Approved by Faculty Senate
University Studies Course Approval
Department or Program Health & Human Performance
Course Number 204
Semester Hours 3
Frequency of Offering Each Semester
Course Title Personal & Community Health
Catalog Description This course is designed to provide the student
with a broad spectrum of pertinent personal and public
health topics and issues. Principles and concepts related to health behavior are stressed.
Included are topics such as improved mental/emotional health, dietary practices, physical
fitness, prevention, reduced risk and control of diseases. The use of alcohol,
tobacco, and other drugs, with an emphasis on prevention strategies and personal guideline
development is specifically stressed
as mandated by Minnesota State Law 126.06.Offered every semester.
This is an exiting course
Yes
previously approved by A2C2
(If this is a new course proposal, the WSU
Curriculum Approval Form must also be completed
as in the process prescribed by WSU Regulation 3-4)
Personal & Community Health – 3 s.h.
A General Education/University Studies Basic Skills Course
Catalog Description
This course is designed to provide the student with a broad spectrum of pertinent personal and
public health topics and issues. Principles and concepts related to health behavior are stressed.
Included are topics such as improved mental/emotional health, dietary practices, physical fitness,
prevention, reduced risk and control of diseases. The use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, with
an emphasis on prevention strategies and personal guideline development is specifically stressed as
mandated by Minnesota State Law 126.06.Offered every semester.
General Course Information
Personal & Community Health 204 is the required course mandated by the
Minnesota State Law 126.06
for all education majors. The course is designed to provide an essential knowledge and
skills necessary to
maintain, adopt, and practice a sound and health lifestyle throughout one’s life.
Rationale
USP Course Objective #1. Upon completion of this course, the student will learn
skills that will
improve the quality and length of their lives.
 | Health is an integrated method of functioning which is oriented toward maximizing the
potential of which the individual is capable. It requires that the individual maintain a continuum of balance and purposeful direction with the environment where one is functioning. Students will read and exchange ideas regarding the current health issues in today’s society and how they relate to them. Although topics may vary from section to section, course readings are typically chosen for their societal impact. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Short |
USP Course Objective #2. Upon completion of this course, the student will make
proactive
choices that lead to a healthier lifestyle.
| Health education is the continuum of learning, which enables people, as individual
members of social structures, to voluntarily make decisions, modify, and change social conditions in ways that are health enhancing. After thoroughly understanding health related topics through discussion, the student will be able to choose what is the best for their healthy lifestyle. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Short assignments, health journal, family tree and examinations. |
USP Course Objective #3. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able
to explore dimensions
of personal health promotion and disease prevention.
| Many times a student looks at health as only physical. However, in reality, health is
much broader in scope. Health enables one to make appropriate decisions in all of the health dimensions: spiritual, emotional, intellectual, social, physical and environmental. This entails all students to understand diseases and how to prevent them from their lifestyle. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Short assignment, and examinations. |
USP Course Objective #4. Upon completion of this course, the student will attain
skills necessary to make
critical decisions regarding health-related issues.
| Healthy lifestyles deals with continually making decisions that relate to health,
whether the simplest decision about brushing your teeth to more complex one such as whether one should engage in sexual intercourse. One need to know that decision-making is a process and that each choice they make in relationship to health will have a direct effect on their lives. Each individual is ultimately responsible for her or his well-being. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Short assignments, health journal, family tree, and examinations. |
USP Course Objective #5. Upon completion of this course, the student will
understand health as multidimensional,
involving the whole person’s relationship to the total environment.
| The wellness approach to living is that good health is achieved by balancing each of the
dimensions: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual and environmental. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Short assignments, health journal, family tree and examinations. |
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USP Course Objective #6. Upon completion of this course, the student will utilize
physical activity to
reduce risk of illness and injury and provide relaxation, socialization, and balance in
their lives.
| The well-being of an individual is a person who is capable of maintaining a lifestyle of
fitness and wellness by performing physical skills that contribute to personal participation in social and recreational activities. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Short assignments, health journal and examinations. |
USP Course Objective #7. Upon completion of this course, the student will become
intelligent consumers
of good healthy habits and information.
| Health promotion is the ability to engage in purposeful activities that will continually
allow one to strive toward behavioral change strategies, which consists of continual growth in health knowledge, the understanding of risk behaviors, the reinforcement of behavioral choices, and the ability to maintain health habits. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Short assignments, health journal and examinations. |
USP Course Objective #8. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able
to enhance
creative use of leisure time.
