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WHES 2022 - Lifestyle, Behavior & Disease

Credit Hours: 3.00


Prerequisites: None

(formerly PHED 2022)

This course focuses on lifestyle and behavior and their relationship to disease risk and prevention. Topics include wellness, mental health, communication, relationships, stress, drug and alcohol use, sexuality and sexually transmitted disease, chronic disease, nutrition, physical activity, and weight management. Students will create a personal lifestyle and behavior plan to decrease their risk of disease.

Billable Contact Hours: 3

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Michigan Transfer Network (MiTransfer) - Utilize this website to easily search how your credits transfer to colleges and universities.
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the wellness philosophy.

Objectives:

  1. Define wellness and distinguish among its dimensions.
  2. Describe the relationship between the dimensions of wellness.
  3. List and define the stages of change.
  4. Define self-efficacy and its relationship to barriers of change

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the role of lifestyle and behavior in disease.

Objectives:

  1. Identify the leading health problems in the United States and their causes.
  2. Explain the difference between correlation and causation and their relationship to disease
  3. Describe the role of lifestyle and behavior in the management and prevention of disease
  4. Describe the role of culture in the United States and other countries and its disease implications.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply the dimensions of wellness in the management and prevention of disease.

Objectives:

  1. Evaluate current lifestyle, behaviors and risk factors for disease.
  2. Create a program to reduce personal risk factors for disease.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (CDO)
• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

CDO marked YES apply to this course:
Communication: YES
Critical Thinking: YES
Global Literacy: YES
Information Literacy: YES
COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
This course outline is reflects the topics that are covered in this course. It is also offered as a virtual course. All instructors will utilize the Master Shell created by the lead instructor which will ensure all content in this outline is up to date and being covered within each course.
The outline of topics below will be taught using a variety of methods including but not limited to lecture, videos, websites, class discussions, specific assignments that relate to the topic, nutrition analysis using specific nutrition programs, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (on-ground only), quizzes, exams, and self-reflection assessments.

  1. Introduction to Wellness : Wellness dimensions
  2. Psychological and Spiritual Well-Being: Mental health
  3. Personal Stress Management: Stress forum
  4. Social Health: Social Media
  5. Nutrition: My Plate Plan; Restaurant Analysis
  6. Managing Your Weight: Healthy Eating Index; My Diet Analysis for on-ground courses
  7. Fitness: Exercise and you; Target Heart Rate; BIA for on-ground courses
  8. Major Diseases: Which diseases are you most concerned about and why? Self-assessment and reflection
  9. Sexual Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections
  10. Reproductive Choices: Crossword Puzzle
  11. Addictions: Movies and addiction
  12. Alcohol and Tobacco: Drinking Age and smoking forum
  13. Consumer Health: Water Supply
  14. Environmental Wellness; Cellphone Safety
  15. Lifetime of Health: Final Words; Last Lecture forum
  16. Final Exam

Primary Faculty
Allor, Tina
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Primeau, Paula
Dean
Mirijanian, Narine



Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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