CUR Learning Management System

This module aims to enable students to:

- Appreciate the role of Rural Development Projects in making informed decisions on the allocation of resources for agricultural and rural development. 

- Understand the distinction between Agricultural, food security, financial, economic and social dimensions of Rural Development Projects. 

-Understand the need for integrating environmental assessment in rural development project.

-Understand how macroeconomic, policy and management issues affect the outcome of agricultural and rural development projects.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module the student should be able to: describe:

Knowledge and understanding

-          Describe the Measuring Nutritional Dimensions

-          Explain the Indicators of Household Food Security

-          Describe the methods for Monitoring and Evaluating Food Security and Nutrition Interventions

Skills and competences

-          The project concept and evaluation

-          Design and implement nutritional interventions to address nutritional problems in the community.

The course of “Social and Behavioral Change in Public Health” will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to understand individual, community, and organizational behaviors and change processes in cross-cultural, international and/or domestic settings as a foundation for planning appropriate health promotion, disease prevention, health education and primary health care programs. Students will learn to outline the contribution of social and behavioral science theories in planning and implementation of culturally relevant health programs; will utilize social and behavioral theories to understand individual, social network, organizational, community, and policy maker health related behaviors; and identify the factors that promote and inhibit community involvement in health program development and implementation.

The module is composed of 6 chapters:

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
CHAPTER TWO: HEALTH, WELLNESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER THREE: THEORIES AND MODELS OF BEHAVIOR AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN PUBLIC HEATH
CHAPTER FOUR: COUNSELING
CHAPTER FIVE: APPLICATION OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER SIX: RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND STUDY OF HEALTH PROBLEMS