CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

 

HCSV 10-01 PERSONAL HEALTH                                                                              SPRING 2005

 

Instructor:            Linda McAfee Bilsborough

Office:                   Butte 630              Phone: 898-4068                

Dept. Office:         Butte 607              Phone: 898-6661

Email:                    lbilsborough@csuchico.edu              FAX:      898-5107

Class:                    TR  11:00-12:15 p.m.                         Location:     Butte 229

Office Hours        TR 12:30-2:00 p.m.                             Other times by appointment

 

TEXTBOOK:

 

Insel and Roth.     CORE CONCEPTS IN HEALTH.     Ninth Edition, McGraw Hill Publishing. 2002

 

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

 

                Explores major issues regarding behavior conducive to optimal health throughout the life course.  Topics covered include, but are not limited to, substance use and abuse, fitness, diet, sexuality, stress, and disease risk reduction.  This is an approved General Education course.

 

GOALS OF COURSE:

 

                Promoting Wellness is designed to help develop a sense of awareness about issues and problems that affect the quality of your life from a health perspective.  This class focuses upon behaviors that have an impact on your life as a college student and the connection to your future health status.  Each of the dimensions of health and their association with our values, beliefs and attitudes will be interwoven to all content areas.  This course is designed to emphasize personal responsibility, proactive decision-making and the impact of those decisions upon lifelong health and wellness. 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 

1.                   Introduce  students to a wide range of health issues and concerns relevant to their current and future health status;

2.                   Engage in a forum for discussion of current health issues by providing a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere;

3.                   Examine personal attitudes and behaviors that both enhance and detract from a health lifestyle;

4.                   Recognize the implications of the students’ health behaviors as they relate to the length and quality of life;

5.                   Increase the opportunities for students to take positive steps toward a healthy lifestyle

6.                   Apply the information learned to change negative health behaviors

7.                   Research and apply knowledge to a specific community health issue.

 

CLASS METHODOLOGY:

 

A.                  Lecture/discussion

B.                  Guest speakers, as appropriate

C.                  Audiovisual materials to reinforce topic content

D.                  Group student presentations

E.                   Individual Current Events

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBLIITIES:

 

Attendance:          Attendance is mandatory. Promptness is appreciated; late arrivals are disruptive to all.  Students may miss no more than two class sessions without being penalized by a one-half grade reduction.

 

Examinations:      you will have the joy of taking four examinations.  Each exam will draw from lectures, readings, class discussions, videos, guest lectures and handouts.  Make up exams are discouraged and will be given during finals week, unless prior arrangements have been made.  (100 points each)

 

GENERAL EDUCATION:

 

The General Education writing requirement is satisfied by the following requirements:

 

·         Current Event:  Select a current health topic, related to college aged students. The article must be featured in a current media source and be newsworthy enough to be

shared with your peers. 

 

Prepare a typed, double spaced overview of your article and attach a copy of the article.  Your  paper must address the following:  

 

        Title/Source/Date

                        Overview of the content

                        Controversy?  What and Why.

                        Link to college age students

                        Personal thought on the article and its content

                        (25 points)

 

·         Healthy Writes:  Two “Healthy Writes” will be assigned during the semester. Each assignment will focus on a specific health issue relating to your own health and wellness.  (25 points each)

 

·         Health Fair : Each student will select a health-related topic to research and develop into a tri fold poster display.  Posters will be displayed at a Health Fair on Thursday, May 10th, 2005 . (75 points possible) See handout for specific details.

 

 

·         Quick Writes:  Several  in class quick writing activities will be assigned throughout the semester.  These assignments may focus on your reaction to a video, guest speaker, current health controversy or personal opinion on an issue. The point value and number of Quick Writes will vary.

 

All written assignments must demonstrate your ability to utilize university-level grammar, syntax, spelling and composition.

 

GRADING:

 

All assignments and examinations will be awarded points, combining to equal your total “points earned”.  Letter grades will be derived from your points earned in relation to the points possible.

 

90-100%= A        80-89%=B           70-79%=C           60-69%=D          

Please see page 154 of the University Catalogue for a discussion of criteria for earning letter grade.

 

 

 

Point Distribution:

 

4 Examinations @ 100 points each  400

1 Current Event                                     25

Healthy Writes @ 25 points each                      50

Health Fair                                                             75

Quick Writes                                                        50 + (Point value may vary)

 

                                                600  Points Possible  (Actual number may vary)

 

 

 

SCORE CARD:

                  Your points         Points Possible

Exam #1                 100

 

Exam #2                 100

 

Exam #3                 100

 

Exam #4                 100

 

Current Event                        25

 

Healthy Write#1                   25

 

Healthy Write#2                   25

 

Health Fair                             75

 

Quick Writes:    

               

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCSV 10-01 PERSONAL HEALTH                                                                                      SPRING 2005

 

 

WEEK/DATES                                                     TOPIC(S)                                            ASSIGNMENT

 

 

1                                                              Welcome. Introduction

        1/25-27                                                          Orientation to course        

                                                                                Elements of health                               Chap. 1

 

 

2                                                                                             History of health/wellness

        2/01-03                                                          Behavior changes

                                                                                Psychological health                          Chap. 3

 

 

3                                                                                             Stress:  Types, sources, effects

        2/08-10                                                          Stress reduction                                  Chap. 2

 

 

4                                                                                             Violence/Intentional Injuries

        2/15-17                                                          Personal safety

                                                                                Cycle of Violence                                Chap. 23

 

 

                5                                                              Examination #1                                    Chap. 1-3, 23

        2/22-24                                                          Eating Disorders                 Chap. 14

 

 

6                                                              Nutrition: Nutrients/guidelines

        3/01-03                                                          Choice and food intake                       Chap. 12

 

 

                7                                                              Weight and Body Composition

       3/08-10                                                           Elements of fitness                              Chap. 13,14

 

 

       3/14-18                                                           SPRING RECESS!                              HAVE FUN!!!!!

 

                8                                                              Weight, Fitness, Nutrition Wrap up

       3/22-24                                                           Examination #2                                    Chap. 12,13,14

                                                               

 

                9                                                              Substance Use/Abuse                         Chap. 9,10,11

       3/29                                                                 Alcohol:  Use and impact

       3/31                                                                 Holiday: Cesar Chavez Day                                                              

 

                10                                                           Tobacco/Smokable/smokeless

      4/05-07                                                            Cycle of Addiction

 

 

                11                                                           Treatment Approaches

      4/12-14                                                            Examination #3                                    Chap. 9, 10,11

 

 

HCSV 10 PROMOTING WELLNESS                                                                            SPRING 2005

 

 

12                                                       Origins of sexuality                  Chap. 4

      4/19-21                                                            Relationships

 

 

                13                                                           Sexual functioning                              Chap. 5                                 

       4/26-28                                                           Fertility management                         Chap. 6

                                                                               

                                               

                14                                                           Pregnancy and Birth

       5/03-05                                                           Sexually Transmitted Infections    Chap. 18

 

                15                                                           Health Fair

      5/10-12                                                            Peer Reviews

 

                15                                                           Thursday May 19@10-11:50a.m.

      5/19                                                                  Examination #4    (Final)                    Chap. 4,5,6,18

                                                               

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:   There may be some variation in actual course sequence.