Assesses current level of wellness and provides the tools necessary to improve and motivate the student to practice healthier lifestyles throughout adulthood. Covers environmental, reproductive, and psychological health; stress management; infectious disease; nutrition; chronic disease; aging; and physical fitness.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
To help students understand the multiple dimensions of health across the life span and the impact that lifestyle choices can have on overall health and well-being.
- Health: The foundation for life
Analyze quackery and fraud in wellness and recall how and where to find legitimate answers to health questions.
- Reproductive health
Recall methods and effectiveness of methods for family planning. Illustrate what behaviors increase the risk of sexually transmitted disease, how to recognize these diseases, and ways to protect from them.
- Drug use and abuse
Evaluate risk for drug/alcohol misuse.
- Alcohol and tobacco
Recall characteristics of drug/alcohol misuse. Recognize the dangers of smoking and how best to stop a smoking habit.
- Environmental health
Evaluate physical surroundings for environmental hazards.
- Nutrition
Demonstrate the basis of a healthy diet.
- Body weight and management
Demonstrate how healthy fat loss, weight gain, and weight maintenance is achieved.
- Psychological health
Recall the characteristics of positive psychological health.
- Stress and its management
Recognize stressors in life and demonstrate various tools to help alleviate these stresses. Evaluate stress level and skills useful in controlling stress.
- Violence and abuse
Recognize symptoms of abuse and how to seek assistance.
- Physical fitness
Design a program for improvement of strength, cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance and flexibility. Recognize what is considered a good level of physical fitness.
- Infectious disease
Describe actions that decrease risk of infectious disease.
- Chronic Disease
Evaluate risk for developing disease (cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular) and learn ways to decrease this risk.
- Diagnosis, prevention, and cancer treatment
Develop a plan to decrease risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
- Aging, dying, and death
Assess preparedness for death.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of academic achievement will be identified and implemented by the class instructor. Methods will include, but not be limited to, individual projects, vocabulary, class participation (discussion and critiques), and tests.
To be determined by the instructors that teach the course. All sections should use the same agreed upon textbook.
Outcomes
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Determined by department.