Health Promotion Across the Lifespan
** available as of 01/01/2027
** available as of 01/01/2027
This course provides students with the skills to promote healthy lifestyles across the lifespan to improve the health of individuals and families. Theoretical models are examined to understand health-promotion decision making. Guided by these theories, students design evidence-based health teaching plans and health maintenance schedules across the lifespan. Using a patient-centered approach, structural, cultural, and social determinants of health are explored, with an emphasis on cultural humility, social justice, and patient safety standards and goals.
Outcomes: Analyze individual and family health behaviors across the lifespan using established health behavior theories; Assess individual and family health risks using screening guidelines, risk assessment tools, and social, structural, and cultural determinants of health; Apply principles of motivational interviewing and therapeutic communication to support health behavior change in individuals and families; Design evidence-based health teaching plans for individuals or families that incorporate cultural humility, patient-centered care, and patient safety standards; Develop age-appropriate health maintenance schedules for individuals or families based on risk assessment findings and evidence-based screening and prevention guidelines; Demonstrate ethical and professional use of technology, social media, and social marketing strategies to promote health across the lifespan.
Outcomes: Analyze individual and family health behaviors across the lifespan using established health behavior theories; Assess individual and family health risks using screening guidelines, risk assessment tools, and social, structural, and cultural determinants of health; Apply principles of motivational interviewing and therapeutic communication to support health behavior change in individuals and families; Design evidence-based health teaching plans for individuals or families that incorporate cultural humility, patient-centered care, and patient safety standards; Develop age-appropriate health maintenance schedules for individuals or families based on risk assessment findings and evidence-based screening and prevention guidelines; Demonstrate ethical and professional use of technology, social media, and social marketing strategies to promote health across the lifespan.