This module is taught by the Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences and is about the discovery of new drugs and therapies. Students will consider the ways of...

The module introduces students to the concept of deaf culture and deaf identities; the medical, social and culturo-linguistic models of deafness, Deaf...

The module introduces students to the concept of deaf culture and deaf identities; the medical, social and culturo-linguistic models of deafness, Deaf epistemologies and ontologies, and post-colonialism, situating these within an introduction to Western Deaf history as viewed through various lens. Module will be taught face to face in British Sign Language via BSL/English interpretation for non-signing students. Each session will consist of lecture and discussion. Session notes will be available online.

Aims

The module aims to introduce deaf culture and identities, and their related concepts, situating these in an introduction to Western Deaf history.

Objectives

Students will understand the emergence and development of the concept of deaf culture
	will understand the significance of the development of a deaf identity and examine current research into deaf identities
	will understand origins and nature of concepts relating to deaf culture, including Deafhood.
	Will understand the significant movements and moments in Western Deaf history, and their relationship deaf culture and deaf identitries.
	Will examine intersectionality and emerging epistemologies relating to Deaf communities
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Nutrition and Public Health will introduce you to an evidence-based approach to the relationship between diet, nutritional status and health in populations. We...

Nutrition and Public Health will introduce you to an evidence-based approach to the relationship between diet, nutritional status and health in populations. We will introduce you to the main concepts of nutritional epidemiology using national and international data and we will shed light to the value of systematic research approaches to evaluate the impact of nutrition interventions in populations.

The study of public health is one of the most exciting areas of nutrition science. You will examine how promotion and maintenance of nutrition-related population health require the organised efforts and informed choices of society. You will explore important problems in food policy with external speakers representing the range of interests that influence what we eat.

Some of the topics you will discuss include the role of food supply and nutrition in population health, dietary requirements and reference values, developmental origins of chronic disease and the epigenetic impact of early year feeding practices and nutritional supplementation and fortification strategies for deficiency diseases that still prevail. You will study different aspects of the obesogenic environment in industrialised and developing countries, the role of food industry in shaping our eating habits, and the nutrition challenges in older adults.

After taking this module you should be able to describe the main national and international data on diet and nutritional status in the population and in high risk sub-groups, to understand the scientific basis of and recommendation from government policy relating to diet and health, to evaluate the strength of evidence relating diet to health outcomes and to interpret complex and conflicting scientific data.