Health Education 1510
Instructor: Tony Thompson
Email: tthompson@taft.org
Office: Counseling Center
Phone: 661-763-7740
TEXT: Access to Health, Donatelle, 10th Edition
You should be covering:
Chapter
Promoting Healthy Behavior Change, Psychosocial Health:
1,2
Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well
Mar. 9-13
Managing Stress: Coping with Life’s Challenges, Violence and
3,4,5
Abuse: Creating Healthy Environments, Healthy Relationships:
Communicating Effectively with Friends, Family, and Significant Others
Mar. 13
2 Projects due! Assess Yourself Questionnaire, Behavior Change
Contract
Mar. 16
EXAM 1 on Monday, Chapters 1-5
Mar. 16-20
Sexuality: Choices in Sexual Behavior, Reproductive Choices: Making 6,7
Responsible Decisions
Mar. 23-27
Nutrition: Eating for Optimal Health, Managing Your Weight: Finding 8,9
A Healthy Balance
Mar. 27
Start your 7 day Food Journal Project – it is due April 13th
Mar.30-Apr. 3
Personal Fitness: Improving Health through Exercise, EXAM on
10
Thursday!
Apr. 2
EXAM 2, Chapters 6-10
Apr. 6-10
SPRING BREAK!!
Apr. 13
Food Journal Project is due!
Apr. 13-17
Addictions and Addictive Behavior: Threats to Wellness, Drinking
11,12
Responsibly: A Lifestyle Challenge on Campus
Apr. 20-24
Tobacco and Caffeine: Daily Pleasures, Daily Challenges, Illicit
13,14
Drugs: Use, Misuse, and Abuse
Apr. 27-May 1 Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Your Risk, EXAM 3 on Thursday! 15
Apr. 30
EXAM 3, Chapters 11-15
May 4-8
Cancer: Reducing Your Risk, Infectious Diseases and Sexually
16,17,19
Transmitted Infections, Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Process
May 8
Family Health Tree Project Due!
May 11-13
Dying and Death: The Final Transition
20
May 18
FINAL EXAM on Monday, Chapters 16,17,19,20
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dates
Mar. 2-6
Exams
Grading Scale
Mar. 16
Apr. 2
Apr. 30
May 18
585-650 = A
520-584 = B
455-519 = C
390-454 = D
0-389 = F
Projects
Assess Yourself Questionnaire 50pts
50pts
Behavior Change Contract
50pts
Food Journal
100pts
Family Health Tree
Due March 13th
Due March 13th
Due April 13th
Due on May 8th