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HPE 171 - Personal and Community Health and Wellness

Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours

Description
This course provides an overview of personal and community health and wellness. Students explore wellness and lifestyle concepts through active learning experiences. Topics include, but are not limited to: fitness, nutrition, sexuality, smoking, alcohol and substance abuse, stress and emotional wellness. Student participation in class activities assists the formulation of an individualized wellness plan.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Develop a philosophy for health and wellness responsibility.
  2. Define contemporary issues in wellness such as exercise and fitness, nutrition, weight control, stress management and substance abuse.
  3. Describe strategies used for health and wellness awareness and behavior change.
  4. Develop a plan to implement an individualized program of wellness that is both informative and directed towards the reduction of health risks in the lifestyle.
  5. Implement a health and wellness plan by creating goals and tracking progress toward improved lifestyle habits.
Listed Topics
  1. Basis for wellness
  2. Cardiovascular health and disease
  3. Cancer
  4. Exercise for health and fitness
  5. Nutrition and weight management
  6. Body composition
  7. Stress management
  8. Mental health
  9. Tobacco and alcohol
  10. Use and abuse of psychoactive drugs
  11. Immunity and infection
  12. Sexually transmissible diseases
  13. HIV/AIDS
  14. Intimate relationships and sexuality
  15. Pregnancy, childbirth and parenting
  16. Contraception and abortion
Reference Materials
Textbook/materials as deemed appropriate by instructor
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:
  • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
  • Information Literacy
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 04/12/2024
Last Reviewed: 04/12/2024


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