Foundations of Health Promotion and Disease Mitigation

Catalog description

How do health care professionals influence health related behavior change? How do they support their patients/clients optimal engagement with adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviors in order to mitigate the risk of chronic illness and improve health and wellness across the lifespan? This course will incorporate contemporary behavioral change theories to empower patients to participate in their health and wellness through education, self-efficacy and self-care. Focus will be placed on upstream health and wellness promotion to mitigate chronic illness, improve health related quality of life, and consider the impact that social determinants of health have on individual and population health. Special emphasis will be placed on the socioecological framework, social determinants of health, health inequities, chronic illness, chronic pain, and sleep health.