HEED 150 Women's Health
This course will introduce students to a variety of women's health issues as well as the barriers faced by women striving to achieve a healthful lifestyle. Students will examine topics including: female sexual health and reproduction, exercise and eating behaviors, substance abuse, mental health and stress, and violence against women. This course is designed to support students in their personal exploration of attitudes, knowledge, and values related to women's health and to assist them as they analyze their personal health behaviors.
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- Summarize and discuss the current state of contemporary women’s health and identify the most important events in history, society, culture, and politics, and how these events have influenced the current issues/problems affecting women’s health.
- Compare male and female morbidity and mortality for major chronic diseases and evaluate causes for the disparities.
- Interpret concepts related to the prevention of chronic disease, including nutrition, exercise, weight management, stress, alcohol, and other drug use.
- Identify terminology and apply concepts related to contraception, female sexual anatomy, menstruation, menopause, sexual behavior, STIs, pregnancy and childbirth.
- Analyze the media and its influence on societal norms and how it affects body image and eating disorders in women.
- Apply strategies of inquiry and exploration through researching current issues in women's health and evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of those sources.
- Demonstrate the ethical and discipline-specific use of information while researching current issues in women's health.
Course Objectives
- Summarize and discuss the current state of contemporary women’s health and identify the most important events in history, society, culture, and politics, and how these events have influenced the current issues/problems affecting women’s health.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz; assignment; and/or exam
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz; assignment; and/or exam
- Compare male and female morbidity and mortality for major chronic diseases and evaluate causes for the disparities.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz; assignment; and/or exam
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz; assignment; and/or exam
- Interpret concepts related to the prevention of chronic disease, including nutrition, exercise, weight management, stress, alcohol, and other drug use.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz; assignment; and/or exam
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz; assignment; and/or exam
- Identify terminology and apply concepts related to contraception, female sexual anatomy, menstruation, menopause, sexual behavior, STIs, pregnancy and childbirth.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz; assignment; and/or exam
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quiz; assignment; and/or exam
- Analyze the media and its influence on societal norms and how it affects body image and eating disorders in women.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Apply strategies of inquiry and exploration through researching current issues in women's health and evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of those sources.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Information Literacy Rubric
- Demonstrate the ethical and discipline-specific use of information while researching current issues in women's health.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Information Literacy Rubric