Rural Development Project
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.
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
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: