GSN 509 - Community Nutrition and Food Policy

Credit(s): 2.00

This course examines community nutrition within the context of our current globalized food system. It is an overview of factors influencing nutritional health within the population at large with a focus on how communities meet their nutritional needs. We use an intersectional lens to understand the complexity of working within a community to empower and mobilize participants towards greater health. In addition, the coursework examines the role of public and private agencies in community assessment, nutritional interventions and public health assurance. This includes an investigation and discussion of how policy influences the nutritional status of communities. We use the socio-ecological model to assess how social determinants of health and systems of oppression. are interwoven with all aspects of the food system. This course will also examine various theories and model of public health and how they are utilized to gain a greater understanding of the current landscape of community nutrition. Lastly, students will research the needs of a specific population and create a nutritional intervention that aims to decrease health disparities by addressing issues of equity within a public health model. Prerequisite(s): GSN 534 .