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Course Description<\/h1>\nThis course introduces students to a holistic concept of health and the components of a health-enhancing lifestyle. Students will be invited to reflect on their own experience of health, recognizing challenges and resources that can impact lifestyle choices. Students will be introduced to a model that can be applied in other courses to understand the multi-faceted aspects of health and healing.\n\nMinimum course hours: 30\n

Learning Outcomes<\/h1>\n
    \n \t
  1. Discuss the interrelationship of physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions and the determinants of health:\n
      \n \t
    • 1.1 Describe health as a process (health as a journey not a destination).<\/li>\n \t
    • 1.2 Discuss the physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions of health.<\/li>\n \t
    • 1.3 Describe the interrelatedness of the dimensions of health.<\/li>\n \t
    • 1.4 Discuss health as it relates to lifestyle choices.<\/li>\n \t
    • 1.5 Describe the determinants of health and discuss how they can create health inequalities and impact the dimensions of health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
    • Discuss how lifestyle choices and behaviours contribute to physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual health:\n
        \n \t
      • 2.1 Discuss the positive effects of regular exercise and physical self-care.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.2 Describe the elements of a nutritious diet.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.3 Discuss elements of healthy weight management.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.4 Describe the adverse effects of common harmful substances.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.5 Discuss the interaction between emotions\/perceptions and physical well-being.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.6 Describe the effects of stress.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.7 Recognize aspects of the HCA role that could lead to unhealthy stress.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.8 Describe a variety of approaches to stress management.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.9 Discuss the cognitive components of health.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.10 Describe how one\u2019s ability to think, reason, interpret, remember, assess, and solve problems is related to health.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.11 Discuss the importance of social support in personal wellness.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.12 Recognize cultural and societal influences on lifestyle choices.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.13 Describe the spiritual components of health.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.14 Discuss how clarification of one\u2019s values and beliefs might relate to lifestyle choices.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.15 Identify personal focuses and activities that enrich, refresh, and create meaning in one\u2019s life.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.16 Describe how one\u2019s choices affect one\u2019s environment.<\/li>\n \t
      • 2.17 Discuss environmental influences on health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
      • Explain the complexity of the change process in relation to health promotion:\n
          \n \t
        • 3.1 Describe how critical thinking and problem-solving relate to lifestyle change.<\/li>\n \t
        • 3.2 Demonstrate how to set achievable goals, use appropriate motivators, and set a realistic change agenda.<\/li>\n \t
        • 3.3 Discuss the complexities involved in lifestyle change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Course Content<\/h1>\n
          \n

          Understanding Health<\/h2>\n
            \n \t
          • Health as a process (health as a journey not a destination).<\/li>\n \t
          • Physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions of health.<\/li>\n \t
          • Interrelatedness of all aspects of health: introduction of the health wheel.<\/li>\n \t
          • Health as it relates to lifestyle and choices.<\/li>\n \t
          • The 12 determinants of health (as defined by the Government of Canada).<\/li>\n \t
          • The impact of the determinants of health on health inequalities and the dimensions of health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Components of Health<\/h2>\n
              \n \t
            • Physical components of health:\n
                \n \t
              • Physical activity.<\/li>\n \t
              • Physical self-care.<\/li>\n \t
              • Sleep and rest.<\/li>\n \t
              • Nutrition, including nutrition throughout life, factors that affect eating and drinking, and Canada\u2019s Food Guide.<\/li>\n \t
              • Weight management.<\/li>\n \t
              • Avoiding or limiting harmful substances (including licit and illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, vaping, and caffeine).<\/li>\n \t
              • Environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
              • Psychological or emotional components of health:\n
                  \n \t
                • Interaction between emotions and perceptions and health.<\/li>\n \t
                • Psychologically safe environments.<\/li>\n \t
                • Stress and stress management.\n
                    \n \t
                  • Common responses and effects of stress.<\/li>\n \t
                  • Common stressors related to work of the HCA.<\/li>\n \t
                  • Burnout and compassion fatigue.<\/li>\n \t
                  • Strategies for self-assessment and wellness intervention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
                  • Cognitive components of health:\n
                      \n \t
                    • Rational thinking and perceiving.<\/li>\n \t
                    • Ability to reason, interpret, and remember.<\/li>\n \t
                    • Ability to sense, perceive, assess, and evaluate.<\/li>\n \t
                    • Problem-solving ability.<\/li>\n \t
                    • Creativity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
                    • Social (interactive) components of health:\n
                        \n \t
                      • Social bonds and social supports in relation to health.<\/li>\n \t
                      • Cultural, societal, and traditional influences on lifestyle and choices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t
                      • Spiritual components of health:\n
                          \n \t
                        • Awareness of personal values and beliefs.<\/li>\n \t
                        • Finding meaning and purpose in life.<\/li>\n \t
                        • Participating in activities that enrich, inspire, and refresh.<\/li>\n \t
                        • Appreciation for different ways of knowing and being.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          Lifestyle Change<\/h2>\n
                            \n \t
                          • Complexity of the lifestyle change process.<\/li>\n \t
                          • Critical thinking and problem-solving as they relate to lifestyle and choices.<\/li>\n \t
                          • Self-reflection and self-evaluation in relation to challenges and resources.<\/li>\n \t
                          • Setting achievable goals, using motivators, setting a realistic change agenda.<\/li>\n \t
                          • Recognizing difficulties inherent in personal change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","rendered":"

