Health Education (HED)

This course emphasizes how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies for adults, children and infants, heart disease and injury prevention, two rescuer CPR, use of resuscitation mask and valve, and identifying and caring for life-threatening bleeding. The student will be eligible for Certification in Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the impact of situations involving cardiopulmonary resuscitation and care relative to physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of health.
2. Explain how the EMS system works, including the roles of the professional rescuer and the citizen responder.
3. Describe guidelines to be followed to ensure personal safety and the safety of others at an emergency scene.
4. Explain what happens in the body if cardiovascular or respiratory systems fail to function.
5. Describe ways in which diseases are transmitted.
6. Outline basic safety precautions that prevent disease transmission.
7. Demonstrate the correct skills and techniques for CPR, Conscious and Unconscious Choking, and the use of an AED.

The focus of the course is to understand the societal influences and apply the concepts of wellness and holistic health within ourselves and our families. Specific issues will include multiple dimensions of health, prevention of lifestyle diseases, exploring choices that promote family and individual health and wellness, and creating a personal wellness plan.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Define holistic health
2. Describe the dimensions of wellness as they relate to individuals, families and society.
3. Evaluate various attitudes based on the holistic health and wellness concepts.
4. Compare and contrast the relationship between health risks, lifestyle behaviors, and morbidity and mortality rates.
5. Identify effective lifestyle strategies for the maintenance of health.
6. Identify effective lifestyle strategies for the prevention of chronic disease.

This course is designed to identify factors that contribute to the most common lifestyle diseases (cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, chronic lung diseases, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression), and common infectious diseases (influenza, STI and HIV). Health promotion and disease prevention measures will be discussed with focus on nutrition, physical activity, emotional wellness, stress management, personal choices and behavior. Upon completion of the course the student will have a balanced health and wellness plan.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe dimensions of health and concepts of wellness.
2. Identify the major physical and psychological health concerns of our nation.
3. Describe how personal decisions and behaviors affect health and impact the most common lifestyle diseases.
4. Identify basic principles of nutrition and ways to obtain/maintain a healthy body composition.
5. Describe and discuss the health related components of physical fitness and techniques for developing a personal exercise program.
6. Discuss the stress response, ways the body responds to stress, and how stressful life events can affect health and contribute to disease.
7. Identify healthy ways to cope with stress.
8. List factors related to and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and other substances of abuse.
9. Describe the short and long term effects of alcohol, tobacco and other substances of abuse.
10. Describe the benefits and process of stopping tobacco, alcohol and other substances of abuse.

This course is designed to help facilitate a high level of well-being for the worker and aid the individual in achieving desirable health and safety practices in their life and profession. Topics explored include home, fire, motor vehicle, occupational, recreational, school, natural and man-made disasters, and personal safety and wellness. Emergency care procedures are presented and students will demonstrate competency in recognition and care for breathing emergencies for adults, children, infants, one and two rescuer CPR, use of resuscitation mask, bag, valve, Automated External Defibrillator (AED), identifying and caring for life-threatening bleeding, sudden illness, and injuries. The student will learn how to create a plan for safety and wellness and will have the opportunity to obtain certification in CPR, AED (Basic Life Support) through the American Heart Association and First Aid through the American Red Cross.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe behaviors that enhance the physical, mental, social and occupational dimensions of health and wellness in the workplace.
2. Describe practices that reduce the risk of injury in the workplace.
3. Describe the steps for providing basic care for sudden illness or injury in the workplace.
4. Explain the effects of stress on individual health and wellness.
5. Explain strategies for coping with stress in the workplace
6. Recognize signs of potential violence in the workplace.
7. Describe methods for reducing violence in the workplace.

This course will discuss issues related to the experience of death, dying, loss and bereavement through a multi and cross-cultural lens of race, class and gender. The course will explore the historical and contemporary issues around community and individual health, life expectancy, mortality, and morbidity rates, as well as geographic, social and cultural aspects of loss. Students will explore the impact of the intersectionality of race, class, and gender, social justice, equity and access in lives of diverse communities as it pertains to loss. Topics include attitudes about death, loss in the lives of adults and children, modes of death, death and loss rituals within cultures and communities, suicide, violence, trauma, illness, disease, living wills, funeral plans as well as historical and current practices and trends in health care

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, behavioral, social, economic, or cultural impact to various modalities of loss.
2. Describe societal factors that influence the grief, bereavement or mourning responses of diverse groups from past to present.
3. Discuss the societal and geographic factors, including race, class, and gender, that influence rates of morbidity and mortality among groups and communities.
4. Examine the ways in which social structures or systems impact the experience of diverse groups as it pertains to death, dying and loss.
5. Using the lens of race, class, and gender, analyze equity and ethical practices in health care as they pertain to morbidity and life expectancy of diverse populations.
6. Evaluate the significance of social justice and equity as it relates to loss and death.
7. Develop a personal plan for dying and death that incorporates personal beliefs, culture, or rituals along with course materials surrounding death planning.
8. Compare personal death, dying or loss practices in varying cultures.

