HST160 — Health Promotion & Wellness
HST 160 - Health Promotion & Wellness HST 160 - Health Promotion & Wellness Students will learn communication techniques to motivate patients to facilitate change of habits and behaviors that impede health and wellness. This course examines various health and wellness challenges patients face including social, financial, and emotional barriers which often present detrimental challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Students will explore topics related to holistic health and wellness promotion including, but not limited to stress management, nutrition and its impact on health, harm reduction for at-risk behaviors, and optimizing the work-life balance. Emphasis will be placed on the application of the transtheoretical model to coach patients to optimize wellness and decrease their health-related risks. Students will have the opportunity to conduct a self-assessment of their own lifestyle which will provide them with the tools needed to educate and coach patients in the promotion of health and wellness. Hours 3