PEH 181: Health and Wellness

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Class Program

Exercise Science

Credits

Clinical Hours None

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091846

Meets Degree Requirements For

General Elective

Description

This class is designed to develop health knowledge and values with the goal of promoting a high quality of life for each individual. Areas of focus include nutrition, physical fitness, communicable diseases, consumer and environmental health, human sexuality and family life, mental and emotional health, tobacco, alcohol and drugs, aging and death and dying.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Integrate positive lifestyle choices regarding the six dimensions of health and wellness into their everyday lives.

Examine the factors involved in making lifestyle decisions regarding diet, fitness, weight management, drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.

Determine responsible sexual healthful decisions about birth control and pregnancy as well as prevention of STI’s and domestic violence.

Outline the signs, symptoms and prevention strategies for the common health conditions of heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes.

Demonstrate behavior modification tools that facilitate lifestyle change.

Core Topics

Promoting Healthy Behavior Change
Psychosocial Health / Managing Stress
Nutrition / Managing Your Weight
Personal Fitness
Cardiovascular Disease
Cancer
Infectious Disease
Human Sexuality
Drug Use / Tobacco / Alcohol
Aging / Death / Dying
Environmental Health / Health Care Consumerism / Complementary and Alternative Medicine