DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
HCSV 10-01
PERSONAL HEALTH SPRING
2005
Instructor: Linda
McAfee Bilsborough
Office:
Dept. Office:
Email: lbilsborough@csuchico.edu FAX: 898-5107
Class: TR
Office Hours TR
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
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.