Dynamic Health Concepts

Catalog description

Students will explore current issues in public health and wellness with an emphasis on making lifelong healthy choices. This course will examine the following Health Education areas: nutrition, physical activity/exercise/fitness, weight control, eating disorders and body image, media influences, mental health, stress, violence, substance use/abuse, sexuality and sexual orientation, sexually transmitted infections, reproductive choices/contraception, relationships, disease prevention, environment, health care, and aging. The primary emphasis is directed towards the six dimensions of wellness (physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, and gain the knowledge and skills necessary to implement lifestyle behaviors that can improve their health and well-being.