Human Development
Fall 2002, ECE 107: Human Development TTH 11:40 12:55pm Pueblo D 118 CRN#11956 Instructor: Bethann Monier Johnson Office: Pueblo B 109 Phone: 206 5107 Office hours: MW 9 10 am, TTH 10 1130 a.m. Email: Bethann.Johnson@pima.edu Course Description ECE 107 is a study of the human lifespan from conception through old age, which includes current and historical theories in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development. Course Goals To examine life span development, critically assess research and real life situations, observe objectively, analyze your observations, speak and write with clarity, and use positive interpersonal skills. Attendance, Homework & Participation Policy Please attend…
Human Growth and Development
Phone: Email: marlene.groomes@mdc.edu Office: Room B-140 Office Hours: TBA DESCRIPTION Human Growth and Development is planned to acquaint you with developmental concepts in psychology and to give you an understanding of the basic dynamics, which underlie human behavior at various stages in the lifespan. You will have the opportunity to study human development from conception through childhood. Course content will include important theoretical models of human development and such specific topics as genetics, learning, intelligence, socialization, personality, sex-role identification, language acquisition, and moral development. You will be investigating these processes in relation to biological, psychological, socioeconomic and cultural factors. Your…
Emotional and Social Issues of Health
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to explore the major factors that comprise and affect the emotionaland social dimensions of health. It focus on two aspects ofhealth that most people tend to relegate to minor aspects ofhealth, but yet actually affect larger aspect of health than allothers. Regional Volunteer Service is required. Three credits. Prerequisites: HED 120, PSY 200 and junior status. Objectives: By the end. of the class, the student will he ableto: 1. integrate into their personal and professional liveseffective behaviors regarding comprehensive emotional andsocial health in the areas of wellness, disease preventionand health promotion; 2….
Adapted Physical Activity
OFFICE: Sturzebecker Health Sciences Center Room 306 OFFICE HOURS: Monday 10:30-11:45; Tuesday 2-3; Wednesday 3-5:45 PURPOSE OF COURSE: To provide physical education majors with the skills, knowledge and attitudes: 1) to provide individuals with disabilities appropriate physical activities, 2) to prepare participants with disabilities for lifetime fitness pursuits in the community and vocational setting, 3) to advocate for appropriate physical activities for individuals with disabilities in fitness centers and community at large; 4) to modify the environment for participation of individuals with disabilities in their least restrictive environment. REQUIRED TEXT AND MATERIALS: a) TEXTBOOK: Auxter, Pyfer, & Huettig. (1997). Principles…
Introduction to Community Organizing
COURSE DESCRIPTION The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to community organizing; specifically, the knowledge, skill and value base underpinning community organizing, planning, development and change. It will emphasize the myriad roles, goals, and strategies used by community organizers in effecting social change. It will examine the history of organizing as a context of analyzing contemporary issues and organizations in the country and in New York City. Models of community organizing including mass mobilization, social action, grass roots empowerment, leadership development and advocacy, as well as newer community building approaches will assessed for effectiveness in the current…
Service Learning I & II
School: Purdue University Main Campus Professor: Dr. Robert K. Chalmers COURSE GOALS: a. Provide a caring experience that inculcates the values and ethics of treating people as individuals b. Continue development of student foundational and professional abilities c. Develop sensitivity to persons who are different by virtue of cultural, race, age, economic circumstance, disability or other reasons d. Experience the important interrelationship of social services and social support to a person·s or family unit·s health care efforts and effectiveness e. Increase social awareness of health-related issues and citizenship enhancement in general COURSE DESCRIPTION: Service Learning I – For first and…
Recreation Programming
COURSE NUMBER: RLSR 335 CREDIT: 3 Semester Hours INSTRUCTOR: Donald R. Snyder COURSE DESCRIPTION: Principles and methods of program development and delivery will be explored. Emphasis will be on understanding participant leisure behavior, needs and the ways organizations create services to respond to those needs. TEXT: J. Robert Rossman, Recreation Programming. Sagamore Publishing, Inc., 1989. OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand the nature of and program strategies used in the organization of leisure services. 2. Understand the theories of program development, implementation, and evaluation. 3. Ability to apply leadership and programming skills and techniques with diverse populations in a variety of settings. 4….
