Section: Module 6: Lesson 1: Cultural Sensitivity and nutrition | Public Health Nutrition | NextGenU.org
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Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Describe the cultural dimension of food and nutrition.
- Identify cultural differences and similarities in food and public health nutrition.
- Summarize various approaches and strategies to food and nutrition for people of diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Apply food and nutrition approaches that are tailored to people from diverse culture.
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Students mustView
Read the following sections of the article:
- Scientific and cultural approaches to food
- Integrating scientific and cultural perspectives of food. (10 minutes)PMC lABS - 2013
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Students mustView
Read the entire document. (8 minutes)
Department of Social Services - 2013
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Students mustView
Read the content under the following sections: "Introduction", "Theoretical implications" and "practical implications." (15 minutes)
T. Cruwys et al. - 2014
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Students mustView
Read the content under the headings "Abstract," "Introduction," "Results," "Discussion," and "Conclusion." (30 minutes)
Obesity Reviews - 2021
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Peer Activity 5 - Creative Output (180 minutes) Forum
In this activity, you will design a flyer that must be shared with a diverse community concerning healthy eating/drinking habits among members of that community.
Step 1: Review
Review the learning resources for the lesson.
Step 2: Evaluate
Think carefully about the eating/drinking habits of specific cultural groups. Evaluate them to identify the ones you believe are not healthy eating/drinking and should be addressed.
Consider the following questions:
- Why do they have this unhealthy eating habit?
- Is there a specific reason why they have this particular habit?
- Is this habit linked to cultural or religious beliefs?
Step 3: Create
Create a flyer to address the unhealthy habits identified in Step 2. Ensure that you take into account that the flyer will be shared in a diverse community that contains the group/groups you’ve identified, and so, you will need to be culturally sensitive.
Step 4: Share
To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).
Step 5: Interact
Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - C of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:
Item A is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)
If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”