Health Promotion

Catalog description

This course is designed to present concepts related to health and wellness, disease management, disease prevention, and health promotion, in the context of contemporary health care delivery. Students are exposed to public health concepts and principles and refine their knowledge about health promotion in order to improve health and foster wellness. Students explore occupational therapy approaches within the framework of health promotion. In addition, this course refines students’ skills in developing effective strategies for the communication and teaching of information to clients, consumers, professionals and others responsible for client and consumer care.