Introduction to Nursing Concepts
“People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -Anonymous Nursing 140 is a writing intensive course and designed to introduce core concepts related to nursing as well as the philosophy and conceptual framework of the Nursing department. Core concepts explored include client, environment, health, nursing and health patterns. Historical, philosophical, and social development of nursing and the role of the professional nurse is addressed. Students are introduced to the concepts of service-learning and given the opportunity to integrate these concepts into their professional learning activities. Health and the health continuum are discussed in terms…
Communication and Aging
Course Description Course content includes the study of: biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of communication in normal aging and in a variety of disorders of speech, language, cognition, and hearing that affect elderly adults; diagnostic and treatment issues related to communication in aging; political, cultural, economic, and national health care issues affecting the delivery of services to assist elderly adults with communication disorders; expansion of career. opportunities in geriatric communication disorders. Service-Learning Component A large focus of this offering of HSS 733 will be on its service-learning component. Service- learning is an experiential teaching/learning approach that emphasizes active, engaged learning…
Adolescent Development
BLAU 203 W 1:00-3:45 PM OFFICE HOURS: M W 10:00-11:30 AM, & by appt., 122 Children’s School, nr. Harkness Chapel, COURSE DESCRIPTION and OBJECTIVES. An examination of adolescence and youth with emphasis on personal, real-life, and timely topics that can be tied to current scholarly inquiry. This course will include lectures, group and class discussions, and multimedia presentations. Relative to the goals of the course, students will: consider the historical and social contexts of adolescent development; learn theories regarding the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sexual, and moral development of adolescents; be exposed to current research and theory on risk factors affecting…
Life Cycle Nutrition
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Life Cycle Nutrition involves the study of special nutritional needs, physiology, and health concerns of pregnant and lactating women, infants, children, adolescents, and older adults. Course components include readings, activities, and site placements that highlight the relationship of nutrition to physical and psychological growth, development and aging. This course is built on the foundation of learning from HE 215 Nutrient Supply and Demand. It addresses nutrient requirements and deficiencies, assessment of food intake and nutritional status, and nutrition service specific to: fetal development, needs of pregnancy and lactation as well as high risk situations, food habits of children,…
Nutrition, Health, and Community Schools
This course deals with food, nutrition, and health among urban minority populations in the USA. Particular attention is paid to early adolescence as the age period when diets and food intake patterns of the adult are set, and when nutrition-related conditions which are more prevalent among urban minorities – especially obesity – become manifest. This course is organized around the principles of academically-based community service, which seeks to integrate the academic, service, and research missions of a university. All students will participate in the Turner Nutritional Awareness Project (TNAP), an ongoing program which seeks to enhance the nutritional status of…
Strategic Planning in Health Services
Winter 1997 Class Meetings: Monday, 6:40 – 9:20 p.m., Lincoln Hall 205 Associate Professor of Public Health Departments of Public Administration and Public Health Education Office: Room 237, School of Urban and Public Affairs Office Hours: Monday, 4:30 – 5:30: Tuesday, 2:30 – 3:30 Or by appointment. Course DescriptionThis course introduces general concepts, models and theories of strategic planning, and develops them in terms of applications in the health services industry. Through participation in a community-based strategic planning process, students will gain experience and some expertise in the planning, decision-making and conduct of strategic planning. PrerequisitesThere are no formal prerequisites for this course. However, students are strongly encouraged to…
Health of Women
Department of Community Health Arnold Lab Room 496 BIC-214: Health of WomenSpring semester, 1999Wednesday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Clinical Advisor: Sudeep Aulakh, MD Dept. of General Internal Medicine Rhode Island HospitalPartnership: The National Women's Health Network, Washington, D.C.Staff partner: Brooke Grande Objectives:1. To develop a theoretical framework for conceptualizing what drives population patterns of health, disease, and well-being of women and girl children in relation to social and economic divisions related to race/ethnicity, class and gender. 2. To apply conceptual and methodological principles of study design and data analysis to evaluate epidemiologic and medical literature on women's health. 3….
Principles of Health Education
Professor and Chair of Health Science Director of Community-University Partnership CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to examine the philosophical, ethical and theoretical foundations of the professional practice of health education in school, community, work site and hospital settings, as well as in health promotion consultant activities. Students will be expected to develop their own philosophical, ethical and theoretical approach(s) to the field after becoming familiar with the literature related to the discipline and engaging in a service-learning project. The course does not fulfill the state health education requirement. Prerequisite: HSCI 120 or consent of the instructor. COURSE…
Pharmacy Practice – “Community Practice”
Taught Autumn QuartersCredit Hours: 4 (quarter) Course Description This is a class designed to allow students to experience how a pharmacist in a continuity setting would gather information and counsel patients in a variety of areas, as listed in the course syllabus. Information is provided using specific examples of specific products with emphasis is heavy in application to practice. Information on different OTC products, parapharmaceuticals, ancillary products, disease management issues, and breastfeeding issues are topics not covered in other courses. Recommendations of how products should be used or how disease management/healthcare management issues should be taught by pharmacists are also…
Comparative Public Health & Environmental Policy
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION:This course will begin with a comparative review of Mexican and United States history and government, followed by study of selected health and environmental problems along the border of the United States and Mexico. Next we will study the public policies designed to address those problems. After two weeks of intensive classroom study, students will travel to the border to observe conditions and to study and undertake a service-research project related to environmental-health issues. The service project will allow students to utilize public health and environmental skills to assist low income populations in the border region, and thus…
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