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

Code:	Learning Outcomes:	How students will practice each outcome in this course:	How student achievement of each outcome will be assessed in this course:
n/a	Analyze the impact of culture on health promotion.	Discussions	Research Paper Exams
n/a	Articulate a personal philosophy of health and health promotion.	Online assignments Discussions	Research Paper PSA Exams
n/a	Assess public policy for its health promotion and disease prevention implications.	Online assignments	Exams Research Paper
n/a	Describe local, national, and global trends affecting health and health promotion.	Online assignments	Research Paper Exams
n/a	Identify and compare models/theories of health promotion.	Online assignments Concept Map	Research Paper Exams
n/a	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
n/a	Identify major scientific, societal, communal, and ethical issues in health promotion.	Discussions Annotated Bibliography Concept Map	Exams Research Paper
n/a	Identify the leading causes of illness, disease, and death by gender, age, and population groupings.	Discussions Annotated Bibliography	Exams Research Paper
n/a	Plan a health promotion intervention specific to a chosen population.	Online assignments Concept Map	Research Project PSA Exams