HLTH - Health Education

HLTH 115 First Aid Skills and Knowledge

Prepares student, through knowledge and skills, to meet the needs of most emergency situations when first aid care is required and medical attention is not readily available. Personal safety and accident-prevention information incorporated to acquaint individuals with causes of many accidents, so that action may be taken to eliminate or minimize such causes. The course meets the coaching first aid requirements of the New York State Coaching Mandate.

3

HLTH 215 Personal and Community Health

To develop positive attitudes toward health and optimum living and to influence formation of good habits affecting one's physical, mental, and social well being. Emphasis will be on proper health behavior as it relates to the disease process. Brief consideration is given to the role of health agencies in assessing community health needs and coordinating activities to meet these needs.

3

HLTH 217 Fitness & Wellness for Life: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

This course examines the multiple dimensions of fitness, health, and wellness as they relate to individuals and society. Students will develop an understanding of current trends and practices as they relate to topics such as stress management, cardiovascular fitness, nutrition, and disease prevention. Emphasis will be given to four components of wellness: physical, emotional, social, and psychological. Students will apply this knowledge to become educated health care consumers, advocates, and responsible decision makers. Students will develop personal and community action plans for enhancing health and well-being.

3

HLTH 300 Education inDrugs/Alcohol/Tobacco

Knowledge and methods to deal with the problems of use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in elementary and secondary schools. Meets requirement for Education Law, Section 804, 804a, and 805. Limited to Education majors only.

1

HLTH 302 Stress Management

Identifies the mechanisms that generate the human stress response and their physical and psychological effects on the body and mind. The course also introduces the student to developing personal strategies for effective stress management.

1

HLTH 303 Fitness and Nutrition

The development of knowledge and skills necessary to become personally responsible for fitness and nutrition. Contents will be used as a basis for assessment of personal fitness and nutritional status and necessary personal behavior modification. Investigation of basic fitness and nutritional facts, energy balance, obesity, dieting, and nutrition as related to disease, for personal goal setting.

3

HLTH 315 Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries

Study of prevention and recognition of injuries commonly associated with athletic competition. Includes the study of anatomy and physiology involved in injuries. One of several courses designed to meet state mandate for interscholastic coaching.

3

Prerequisites

HLTH 115 and BIOL 245

HLTH 316 Athletic Training Internship

Develops the basic competencies of students interested in athletic training. Areas included in the internship will include preventive taping, injury prevention, the basics of rehabilitation, coverage of home events, and basic functioning of a training room. Athletic Trainer required.

1-3

Prerequisites

HLTH 115

HLTH 343 Drugs and Behavior

The course provides students with a basic understanding of the effects of legal and illegal drugs on physiological and psychological functioning, and how drugs influence personal and social behavior.

3

HLTH 386 Wellness and Health Promotion

The course emphasizes wellness as a positive approach to health promotion. The course explores ways of establishing effective health strategies that affect the physical, emotional and social self, use the mind constructively, channel stress energies positively, express emotions effectively, and enable the individual to interact with others.

3

HLTH 400 Internship

Work under supervision in a community setting. Students are expected to complete 67 clock hours of direct service to individuals, groups, or organizations for each credit hour awarded. The internship will emphasize theory, knowledge and skills needed when working with and within groups and organizations. A Learning Contract encompassing job requirements, learning objectives and methods will be utilized to evaluate the intern.

1-6

HLTH 499 Independent Study

The study of a particular topic related to health and wellness. Periodic meetings with an appropriate instructor will be scheduled. The topic may encompass individual research or a practical experience.

1-3

HLTH 500 Wellness and Health Promotion for the Elderly

The course explores wellness and health promotion the human lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on prevention, behavior modification and services available to the individual as they age.

3

HLTH 502 Stress Management

The course deals with the physiological, psychological aspects of stress as it affects individual performance and people within the workplace and educational environments. Stress causes, effects, and management strategies will be introduced in this course.

3