NUTR09021 2019 Nutritional Epidemiology
Full Title
Nutritional Epidemiology
Transcript Title
Nutritional Epidemiology
Code
NUTR09021
Attendance
N/A %
Subject Area
NUTR - Nutrition
Department
HEAL - Health & Nutritional Sciences
Level
09 - NFQ Level 9
Credit
05 - 05 Credits
Duration
Semester
Fee
€
Start Term
2019 - Full Academic Year 2019-20
End Term
9999 - The End of Time
Author(s)
Laura Keaver, Irina Uzhova
Programme Membership
SG_SPUNU_M09 201900 Master of Science in Public Health Nutrition
Description
This course is designed to provide graduate students with the skills to conduct and interpret epidemiological studies relating diet and nutritional status to disease and health, and apply the statistical methods commonly used in nutritional epidemiology to analyse diet-disease associations.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to;
1.
Be able to explain the characteristics of study designs used in nutritional epidemiology and public health and indicate the major (dis)advantages of the various study designs
2.
Be able to explain the difference between internal and external validity of the epidemiological findings
3.
Be able to interpret precision measures
4.
Critically evaluate studies used in nutritional epidemiology, taking methodological considerations into account
5.
Adjust for confounding and identify effect modifiers using both stratified analysis and statistical modelling
Teaching and Learning Strategies
This module will be delivered part time through online lectures
Module Assessment Strategies
This module is 100% continuous assessment
Repeat Assessments
Repeat continuous assessment
Indicative Syllabus
Basic concepts, measures used to describe health, disease and mortality; surveillance systems ; strengths, limitations and theoretical basis of epidemiologic study designs; selection error, information error, confounding, bias and effect measure modification ; causal inference from randomized experiments and observational data; assessment of validity of epidemiological findings ; methods of dietary pattern analysis ; nutrigenetics; introduction to R.
Coursework & Assessment Breakdown
Coursework & Continuous Assessment
100 %
Coursework Assessment
| Title | Type | Form | Percent | Week | Learning Outcomes Assessed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Individual assignments | Coursework Assessment | Assignment | 100 % | OnGoing | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Online Learning Mode Workload
| Type | Location | Description | Hours | Frequency | Avg Workload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | Online | Lectures | 2 | Weekly | 2.00 |
Total Online Learning Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 2.00 Hours
Required & Recommended Book List
Required Reading
2013 Nutritional Epidemiology Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780199754038 ISBN-13 0199754039
2013 Nutritional Epidemiology Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780199754038 ISBN-13 0199754039
Willett's Nutritional Epidemiology has become the foundation of this field. This new edition updates existing chapters and adds new ones addressing the assessment of physical activity, the role of genetics in nutritional epidemiology, and the interface of this field with policy.
Module Resources
Non ISBN Literary Resources
Willett W. Nutritional Epidemiology (3rd edition). New York: Oxford University Press, 2012..
Journal Resources
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URL Resources
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