Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Skills

• • Introduction to epidemiology and research methods
  • Research process
  • Biostatistics
  • Measurements of disease exposure and occurrence
  • Confidence intervals, relative risk, odds ratios
  • Accuracy measures in epidemiology
  • Nutritional biomarkers in epidemiology
  • Quality criteria and levels of evidence
  • Health Survey results
  • Epidemiology in diet and disease
  • Food composition databases
  • Human research ethics

• Study resources

  • Instructional methods

    • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
    • Embedded Multimedia
    • Online Quizzes/Tests
    • Online assignment submission
    • Web links

  • Online materials

    • Resources and Links
    • Audio-Video streaming
    • Online Assessment

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• LTU-DTN404-Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Skills

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

LTU-DTN201-Nutrition Fundamentals ;

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s)

Special requirements

• SoftwareDetails - IBM SPSS Standard Grad Pack 23/24/25/26
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  This subject is offered via Open Universities Australia. La Trobe University students can undertake this subject as part of a cross institutional enrolment under certain circumstances, and must seek approval from the Bachelor of Food and Nutrition course coordinator for eligibility. Due to the nature of the subject content and online delivery, enrolments are generally not permitted past the published OUA enrolment date for the study period.

Please note:  this subject was previously known as DTN404 Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Skills

In this subject you will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of epidemiology, the main study designs and research concepts of direct relevance to the role of food and nutrition in the prevention and causation of disease. Nutritional epidemiology techniques for the assessment of diet and body composition of individuals and populations are covered in depth. The degree covers sources of data on mortality and morbidity, measures of disease prevalence, incidence and risk, chance, bias and confounding. Standard and non-parametric statistical techniques will be reviewed and you will have the opportunity to analyse a population dataset. You will acquire knowledge and skills that form the foundation for research practice in nutrition.

• 3 part: 2000 word research assignment (45%)
• 3 x module quizzes (1.5 hrs total) (35%)
• 1000 word critical analysis (20%)

Current study term (31 May 20 to 30 Aug 20)

Next study term (29 Nov 20 to 28 Feb 21)