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Women's Health and Nutrition
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:28.03.2022 16:37:25
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUUK_154 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Public Health; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Liene Sondore | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Sports and Nutrition | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 3 Cigorinu Street, suuk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67611559 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Human anatomy and physiology, pathology, internal medicine and surgical basics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Creating students' understanding about the female genital physiology, women dietary peculiarities at the different periods of life. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Nutrition and reproductive health. Physiological changes in the female body during pregnancy. Nutritional peculiarities during pregnancy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Dietary advice during pregnancy (early toxicosis, constipation, anemia, hypertension, preterm birth). Pregnant women – vegetarians, vegans. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Physiological childbirth – dietary peculiarities of pre-natal, post-natal period. Pre- and postoperative nutritional characteristics. Nutrition during lactation. Nutrition from birth to adolescence. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Bulimia, anorexia. Impact of bulimia, anorexia on woman's health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Vitamins, trace elements, dietary supplements – the need for women in different stages of life. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Menopause. Women nutrition at menopause. Osteoporosis, its prevention; nutrition for prevention of osteoporosis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Healthy eating recommendations for seniors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Summary: The nutritional role for woman's health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Nutrition and reproductive health. Physiological changes in the female body during pregnancy. Nutritional peculiarities during pregnancy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Dietary advice during pregnancy (early toxicosis, constipation, anemia, hypertension, preterm birth). Pregnant women – vegetarians, vegans. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Physiological childbirth – dietary peculiarities of pre-natal, post-natal period. Pre- and postoperative nutritional characteristics. Nutrition during lactation. Nutrition from birth to adolescence. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Bulimia, anorexia. Impact of bulimia, anorexia on woman's health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Vitamins, trace elements, dietary supplements – the need for women in different stages of life. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Menopause. Women nutrition at menopause. Osteoporosis, its prevention; nutrition for prevention of osteoporosis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Healthy eating recommendations for seniors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Summary: The nutritional role for woman's health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Oral presentation (10 minutes long) about the nutritional recommendations for women after freely chosen theme from the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Lectures and practical class attendance - 25%, independent work – creating menus, nutritional recommendations - 25%. Exam after the study course acquisition- 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon completion of the study course students will acquire knowledge about female genital physiology; of the dietary role of women in different periods of life; learn about different food restrictions, impact of anorexia, bulimia on woman's health; acquire knowledge of the dietary recommendations of pregnancy, physiological birth period, woman`s health, who have recently given birth; dietary recommendations before and after surgeries; nutrition for women in the prevention of osteoporosis. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to compile and make recommendations for women planning pregnancy and during pregnancy; Students are able to compile and provide nutritional recommendations for women before and after childbirth; pre-and postoperative period; Students can provide nutrition recommendations for metabolic syndrome, ovarian polycyclic syndrome; provide nutritional recommendations for women at different stages of life. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Can compile a full and balanced diet for women planning pregnancy; Can draw up a menu for women during pregnancy, before childbirth, during and after the operation; Can compile a full and balanced diet for lactating women; Can advise women about nutrition peculiarities in different stages of life. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju un nodarbību materiāli | ||||||||
| 2 | Pediatric Nutrition in Practice, Karger 2015. | ||||||||
| 3 | Uztura mācība. Z. Zariņš, L. Neimane, E. Bodnieks, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2021. | ||||||||
| 4 | Medical Nutrition & Disease.A Case-Based Approach. Wiley Blacwell 2014. | ||||||||
| 5 | Oxford Handbook of Nutritional and Dietetics, Oxford University Press, 2012 | ||||||||
| 6 | L. Kathleen Mahan, Janice L Raymond. Krause's Food & the Nutrition Care Process 14th Edition (2017) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ginekoloģija Ilzes Vībergas redakcijā, Nacionālais apgāds, 2013. | ||||||||
| 2 | Dzemdniecība Daces Rezebergas redakcijā, Nacionālais apgāds, 2016. | ||||||||
