AHE125 — Introduction to Health
AHE 125 - Introduction to Health AHE 125 - Introduction to Health 3.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s). This course is designed to enable the student to review basic concepts about health, wellness, and disease. It will also allow the student to examine disparities in illness and death rates in the U.S. Students will gain a basic understanding of health principles and how cultural differences are related to wellness. Topics to be covered include stress and its effect on the individual; drug use and misuse; effective treatment modalities for drug addiction; the role that nutrition and fitness play in maintaining wellness; leading causes of death in America and the causes and treatments for these diseases; and how individuals deal with death, loss, and grief. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: 1. define health and wellness as a multidimensional process that involves physical, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual components; 2. identify Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and how they relate to health and wellness; 3. explain the General Adaptation Syndrome and how stress affects health and wellness; 4. identify coping strategies/defense mechanisms that people commonly use; 5. define burnout and how it affects health care workers; 6. explain healthy ways health care workers can deal with stressors at the workplace; 7. list the signs of suicide and the role of the health care provider; 8. explain the different drug classificat