This course examines the influence of the social determinants of health/social factors on health content areas defined by the New York State Education Department. The course emphasizes research methodology in the social sciences, and critical reasoning, including argument analysis and development, to address critical health issues such as biological, psychological, cognitive, and sociological development, childhood stress, nutrition, physical activity, mental and emotional health, human sexuality, safety, violence, child abuse, death, family life, and environmental factors. The course will also integrate theories related to human behavior and include the creation of a wellness plan from an educator’s or caregiver’s perspective to serve as role modeling for youth, and provide the opportunity for certification in identifying and reporting suspected child abuse/maltreatment, and Safe Schools Against Violence in Education.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Examine theories and models related to child health and development to formulate strategies for addressing child health issues across domains of health.
2. Distinguish the influence of the social determinants of health on primary, secondary, or tertiary levels of prevention.
3. Demonstrate understanding of the scientific method/the research process used in social sciences as it applies to child health and behavior across diverse populations, including limitations such as perspective and bias.
4. Utilize critical thinking with evidence-based research to analyze data and develop arguments to support decision making for youth within physical, intellectual, emotional, social, environmental, or spiritual domains, across diverse populations.
5. Recognize factors such as the influence of family, schools, and communities that contribute to health-related choices and responsible decision making for youth across diverse populations.
6. Choose strategies for preventing, identifying, and reporting various types of child abuse and neglect for mandated or non-mandated reporters.
7. Compare violence prevention measures and appropriate responses to threats and acts of violence stemming from issues related to gender, race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability in society.

This course emphasizes the key areas of safety, accident prevention and mitigation across diverse populations. Safety topics explored include home, fire, motor vehicle, occupational, recreational, school, personal fitness/wellness, and natural and man-made disasters. Students will be required to analyze preventative measures and develop arguments pertaining to whether or not each measure is reliable, realistic, and potentially effective. They will create a health education/safety plan pertaining to a topic of personal interest. Emergency care procedures will be presented using scenarios that require students to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Students will demonstrate competency in recognition and care for breathing emergencies for adults, children, infants, one and two rescuer CPR, use of resuscitation mask, bag, valve, Automated External Defibrillator (AED), identifying and caring for life-threatening bleeding, sudden illness, and injuries. Students will have the opportunity to earn American Heart Association Certification in Basic Life Support CPR and American Red Cross First Aid.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Utilize critical thinking with evidence-based research to analyze risk and protective factor data within physical, intellectual, emotional, social, environmental, or spiritual domains, across diverse populations
2. Discuss the role of statistics in the prevention or mitigation of illness or injury.
3. Recognize and effectively react to health or safety hazards in various scenarios, such as situational awareness, active shooter and personal safety by responding to scenarios with classroom discussion, written responses or role playing.
4. Analyze and evaluate ways to prevent or reduce risks associated with health and safety issues such as personal fitness, fire loss, losses in the home, food safety, vehicle safety, firearms, illness or natural or man-made disasters.
5. Integrate knowledge of personal wellness into a plan for preventive health and safety.
6. Determine appropriate care for various emergency scenarios involving infants, adults, or children.

This course focuses on social determinants and personal responsibility for health, including data-driven risk and protective factors and their relationship to individual and societal well-being, behaviors, economics, and disease, with application of a health behavior change plan utilizing evidence-based data and models. The course emphasizes research methodology in the social sciences, information literacy, and critical reasoning to address content areas spanning the dimensions of health, as well as health-related career options. This course satisfies part of the requirements for MCC Health and Wellness Coach Certification eligibility and also includes the opportunity for certification in Identification and Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse/Maltreatment.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of health behavior theories and models.
2. Implement a minimum of one health/wellness-related behavior change strategy based on evidence-based data via one theoretical model.
3. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the scientific method/the research process used in social sciences as it applies to health and behavior across diverse populations, including limitations such as perspective and bias.
4. Utilize critical thinking with evidence-based research to analyze risk and protective factor data within physical, intellectual, emotional, social, environmental, or spiritual domains, across diverse populations.
5. Examine the influence of the social determinants of health on primary, secondary, or tertiary levels of prevention.
6. Effectively evaluate how data related to career options in health and social science fields applies to individual characteristics and preferences in developing a well-reasoned career choice.
7. Utilize models/theories to outline strategies for reducing the potential for violence in scenarios stemming from issues related to gender, race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability in American society.
8. Locate valid information related to health/social science that was created by reliable sources with ethical use and distribution.

