MASTER OF SCIENCE PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION AND POLICY (MPHN)
| Module Code | Module Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MPHN501 | Health Information Systems and Surveillance | The course provides an overview of the evolving field of public health informatics. Basic public health topics will be reviewed including: public health history, structure and functions, public health data, surveillance, epidemiology, environmental health, health communications, and global health informatics. |
| MPHN502 | Diet and Disease | This course focuses on the application of nutrition concepts in the clinical setting and how pathophysiology and metabolic demands dictate nutritional requirements and form guidelines for the nutritional management of diseases. Students will learn how to formulate evidence-based care plans and learn how to critically appraise new and emerging research in clinical nutrition. |
| MPHN503 | Nutrition Policy Formulation and Analysis | This course focuses on the application of nutrition concepts in the clinical setting and how pathophysiology and metabolic demands dictate nutritional requirements and form guidelines for the nutritional management of diseases. |
| MPHN504 | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | The course provides an overview of the interface between agriculture, food and nutrition and its impact on the nutrition and health status of the population. |
| MPHN505 | Safety, Health and Environmental Law Regulations | The module covers the principles and rules of international law and regulations which have as their primary objective the protection of the environment as well as addressing safety and health issues. |
| MPHN506 | Nutritional Epidemiology: Concepts, Analysis and Application | This module focuses on the epidemiological methods and approaches that underpin an evidenced based approach to public health research and practice. The module covers each of the main types of epidemiological study design and provides a framework for critically appraising each method, differentiating association and how to draw causal inferences. The module includes sessions on chance, bias, confounding, measures of disease frequency and risk estimation and hypothesis testing. |
| MPHN507 | Qualitative Research Methods for Nutrition | The course teaches principles and practical skills of qualitative inquiry in an interactive seminar format. Participants will learn how to design and carry out qualitative research through weekly background readings and written assignments, critical case-study discussions, and practical class exercises. |
| MPHN508 | Health Policy and Economics | The module exposes students to health economics as a branch of economics in order to develop an understanding of economic principles as applied to health and health care focusing on developing countries in general and Africa in particular. It equips student with the ability to: • Apply economic concepts and techniques to analyze issues in health and health care; • Understand the principles and techniques of economic evaluation of health interventions using the basic principles of epidemiology; • Analyze health systems and health policy issues within the African context |
| MPHN509 |
Procurement and Supply Chain Management |
The module introduces fundamental aspects of the supply chain environment, including enterprise resource planning systems and requirement systems. It explores interrelationships between purchasing, vendor selection, sources of supply, and technology and focus is on management and the skills and resources that a successful manager needs to understand the basics of purchasing and the purchasing environment, various approaches, tools, and strategies used in negotiations, learn the basics of entrepreneurship, marketing management and the strategies involved in developing a marketing plan, price and cost analysis from a purchasing perspective, develop performance standards and operational guidelines; which can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of purchasing and supply chain. |
| MPHN510 | Spatial Statistics and Modelling | This course covers: Spatial data analysis, spatial modelling, spatial statistics, Methods/techniques for analysing point data, Methods for analysing areal data, Methods ad models for analysing spatially continuous data, Advanced Methods and Models for analysing spatially continuous data, Modelling spatially continuous data with variograms, and Methods of modelling spatially continuous data with wavelets. |
| MPHN570 | Dissertation / Research project | The Research Dissertation requires students to execute an original research project aligned with the University of Zimbabwe's 2019-2025 strategic plan. Spanning 12 months for full-time or 2 years for part-time study, the course allows for community, clinical, or laboratory-based investigations commencing after final coursework exams. To complete the module, students must present their findings to the department, submit a dissertation ranging from 12,000 to 20,000 words, and develop a manuscript for submission to an accredited peer-reviewed journal. |
