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GHTH 100: Personal Wellness

Spring 2009, Section 3: T/TR 3:30pm-4:45pm

Lecture Hall: HHS 1301

Instructor: Ms. Christina Rohrbaugh

E-mail: rohrbaca@jmu.edu

Office Hours: MW 12:00pm – 1:30pm, T/TH 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Office: HHS 3101

I. Course Description:

This course is designed to examine lifestyle behaviors that contribute to health promotion and disease prevention. Factors affecting health status will be identified and suggestions will be made as to how behaviors, self-care and daily decisions contribute to health and wellness.

II. Course Objectives:

At the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Understand the dimensions of wellness, the various factors affecting each dimension, and how dimensions are interrelated.

• Understand the relationship between personal behaviors and lifelong health and wellness.

• Recognize an individual’s level of health and wellness and understand how these levels impact quality of life and development.

• Identify and implement strategies that improve an individual’s wellness.

• Use reputable sources to learn about and evaluate current societal trends in health and social behavior.

• Acquire knowledge about health and utilize it to help make meaningful decisions throughout life.

• Acquire a conceptual understanding, and vocabulary sufficient to communicate with the allied health community about health needs.

• Recognize and seek solutions for common health problems.

III. Required Textbook, CPS Clicker and Wellness Passport Verification Forms:

• Donatelle, R. (2008). Access to Health, 10th edition, Pearson – Benjamin Cummings

• CPS Clicker. This radio frequency remote will be used for survey participation and taking exams. Purchase these at the JMU Bookstore. Do Not register them on E-instruction, use the directions on Blackboard under Course information to register them through Blackboard. The clickers use AA batteries, make sure you have extras.

• Wellness Passport Verification Forms are located on Blackboard under Assignments. These forms must be printed off on cardstock and taken to passport events to be stamped.

IV. Course Evaluation:

• Examinations - There will be a total of four examinations; all four are chapter tests, including the final which is not-comprehensive. Exams are given during regular class time and will use Clicker Technology for submitting answers (points will be deducted for not using clickers). No test make-ups will be given unless there are extenuating circumstances. The student must contact the instructor prior to when the exam is given in class. If the instructor has not been contacted, then the student will forfeit the right to take the exam and will receive a 0.

• Pre- and Post-Assess Yourself Survey - You will be required to complete the survey twice; once at the beginning of the semester (Pre-test) and once at the end (Post-test). The survey is found on pages 10-14 in your textbook. You will need your scores from the Pre-Test to answer questions on the Post-Test so make a copy of them to keep for your records. You will also need to answer questions about your scores and turn this in as a one to two page handout. The questions that you must answer for this assignment will be posted on Blackboard under Assignments.

• Wellness Passport Assignment - This is a series of 5 assignments designed for your participation in activities from a pre-selected list of campus-wide events. Instructions are found under Assignments on Blackboard. These experiences are based on five of the six areas of wellness Emotional, Intellectual, Occupational, Social, and Spiritual/Environmental (this counts as one dimension).

The Wellness Passport verification form that is posted on Blackboard must be used. The form must be photocopied onto white cardstock in order to receive full credit. If the form is not photocopied onto cardstock before receiving the passport stamp, 5 points will be deducted from each form. Copies on cardstock can be purchased in the HHSB copy center in room. Blank cardstock pages can be purchased as well.

The dates and description of the activities and events can be found at the following website address under Events Calendar. This on-going semester-long assignment requires you to continuously check the website for posted events. KEEP TRACK OF THE PASSPORT EVENTS THAT YOU COMPLETE.

▪ Attend five different Wellness Passport events

▪ Each Wellness Passport form must be printed on white cardstock

▪ Each Wellness Passport form must be stamped to verify attendance

• Individual Physical Activity Log Assignment: 30 hours of physical fitness recorded by you! The excel spreadsheet for this assignment can be found on the Blackboard website. All 30 hours can be completed at UREC. Only 15 hours MUST be completed at UREC, 15 hours can come from varsity sports practice, and/or recreation and fitness activities that you complete outside UREC.

▪ Can only log 3 hours per week, and 1 hour per day of activity.

▪ Keep a hard copy of your log.

V. Point Distribution:

|Point Distribution |Point Value |

|1. Written Exams (4) |400 |

|2. Pre Assess Yourself | 10 |

|3. Post Assess Yourself | 10 |

|4. Physical Activity Log | 30 |

|5. Wellness Passport (10 points each) | 50 |

| | |

|Total Points Possible |500 |

V. Grades

A = 450 – 500*

B = 400 - 449

C = 350 - 399

D = 300 - 349

F = 299 or below

*+ and – scores will be given at the discretion of the instructor.

VII. Class Policies

• Email communication. Identify your first and last name and your class section.

• Special Assistance. The Office of Disability Services provides academic accommodations for students. If you have questions or would like to schedule an appointment call 568-6705.

• Attendance. Attendance is expected and will be taken during each class period. Students are expected to attend class regularly and on time. Sleeping in class will not be tolerated. A seating chart will be enforced after the second week of class.

If you have 0 absences, you will be awarded 10 bonus points added on to your final class total. If you have 1-2 absences, you will have 5 points added on to your final class total. Students missing six or more classes will receive a one letter grade deduction from their end of the semester final score. The instructor does not differentiate between “excused” and “unexcused” absences.