This course examines emotional wellness from a holistic point of view integrating the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of health. It emphasizes evidence-based primary and secondary prevention strategies related to the tenets of emotional wellness established by the National Institute of Wellness. Topics include: self-esteem, physical activity and emotional regulation, character building and happiness, anger management, value-based living, meditation, relationships, spirituality and resilience.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Develop primary or secondary strategies for the enhancement of personal emotional wellness.
2. Discriminate between developing a character strength and a specific talent or ability in the pursuit of happiness.
3. Justify physical activity as an evidence-based emotional regulation technique.
4. Analyze value-based behavioral decision-making.
5. Create a holistic evidence-based emotional self-care plan incorporating all of the dimensions of health covered in this course.

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop a basic understanding of the biology of human diseases, disabilities and death, and to construct interventions to prevent or control them. Using the descriptive and analytic epidemiologic approaches the student will study selected diseases/conditions. Common infectious and chronic/lifestyle diseases will be explored.
Using collected scientific data and scientific reasoning’s, students will create a healthy lifestyle plan that can be applied to current situations. The contemporary strategic plan for improving the nation’s health will be reviewed and discussed in conjunction with the diseases/disorders presented.

Prerequisite: HED 108 or HED 110 or HED 130.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Utilize scientific reasoning to gather data to assess risk or causes related to the development of select conditions or diseases.
2. Apply medical terminology relevant to the observation of signs or symptoms of human disease and disorders.
3. Utilize scientific data, concepts or models to examine the progression of several disease conditions including their different signs, symptoms, target populations and the transmission of the disease.
4. Explain the role of lifestyle choices/health behaviors and their impact on health, wellness or chronic conditions.
5. Evaluate how clinical trials are beneficial relative to chronic or communicable disease prevention or treatment strategies.
6. Examine scientific reasoning as it relates to chronic and communicable diseases in lifestyle behavior applications.

This course is designed to inform the student about the issue of chemical dependencies. Basic pharmacology and the effects of different psychoactive substances on the human body and how they impact physical and psychological health and wellness.The biological, psychological and sociological reasons for drug-seeking behavior will be discussed.Treatment,recovery,and prevention methods will be studied for effectiveness in physical health and wellness Topics pertaining to both legal and illegal drug use, abuse and dependency will be covered. This will be accomplished through the use of lectures, class discussions and reaction papers. The student upon completion will be able to develop their own personal health and wellness plan to live a substance abuse free life.

Course Learning Outcomes
1.
Define substance abuse as a health problem.
2. Compare the effectiveness of social responses to Substance Abuse in America.
3. Describe the components of The Disease Model of Addiction.
4. Describe the effects of The Disease Model on use, abuse, or dependency.
5. Compare the effectiveness of modalities of treatment.
6. Compare the effects of different psychoactive substances.
7. Analyze the withdrawal effects of psychoactive substances.
8. Discuss the relevancy of Community Support Groups in recovery.
9. Identify the effects of addiction on the family system.
10. Evaluate the connections of Substance Abuse with crime and violence.
11. Utilize Health and Fitness as a strategy to prevent substance use or support recovery.

This course provides an exploration and in-depth study into the field of integrative health and wellness from historical, political, economic and practical perspectives. Learners apply this knowledge base to the development of a variety of wellness coaching skills, such as consumer health navigation, wellness planning and motivational interviewing.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Compare or contrast the differences between the practice of traditional allopathic western medicine and complementary, alternative and integrative medicine.
2. Examine the specifically western values driving the evolution of integrative medicine in the US today such as: empowerment, the scientific method, or the conscious assimilation of multiple world views.
3. Appraise the safety of consumer health products or services available in the marketplace today.
4. Synthesize allopathic western health practices and non-traditional practices into an integrated wellness plan based on reliable evidence-based information.
5. Demonstrate effective communication and motivational interviewing skills.
6. Discriminate between ethical and unethical behavior involving motivational interviewing as it relates to individualized integrative wellness planning.

This course explores psychological and sociological, as well as historical, economic, and anthropological concepts related to health issues pertinent to women in their young adult years through middle to late adulthood. A conceptual framework based on theories in the social sciences, and integration of the scientific method and methods utilized by social scientists to obtain data, will be used to explore health and wellness issues, such as stress, psychosocial/socio-emotional wellness, exercise, nutrition, addiction, relationships, sexuality, disease and behavior choices to support self-care via a personal self-care/wellness plan.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Examine historical concepts that influence women’s health.
2. Apply theories and models to assess how behavioral science, psychology, or sociology impact integrative wellness for women.
3. Analyze methods social scientists use, such as qualitative research with case studies or focus groups, to explore psychological or social phenomena related to women’s health.
4. Assess how gender-related multicultural and diversity issues impact women’s health across the lifespan.
5. Utilize evidence-based behaviors and strategies for the protection and promotion of women’s wellness and prevention of gender specific health issues.