Graduate level training in nutrition: an integrated model for capacity building- a national report.

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Author	SHEIKHOLESLAM, Robabeh GHASSEMI, Hossein GALAL, Osman DJAZAYERY, Abolghassem OMIDVAR, Nasrin NOURMOHAMMADI, Issa TUAZON, Ma. Antonia G.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Iran has been active in human nutrition training for the past five decades, but the existing curricular programs do not equip the graduates with the knowledge and skills required for solving food security and nutritional problems of the country. Given this, the Nutrition Department (ND) of Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) initiated a curricular reform to develop responsive graduate programs in key areas of nutrition that fill the existing gaps in nutrition training with the goal of improving nutrition policy-making and program development, implementation and evaluation. ND called for a request for proposals for a project entitled “Graduate Level Training in Nutrition”. Specifically, with technical assistance from leading academic institutions in Asia, North America and UK, seven new graduate programs were housed in three separate institutions, but coordinated so that together they form a broad multidisciplinary resource for graduate education and research. These seven-degree programs are MSc and PhD in Molecular/Cellular Nutrition, MSc and PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology, MSc and PhD in Food Policy and Nutrition Intervention, and MSc in Community Nutrition. The programs were prepared in collaboration and active participation of selected faculty members of the three Iranian universities, International Union of Nutritional Sciences and the University of Philippines at Los Baños. The development of these programs was made possible through a loan from the World Bank, under the Second Primary Health and Nutrition Project in the MOHME.
ISSN	22516085
Volume Number	44
PubMed Central reference number	PMC4402418
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	25905083
Journal	Iranian Journal of Public Health [Iran. J. Public Health]
e-ISSN	22516093
Language	English
Publisher	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Publisher Date	2015-03-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Subject Keyword	Nutrition Graduate Level Training Iran
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health