2018-2019 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

EXSC 450 - Health Promotion, Disease & Disability


Credits: Three
Prerequisite: EXSC 320
The course discusses the personal, cultural and environmental factors affecting participation in health promotion, disease and disability prevention activities; examining the application and relevance of the concepts of health, wellness, health promotion, and health education. The importance of providing appropriate, individualized health and wellness care that is sensitive to the ethnic, racial, gender, and age differences within and across diverse populations is stressed and the role of the wellness practitioner is emphasized.