Information Package / Course Catalogue
Nutrition in Emergency and Disaster Situations
Course Code: BDB118
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To teach the management of nutrition before, during and after the emergencies.

Course Content

What is emergency and diseaster?, Ensure food safety and security before, during and after emergency and disaster situations., assessment of nutritional status and problems, nutrition programs (breastfeeding, complementary feeding, mass catering),foodservice management in emergencies, nutrition education

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Mahmut ÇERİ
Learning Outcomes
1.Ensure food security before, during and after emergency and disaster situations.
2.Ensure food safety before, during and after emergency and disaster situations.
3.Assess of nutritional situations and related problems
4.Comment planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programs
5.Establish nutrition education principles and implementation.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.WHO, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP. The Management of Nutrition In Major Emergencies. WHO. Geneva. 2000.
2.WHO, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP. Food and Nutrition Needs İn Emergencies. WHO. 2004.
3.WHO. Caring For The Nutritionally Vulnerable During Emergencies. WHO. 1999.
4.ENN, IBFAN-GIFA, Fondation Terre des hommes, CARE USA, Action Contre la Faim, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, WFP, Linkages. Infant Feeding in Emergencies Module 2 Version 1.1. 2007.
5.WHO. Ensuring Optimal Feeding Of İnfants And Young Children During Emergencies. 2004.
6.T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Temel Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü. Afet Durumlarında Beslenme Hizmetleri. 2002, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
What is emergency and disaster? The importance of nutrition
Week 2 - Theoretical
Meeting nutritional requirements
Week 3 - Theoretical
Nutritional and health problems in emergency and disasters-I
Week 4 - Theoretical
Nutritional and health problems in emergency and disasters-II
Week 5 - Theoretical
Assessment of nutritional status in emergency and disaster
Week 6 - Theoretical
Nutrition service management in short term
Week 7 - Theoretical
Nutrition service management in long term
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Nutrition management in risk groups; human milk, complemantary feding
Week 10 - Theoretical
Foodservice management-I
Week 11 - Theoretical
Foodservice management-II
Week 12 - Theoretical
Food safety
Week 13 - Theoretical
Nutrition education
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Overview
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory134278
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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