Public Health Nutrition Practice
Describe, monitor, and administer public health nutrition practices, to address nutrition issues, and build local and national capacity for public health nutrition interventions.
Type
Domain
Competency Area
Evidence-based Practice
Levels
Understands food science and nutrition
Understands the fundamentals of food science and nutrition
Aware of the determinants of nutrition problems, policies, and government priorities
Documents evolving trends and innovations in nutritional science
Describes public health nutrition
Describes public health nutrition practice, taking into account context driven variations
Supports research on the determinants of nutrition problems, policies, and government priorities
Identifies evidence-based interventions at the community and population level
Assesses nutrition status
Applies epidemiological methods of research, to examine community nutrition
Assesses food, nutrient and dietary intakes and status in populations
Adapts nutrition-related data and information to specific communities and populations
Monitors nutritional needs
Monitors population nutritional health needs and issues
Communicates population nutritional health needs and issues to relevant stakeholders
Encourages community and population level knowledge and awareness of nutrition
Administers nutrition practices
Advocates for the capacity building of public health nutrition workforces and their collaborators
Promotes equitable access to safe and healthy food
Administers community and organisational capacity building tasks to facilitate and coordinate public health nutrition action