Read Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts (Mikkonen & Raphael, 2010), pp. 7-54; focus on pp. 7-27
  2. QUIZ 1 available from noon on Saturday, January 7 to noon on Monday, January 23
January 16 Health behaviour theories, taking an evidence-based approach to promoting health behaviour change; detailed overview of options available for group projects

Prepare for Class:

  1. Watch Video 1: Introduction to Health Behaviour Theories on course website
  2. Read Theory at a Glance: A Guide for Health Promotion Practice (2 ed) (National Cancer Institute, US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 2005), focus on pp. 3-31
  3. QUIZ 2 available from noon on Tuesday, January 10 to noon on Monday, January 16

Deadline:

  1. Complete Group Project Preference Quiz in Connect before 11:59 PM on Friday Jan 20
January 23 Health promotion project planning 1; identify strategies for effective teamwork; first team meeting

Prepare for Class:

  1. Read Planning Health Promotion Programs: Introductory Workbook, 4th ed. (Public Health Ontario, 2015), pp. 12-27
  2. QUIZ 3 available from noon on Tuesday, January 17 to noon on Monday, January 23

Deadline:

  1. Submit Certificate of Completion for Online Module 'Assessing Needs and Setting Priorities in Population and Public Health' sometime before 11:59 PM on Friday, January 27
January 30 Health promotion project planning 2; first team work session

Prepare for Class:

  1. Read Planning Health Promotion Programs: Introductory Workbook, 4th ed. (Public Health Ontario, 2015), pp. 28-52
  2. QUIZ 4 available from noon on Tuesday, January 24 to noon on Monday, January 30
February 6 Health promotion program planning 3; team work session

Prepare for Class:

  1. Watch Video 2: Logic Model on course website
  2. Read The logic model for program planning and evaluation (McCawley, ND)
  3. QUIZ 5 available from noon on Tuesday, January 31 to noon on Monday, February 6
  4. Complete your Learning Issues related to your group project
February 13 Family Day: No Class
February 20 Reading Week: No Class
February 27 Evaluating health promotion programs; team work session

Prepare for Class:

  1. Watch Video 3: Evaluation on course website
  2. Read Planning Health Promotion Programs: Introductory Workbook, 4th ed. (Public Health Ontario, 2015), pp. 53-59
  3. Read Impact evaluation of an after-school cooking skills program in a disadvantaged community: Back to Basics (Burrows et al., 2015)
  4. QUIZ 6 available from noon on Tuesday, February 13 to noon on Monday, February 27
  5. Complete your Learning Issues related to your group project
March 6 Food Security & community nutrition in action: examples of initiatives; team work session

Prepare for Class:

  1. Watch Video 4: Implementing Community-based Initiatives on course website
  2. Read Efficacy of Nutrition education-based cooking workshops in community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older (Moreau, Plourde, Hendrickson-Nelson & Martin, 2015)
  3. QUIZ 7 available from noon on Tuesday, February 28 to noon on Monday, March 6
  4. Complete your Learning Issues related to your group project

Deadline:

  1. Submit Sections A, B, C of Written Report for formative feedback by 11:59 PM on Monday, Mar 6
March 13 Community nutrition education, learning styles; team work session

Prepare for Class:

  1. Read Pregnant Adolescents, Beliefs About Healthy Eating, Factors that Influence Food Choices, and Nutrition Education Preferences (Wise, 2015)
  2. QUIZ 8 available from noon on Tuesday, March 7 to noon on Monday, March 13
  3. Complete your Learning Issues related to your project group
March 20 Nutrition advocacy and policy interventions; team work session

Prepare for Class:

  1. Watch Video 5: Nutrition-related Policy on course website
  2. Read from policy to practice: implementation of physical activity and food policies in schools (Masse, Naiman & Naylor, 2013)
  3. QUIZ 9 available from noon on Tuesday, March 14 to noon on Monday, March 20
  4. Complete your Learning Issues related to your group project

Deadline:

  1. Submit first Individual Refection Paper (responses to questions 1-3) by 11:59 on March 16
March 27 Community nutrition in action: menu labeling; team work session

Prepare for Class:

  1. Read Changes in awareness and use of calorie information after mandatory menu labeling in restaurants in King County, Washington (Chen, Smyser, Chan, Ta, Saelens & Krieger, 2015)
  2. Read Food for thought: obstacles to menu labeling in restaurants an cafeterias (Thomas, 2015)
  3. QUIZ 10 available from noon on Tuesday, March 21 to noon on Monday, March 27
  4. Complete your Learning Issues related to your group project
April 3 Last class: team presentations and discussions; course review and synthesis

Deadline:

  1. Group presentation (or video) and discussion in class on April 3
  2. Submit Full Group Written Report by 11:59 PM on April 10
  3. Submit second Individual Reflection Paper (responses to questions 4-7) by 11:59 PM on April 14