Nutrition Communication and Counseling (5cr)

Objective

Students become familiar with nutrition education as part of health promotion. Students improve their educational skills in nutrition and are able to use versatile teaching methods and materials. Students become familiar with the realm of the media with emphasis on the use of media as a communication channel for nutritional issues and they are competent in writing about field-related topics in the media. They are able to assess the reliability of nutrition information and apply it.

Content

- Nutrition education
- Nutrition communication and planning and producing a media article related to nutrition

Qualifications

Communication Skills
Foodstuffs in Nutrition (participation)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is familiar with the principles of nutrition education. The student knows occasionally how to search reliable nutrition information sources. The student can name and give the examples of the realm of the media with emphasis on the use of newspapers as a communication channel for nutritional issues.
The student is familiar with some principles how to write about nutrition topics in the media.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is familiar with the principles of nutrition education. The student is able to search reliable nutrition information sources and to use them. The student is familiar with the realm of the media with emphasis on the use of newspapers as a communication channel for nutritional issues. The student is competent in writing about nutrition topics in the media.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is familiar with the principles of nutrition education and knows how to promote nutrition issues in the working environment. The student is familiar with reliable nutrition information sources and is able to use them. The student is able to analyze the realm of the media with emphasis on the use of media as a communication channel for nutritional issues. The student is competent in writing professionally about nutrition topics in the media.

Materials

Kotilainen, L. 2003. Parempi lehtijuttu.

Mykkänen, P. 1998. Yhteisölehti. Tekijän opas.
Fogelholm, M. (toim.) 2003. Ratkaisuja ravitsemukseen. Ravitsemuskasvatus ja elämänkaari.

Vertio 2003. Terveyden edistäminen.

Torkkola, S. (toim.) 2002. Terveysviestintä.

Wiio, O. & Puska, P. 1993. Terveysviestinnän opas.
- Huovila, J. 2016.Tapauskohtaisuuden taju - Julkisen ravitsemusymmärryksen
yksilöllistyminen ja ravitsemusasiantuntijuus 2000-luvunmediateksteissä. Väitöskirja. Helsingin yliopisto

Other material given during the course