I expect to start class on time, which requires you to arrive on time. Once you arrive to class, you are expected to remain until the class is over, unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor.

• Food/Drinks. Only drinks with covered or capped containers are permitted. No food is allowed in class.

• Computers/Cell phones. Laptops and cell phones are not permitted for use during class.

• Physical Wellness Plan modifications may be needed due to temporary injury or inability to complete the assignment as is, please contact the instructor by email. You may be referred to a professional on the faculty to devise an alternate activity plan.

• Assignments must be typed and stapled and are due at the beginning of class on the dates listed in this syllabus. *Assignments are considered to be past due if received after class begins on the due date, or at any time after class on the due date. When an assignment is turned in after class or throughout the day, a penalty of 20% of the total points will be assessed that day, and an additional 20% will be assessed on the day after. No assignments will be accepted more than one day after the due date, or if not stapled.

• Tests may only be reviewed up to two weeks after the test dates.

*(Changes may be made to the course syllabus at the discretion of the Instructor).

VIII. Tentative Course Schedule:

SECTION 1:

Jan 13 & 15: Explanation of Assignments & Chapter 1 – Promoting Healthy

Behavior Change

Jan 20: Chapter 2 – Psychosocial Health

Jan 22*: Guest Speaker, Julie Wallace (UREC) (*Pre Assess Yourself Survey Due)

Jan 27: Chapter 2 – Psychosocial Health

Jan 29: Chapter 3 - Managing Stress

Feb 3: Chapter 5 – Healthy Relationships

>Feb 5: Exam 1: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5

SECTION 2:

Feb 10 & 12: Chapter 8 – Nutrition

Feb 17: No Class: Assessment Day

Feb 19: Chapter 9 – Managing Your Weight

Feb 24 & 26: Chapter 10 – Personal Fitness

March 3: Chapter 22 – Consumerism

>*March 5: Exam 2: Chapters 8, 9, 10, 22 and (*2 Wellness Passports Due, stapled)

SECTION 3:

March 17 & 19: Chapter 6 - Sexuality

March 24: Chapter 7 – Reproductive Choices

March 26 & 31: Chapter 17 – Infectious Diseases and STIs

April 2: Chapter 16 - Cancer: Reducing Your Risk

>April 7: Exam 3: Chapters 6, 7, 16, 17

SECTION 4:

April 9 & *14: Chapter 11 – Addictions and Addictive Behavior and

Chapter 13 – Tobacco and Caffeine *(Physical Activity Logs Due)

April *16: Chapter 12 – Drinking Responsibly (*3 Wellness Passports Due, stapled)

April 21: Chapter 12 – Drinking Responsibly

April **23 & 28: Chapter 15 – Cardiovascular Disease (**Post Assess Yourself

Survey Due)

April 30: Semester Wrap-up Activity

Thursday, May 7: 3:30pm-5:30pm

Final Exam (#4): Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15

Final (non-cumulative) In-class Examination:

IX. Course Overview, Quick Reference Index

*All Assignments must be stapled in order to be graded*

|Assignment | Due Date |Related Information |

|*Physical Activity Log Assignment: work out at |Ongoing- |Blackboard website (under Assignments) |

|UREC for at least 15 of these hours. |3 hours/week- | |

| |1 hour/day for | |

| |10 weeks | |

|*Pre Assess Yourself Wellness survey and |THURSDAY, Thursday, Jan 22nd |Survey, pp. 10 – 14 |

|Assignment | | |

|(hand-in typed answers to questions on | |Score Sheet, p. 14 |

|Blackboard, and record scores from pg 14 in | | |

|text on Blackboard document) | |Assignment Questions on Blackboard under |

|-Be sure to keep a copy of your scores to use | |Course Assignments |

|for Post-Survey | | |

|Exam 1 |THURSDAY, Feb 5th |Knowledge of Assignments & Chapters 1, 2, 3|

| | | |

| | |& 5 |

|*Wellness Passports |THURSDAY, March 5th |Wellness Passport Verification Form (found |

|( 2 Total Due) | |on Blackboard under Assignments) |

|Exam 2 |THURSDAY, March 5th |Chapters 8, 9, 10 & 22 |

|Exam 3 |TUESDAY, April 7th |Chapters 6, 7, 16, & 17 |

|*Physical Activity Log Due |TUESDAY, April 14th |Typed, format on Blackboard under |

| | |Assignments |

|*Wellness Passports |THURSDAY, April 16h |Wellness Passport Verification Form (found |

|(3 Total Due) | |on Blackboard under Assignments) |

|*Post Assess Yourself survey and Assignment |THURSDAY, April 23rd |Survey, pp. 10-14 |

|-(hand-in typed answers to questions on | | |

|Blackboard, and record scores from pg 14 in | |Score Sheet, p. 14 and (scores from |

|text on Blackboard document) | |Pre-Assess) |

| | | |

| | |Assignment Questions on Blackboard under |

| | |Course Assignments |

|Exam 4 |THURSDAY, May 7th |Chapters 11, 12, 13 & 15 |

|(Final, non- comprehensive) |3:30pm-5:30pm | |

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