Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020

HSCS 2301 Health Promotion, Physical Activity, and Wellness

This class is an introduction to the theory of health and wellness promotion. It is designed to provide students with the conceptual foundation necessary to develop, promote, and assess health promotion programs and interventions. Current trends in health promotion for adults and children will be discussed and public health policy and prevention programs evaluated.

Credits

3

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: spring

Student Learning Outcomes

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Analyze the impact of culture on health promotion.

Discussions

Research Paper

Exams

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Articulate a personal philosophy of health and health promotion.

Online assignments

Discussions

Research Paper

PSA

Exams

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Assess public policy for its health promotion and disease prevention implications.

Online assignments

Exams

Research Paper

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Describe local, national, and global trends affecting health and health promotion.

Online assignments

Research Paper

Exams

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Identify and compare models/theories of health promotion.

Online assignments

Concept Map

Research Paper

Exams

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Describe and apply concepts of problem identification, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation as pertinent to health promotion.

Online assignments

Concept Map

Research Paper

PSA

Exams

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Identify major scientific, societal, communal, and ethical issues in health promotion.

Discussions

Annotated Bibliography

Concept Map

Exams

Research Paper

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Identify the leading causes of illness, disease, and death by gender, age, and population groupings.

Discussions

Annotated Bibliography

Exams

Research Paper

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Plan a health promotion intervention specific to a chosen population.

Online assignments

Concept Map

Research Project

PSA

Exams