EXSC 3350 - Community Wellness

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EXSC 3200
EXSC 3350 serves as an overview of community wellness programs. Students will be exposed to various health issues within community subgroups and the analysis of the interrelationship of the political, social, and economic dimensions of community wellness, as well as cultural diversity issues within domestic and global contexts will be discussed. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: 1) Explain characteristics of community health agencies and organizations including roles of different types of agencies (e.g., federal, state, local governments, for-profit, non-profit) in wellness promotion. 2) Explain the role of various key community figures including the community wellness educator as part of the solution to community wellness problems. 3) Identify current trends in preventive wellness. 4) Examine key multicultural health issues and identify factors that contribute and resources that address these issues. 5) Identify barriers faced by different communities attempting to achieve healthy lifestyles. 6) Identify and describe various resources that can be utilized in the design, development and implementation of community wellness education efforts taking into account cultural and social diversity. 7) Describe and evaluate examples of community wellness programs 8) Develop a community needs assessment for a cultural group including relevant community resources, cultural impact, and sustainability to meet the identified needs.