Leisure time
indicated one’s time to utilize and engage in purposeful activities. With the ever
increasing
world of technology,
leisure time allows one to strive toward continual growth in health behaviors; thus,
establishing and maintain
health habit ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Health journal and
examinations.
USP Course Objective #10. Upon completion of this course, the student will become
accountable for their health
and leisure choices and the impact of those choices on self, others, and the environment.
| Quality health education helps students develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and
behaviors needed to become health literate. Throughout the course, each student will be required to keep a health journal. The journal will consist of three areas: diet exercise and stress management. Clearly, no knowledge is more crucial than knowledge about health. Without it, no other life goal can be successfully achieved. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Health journal, family tree and examinations. |
USP Course Objective #11. Upon completion of this course, the student will
understand basic nutritional
considerations that will aid in health food choices and lifestyles.
| Nutrition is an area of health education that has the greatest significance over time.
Seven out of the top ten causes of death are directly related to dietary choices. Dietary patterns that contribute to disease are one of the six risk behaviors singled out by the Center for Disease and Prevention Control. ASSIGNMENTS/ASSESSMENT: Short assignments, health journal and family tree. |
This is a University Studies Course Approval – Syllabus
COURSE SYLLABUS
COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES
Department of Health & Human Performance
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Course Number: HHP 204 Course Title: Personal & Community Health
Number of Credits: 3 s.h. Grading: Letter grade only.
Prerequisites: None
Course Applies to: University Studies Course – Physical Development and
Wellness
Required course for all teacher education majors.
Required course for all school & community health majors.
Catalog Description
This course is designed to provide the student with a broad spectrum of
pertinent personal and
public health topics and issues. Principles and concepts related to health behavior are
stressed.
Included are topics such as improved mental/emotional health, dietary practices, physical
fitness,
prevention, reduced risk and control of diseases. The use of alcohol, tobacco, and other
drugs, with
an emphasis on prevention strategies and personal guideline development is specifically
stressed as
mandated by Minnesota State Law 126.06.Offered every semester.
Major Objectives:
After the completion of this course, the student will:
#01. learn skills that will improve the quality and length of their lives.
#02. make proactive choices that lead to a healthier lifestyle.
#03. be able to explore dimensions of personal health promotion and disease
prevention.
#04. attain skills necessary to make critical decisions regarding health-related
issues
#05. understand health as multidimensional, involving the whole
person’s relationship to the total environment.
#06. utilize physical activity to reduce risk of illness and injury and provide
relaxation, socialization, and balance in their lives.
#07. become intelligent consumers of good healthy habits and information.
#08. be able to enhance creative use of leisure time.
#09. become accountable for their health and leisure choices and the impact of
those choices on self, others, and the environment.
#10. Upon completion of this course, the student will understand basic nutritional
considerations that will aid in health food
choices and lifestyles.
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Textbook:
Edlin, G., Golanty, E. and Brown, K.M. (1998). Health and Wellness. (6th Edition). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
*Note: this text will change often due to updating of material.Assignments and Assessments:
- Short Assignments
 | Short assignments will be collected when specified by the instructor (i.e. self-assessments, internet assignments, etc.) |
| Students are responsible to see they are handed in on due dates. |
| USP Objectives: #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11. |
2. Health Journal
| Each student will be required to keep a daily health journal. The journal will consist of three areas: diet, exercise and stress management. |
| USP Objectives: #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11. |
3. Family Tree
| Students will be required to turn in a Family Health Tree. |
| The students will research their family health history through grandparents and write a paragraph on how their health history pertains to them. |
| USP Objectives: #1, 2, 4, 5, 10. |
4. Examinations
| Each student will be required to
turn in a Family Health Tree |
| These tests will cover all reading
material assigned, handouts, class lectures, guest speakers, and discussions |
| The final exam will not be comprehensive |
| UDP Objectives #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ,8, 10, 11 |
Basic Instructional Plan and Teaching Methods Utilized:
Lecture
Group Work
Guest Speakers (i.e. SEMCAC Clinic, Fitness Center Coordinator, Nutrition Specialist)
Videos (many related to health topics)
Internet Work
Individual Work
The individual instructor will determine Grading and Grading Scale.