For students attending the course Diet and physical activity - interventions and digital health (8 credits) course code 4NT016
This course aims to give you a deeper understanding and knowledge in intervention studies in the field of nutrition and physical activity, especially interventions that use tools in digital health (eHealth and mHealth).
Syllabus
Introduction to the course
This course covers study planning, study design (randomized controlled trials), and evaluation (data analyses and interpretation of results). You will write a study protocol for a randomized controlled intervention study and discuss how to develop the components of an intervention, which methods that are used to measure outcome measures, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. You present your study and also oppose another group's study.
This course will also cover behaviour change models and techniques, such as motivational interviewing. The course also deals with different funding opportunities for research projects and health promotion initiatives and how such an application is structured.
Teaching methods and examination
This course consists of seminars, group work, lectures, exercises and discussions and opposing on another groups project plan. The examination consists of a written exam, a group work and an individual written report.
Schedule and course evaluations
Contacts
Christine Delisle Nyström
Course coordinatorSara Bruce
Educational administratorCourse literature and useful resources
Reports, articles and other prescribed literature are listed at course start and will be available electronically.
Canvas
Canvas is the e-learning platform we are using at KI. Here you will find course material, assignments and a possibility to communicate with students and teachers. One to two weeks before the course starts you will as a student get an invitation by e-mail to the address you used at antagning.se. After accepting the invitation you should be able to access the course.
Log in to Canvas
Once you are admitted to the programme you may log in to Canvas for more information on your courses.
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