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COURSE: The Human Condition

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Prerequisite: None

This series is a comprehensive course that features leading health care experts and several personal case studies to delve into the following recurring and interrelated topics: the biological, social, and economic dimensions of health; emotional and mental health; sexual and reproductive health; the life cycle; the impact of heredity and lifestyle on health; health and chemical substances; promoting well-being through fitness and nutrition, the battle against infectious and chronic diseases; the individual in the health/medical marketplace; and health care and the global community.

COURSE GOALS

  • Help learners understand the multiple dimensions of health across the lifespan and the impact that lifestyle choices can have on overall health and well-being
  • Encourage the development of critical thinking skills related to health care and the avoidance and/or treatment of infectious and chronic diseases and genetically-influenced conditions
  • Explore advances in health care and medicine and probe some of the ethical issues such advances create
  • Provide insight into effective ways to navigate the health care system to secure the best possible care
  • Recognize that the health issues of marginalized populations also affect the health of the nation and the world community
  • COURSE CONTENT:

    • Lesson 1 -The Fabric of Health
    Lesson 2 - In Human Terms
    Lesson 3 - State of Mind
    Lesson 4 - Lives in Balance
    Lesson 5 - Behind Closed Doors
    Lesson 6 - It's Personal
    Lesson 7 - Risky Business
    Lesson 8 - The Code
    Lesson 9 - Haley or Matthew's Story
    Lesson 10 - The Growing Years
    Lesson 11 - Web of Addiction
    Lesson 12 - Feels so Good (Hurts so Bad)
    Lesson 13 - What You Don't Know...

    Lesson 14 - Food for Thought
    Lesson 15 - Weighing In
    Lesson 16 - Working it Out
    Lesson 17 - Germ Warfare
    Lesson 18 - The Modern Plague
    Lesson 19 - Heart of the Matter
    Lesson 20 - Brain Attack
    Lesson 21 - diagnosis: Cancer
    Lesson 22 - Living with Cancer
    Lesson 23 - Age Happens
    Lesson 24 - Final Chapter
    Lesson 25 - The Medical Marketplace
    Lesson 26 - What Price?

    ASSIGNMENTS: List the assignments, activities, projects and journal entries on the syllabus with the appropriate point value.

    EVALUATION: Tests, quizzes, projects, etc

    REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS Textbook : Sandra Alters and Wendy Schiff.
    Essential Concepts for Healthy Living, 4th Edition, Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishing Company, 2006.

    Study Guide: Study Guide for The Human Condition, by Wendy Schiff. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishing Company, 2006.

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