A two- to six-week training course in community nutrition program planning, management, implementation and evaluation is also organized, combining theoretical considerations and discussions with Thai authorities from both policy-making and implementation units.

        Direct field experience is obtained through short field trips to projects that are relevant to improving food and nutrition policy-making, planning and programming, as well as hands-on experience in data collection and the formulation of action plans.

        A two-week training course on developing applied food and nutrition projects is available for participants from fellow countries of the South East Asia Nutrition Research-cum-Action Network. The course aims at assisting professionals in member countries to design protocols, implementation and evaluation plans, and to develop a project proposal on specific questions identified by participants.

        Health and nutrition education/communication is an important area that helps to translate food and nutritional sciences into action. A three- to four-week course, which includes classroom lectures, discussions, and field trips, can be arranged upon request.

        Specific nutritional assessment methodologies including field techniques (e.g., anthropometry, dietary assessment) and laboratory-based techniques (e.g., biochemical parameters of various nutritional deficiencies) are dealt with in this short-course training program. Examples include surveys of nutritional deficiencies within communities, as well as biochemical techniques of iron and vitamin A assessment.

        Short-course training programs are also offered upon request in the areas of Applied Food Science, Food Safety and Toxicology, and Applied Biostatistics.