HLTH 1001 - Health 2: Lifestyle and Choices

Course Description

Students are introduced to a holistic concept of health and the components of a health-enhancing lifestyle. Participants are invited to reflect on their own experience of health while recognizing challenges and resources that can impact lifestyle choices. Students are also introduced to a model that is applied to understanding the multi-faceted aspects of health and healing.

Learning outcomes

• Discuss the interrelationship of psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions, and the determinants of health.
• Discuss how lifestyle choices and behaviours contribute to physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual health
• Explain the complexity of the change process in relation to health promotion.

Course topics

• Lesson 1: Getting Started
• Lesson 2: Health as a Process
• Lesson 3: Nutrition
• Lesson 4: Physical Activity
• Lesson 5: Weight Management
• Lesson 6: Sleep and Rest
• Lesson 7: Harmful Substances
• Lesson 8: Cognitive Health
• Lesson 9: Psychological Health
• Lesson 10: Social Health
• Lesson 11: Spiritual Health
• Lesson 12: Interacting with Your Environment
• Lesson 13: Lifestyle Change

Required text and materials

Students are responsible for purchasing the required materials on their own:

• Sorrentino S. A., Remmert, L., Wilk M. J., (2022) Mosby's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker. (5th edition) Elsevier/Mosby Inc.
  Type: Textbook. ISBN: 9780323709392

Note: The above resource can be purchased directly from the publisher.

Assessments

Students in the Health Care Assistant Program must achieve a minimum grade of 70% on the mandatory final exam and in the course overall. Students must achieve a minimum of 70% in each required theory course and a COM (complete) for the competency based portions of laboratory and practicum courses to pass the program. Students must pass each course to continue in the program.

Students cannot re-write failed assessments and, if unsuccessful on a second attempt at any course, will be asked to withdraw from the program. All Program courses must be completed within 3 years of initial course enrolment.

Prerequisites

Admission to the Health Care Assistant program

Exclusions

• HLTH 1403
• HLTH 1000