                            Course Description<\/h1>\n

                            This course introduces students to a holistic concept of health and the components of a health-enhancing lifestyle. Students will be invited to reflect on their own experience of health, recognizing challenges and resources that can impact lifestyle choices. Students will be introduced to a model that can be applied in other courses to understand the multi-faceted aspects of health and healing.<\/p>\n

                            Minimum course hours: 30<\/p>\n

                            Learning Outcomes<\/h1>\n
                              \n
                            1. Discuss the interrelationship of physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions and the determinants of health:\n
                                \n
                              • 1.1 Describe health as a process (health as a journey not a destination).<\/li>\n
                              • 1.2 Discuss the physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions of health.<\/li>\n
                              • 1.3 Describe the interrelatedness of the dimensions of health.<\/li>\n
                              • 1.4 Discuss health as it relates to lifestyle choices.<\/li>\n
                              • 1.5 Describe the determinants of health and discuss how they can create health inequalities and impact the dimensions of health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                              • Discuss how lifestyle choices and behaviours contribute to physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual health:\n
                                  \n
                                • 2.1 Discuss the positive effects of regular exercise and physical self-care.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.2 Describe the elements of a nutritious diet.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.3 Discuss elements of healthy weight management.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.4 Describe the adverse effects of common harmful substances.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.5 Discuss the interaction between emotions\/perceptions and physical well-being.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.6 Describe the effects of stress.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.7 Recognize aspects of the HCA role that could lead to unhealthy stress.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.8 Describe a variety of approaches to stress management.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.9 Discuss the cognitive components of health.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.10 Describe how one\u2019s ability to think, reason, interpret, remember, assess, and solve problems is related to health.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.11 Discuss the importance of social support in personal wellness.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.12 Recognize cultural and societal influences on lifestyle choices.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.13 Describe the spiritual components of health.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.14 Discuss how clarification of one\u2019s values and beliefs might relate to lifestyle choices.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.15 Identify personal focuses and activities that enrich, refresh, and create meaning in one\u2019s life.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.16 Describe how one\u2019s choices affect one\u2019s environment.<\/li>\n
                                • 2.17 Discuss environmental influences on health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                • Explain the complexity of the change process in relation to health promotion:\n
                                    \n
                                  • 3.1 Describe how critical thinking and problem-solving relate to lifestyle change.<\/li>\n
                                  • 3.2 Demonstrate how to set achievable goals, use appropriate motivators, and set a realistic change agenda.<\/li>\n
                                  • 3.3 Discuss the complexities involved in lifestyle change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                    Course Content<\/h1>\n
                                    \n

                                    Understanding Health<\/h2>\n
                                      \n
                                    • Health as a process (health as a journey not a destination).<\/li>\n
                                    • Physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions of health.<\/li>\n
                                    • Interrelatedness of all aspects of health: introduction of the health wheel.<\/li>\n
                                    • Health as it relates to lifestyle and choices.<\/li>\n
                                    • The 12 determinants of health (as defined by the Government of Canada).<\/li>\n
                                    • The impact of the determinants of health on health inequalities and the dimensions of health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                      Components of Health<\/h2>\n
                                        \n
                                      • Physical components of health:\n
                                          \n
                                        • Physical activity.<\/li>\n
                                        • Physical self-care.<\/li>\n
                                        • Sleep and rest.<\/li>\n
                                        • Nutrition, including nutrition throughout life, factors that affect eating and drinking, and Canada\u2019s Food Guide.<\/li>\n
                                        • Weight management.<\/li>\n
                                        • Avoiding or limiting harmful substances (including licit and illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, vaping, and caffeine).<\/li>\n
                                        • Environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                        • Psychological or emotional components of health:\n
                                            \n
                                          • Interaction between emotions and perceptions and health.<\/li>\n
                                          • Psychologically safe environments.<\/li>\n
                                          • Stress and stress management.\n
                                              \n
                                            • Common responses and effects of stress.<\/li>\n
                                            • Common stressors related to work of the HCA.<\/li>\n
                                            • Burnout and compassion fatigue.<\/li>\n
                                            • Strategies for self-assessment and wellness intervention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                            • Cognitive components of health:\n
                                                \n
                                              • Rational thinking and perceiving.<\/li>\n
                                              • Ability to reason, interpret, and remember.<\/li>\n
                                              • Ability to sense, perceive, assess, and evaluate.<\/li>\n
                                              • Problem-solving ability.<\/li>\n
                                              • Creativity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                              • Social (interactive) components of health:\n
                                                  \n
                                                • Social bonds and social supports in relation to health.<\/li>\n
                                                • Cultural, societal, and traditional influences on lifestyle and choices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                                • Spiritual components of health:\n
                                                    \n
                                                  • Awareness of personal values and beliefs.<\/li>\n
                                                  • Finding meaning and purpose in life.<\/li>\n
                                                  • Participating in activities that enrich, inspire, and refresh.<\/li>\n
                                                  • Appreciation for different ways of knowing and being.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                                    Lifestyle Change<\/h2>\n
                                                      \n
                                                    • Complexity of the lifestyle change process.<\/li>\n
                                                    • Critical thinking and problem-solving as they relate to lifestyle and choices.<\/li>\n
                                                    • Self-reflection and self-evaluation in relation to challenges and resources.<\/li>\n
                                                    • Setting achievable goals, using motivators, setting a realistic change agenda.<\/li>\n
                                                    • Recognizing difficulties inherent in personal change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-28","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":19,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/19"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}