Health and Wellness

• Become more aware of the dimensions of health and wellness (physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual) and summarize how these concepts impact their personal health and wellness
• Examine the determinants of health, wellness, and fitness (lifestyle, social, biological) and discuss how these contribute to their health, wellness, and fitness levels
• Explain the positive and negative attributes people have towards doing physical activities and state how they impact participation
• Explore and describe how physical activity can promote optimal wellness, prevent conditions associated with aging, and reduce hypokinetic diseases
• Assess and state the value of physical activity and how it helps people achieve health, wellness, and overall fitness.
• Increase awareness and utilization of health and wellness resources and services available to students
• Explore healthy eating guidelines and apply them to your current eating practices
• Identify and discuss behaviors that contribute to lowering your stress levels, increasing the amount of sleep you get each night, and relaxing.
• Enhance their knowledge of the negative impact of cigarettes, nicotine products, alcohol, and illicit drugs and identify effective prevention and intervention strategies that can be used to reduce use.
• List and explain the key healthy lifestyles that influence your health and wellness
• Explore the value, components, and how to create a personal health and wellness vision statement/plan and create one reflecting their future self.

Professor Emerita, Department of Media and Instructional Technology