HPER 1110: Healthy Living
Instructor: John J. Brusk, MPH
Office: 4th Floor SRC
Office Hours: by appointment
Email: john.brusk@wmich.edu
Website : http://homepages.wmich.edu/~jbrusk/
Course Section #: 125
Class Time: Thursday: 6:00-7:40PM
Location: SRC 3015
Required Text:
Insel, P.M. & Roth, W.T. (2010) Core Concepts in Health, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill.
ISBN: 0073380776
WEBSITE: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073380776/student_view0/index.html
Course Description:
This course provides students with the information and skills necessary to make positive health decisions.
Students will be introduced to key behavior change concepts and basic health skills required for becoming
health literate adults.
Course Objectives:
Each student will identify on a written assessment and/or demonstrate in a practical experience:
understanding/application of the steps involved in behavior change as they relate to areas of young adult
health:
1. assessing and evaluating health information
2. problem solving and decision-making skills
3. goal setting
4. analyzing influences
5. managing stress
6. self-monitoring communication
7. assessing and evaluating risk
Course Activities and Required Assignments:
Weekly Assessments – 10 total – 10 points each (100 points)
Weekly 10 question assessment quiz to be completed sometime during each class period. All questions will
come from the required reading and activities associated with each text chapter assigned. All internet
activities and practice quizzes are found on the text website.
Field Assignments – 2 total – 10 points each (20 points)
Field assignments will be given during the class before the class day the field work is to be completed. Field
work will consist of local campus or community based investigations concerning healthy living. Class will
not meet on days when field work is schedule.
Individual Project – Personal Health Behavior Change Presentation
Students will be required to develop a personal health behavior change report. Students must complete this
assignment to receive credit for this course. This report should include the following information:
Project Topic – DUE by November 11th at 6pm via email – no exceptions (10 points) - Select your
project topic and write a one page rationale for your choice. Your topic should be related to a topic covered
in the course. Your rationale should describe the background, scope and significance of the problem.
Project Summary – DUE by December 16th at 6pm via email (70 points)
Synthesize a detailed, typed report about your selected health topic associated with the course content using
personal assessments and monitoring notes as well as peer-reviewed journal articles and reliable websites (ex:
American Heart Association, CDC, etc.). This report should outline the following information (the basic who,
what, where, when, why, and how):
*What is the health behavior?
*What is the impact of the health behavior? (on you and others)
*What are the signs and symptoms of the behavior?
*How can the behavior be measured?
*What are the interventions that exist to promote healthy behavior change?
*What are the social and environmental factors that impact the health behavior?
*What novel approaches can you support as potential options for positively impacting the health
behavior?
Report should follow APA formatting guidelines for citing and documenting references. A minimum of three
peer-reviewed references are required. Report should be 5 pages minimum, 10 pages maximum.
Attendance and Promptness:
Attending class is a personal responsibility. I reserve the right to deduct course points as appropriate due to
the inability to follow thru with the personal responsibility of attending class.
Course Evaluation:
Weekly Assessments (10)
Project Topic
Project
Field Assignments (2)
TOTAL
Grading Scale:
A
>=185 pts
BA
175-184 pts
100 Points
10 Points
70 Points
20 Points
200 Points
B
CB
165-174 pts
155-164 pts
C
DC
145-154 pts
135-144 pts
D
E
125-134 pts
<=124 pts
Student Disposition and Behavior:
Students are reminded that they are to behave in a courteous and respectful manner to their classmates and
instructor. Any disruptive behavior that undermines the educational process will not be tolerated. This
includes failure to turn off cell phones and beepers, persistent and inappropriate talking, and leaving the
classroom. If these behaviors occur, you will be asked to leave the class for that session. Each student is
responsible for being aware of and understanding the policies and procedures in the Undergraduate (pp.271272) Catalog that pertain to Academic Integrity. These policies include cheating, fabrication, falsification and
forgery, multiple submission, plagiarism, complicity and computer misuse. If there is reason to believe you
have been involved in academic dishonesty, you will be referred to the Office if Judicial Affairs. You will be
given the opportunity for a hearing. You should consult with me if you are uncertain about an issue of
academic honesty prior to the submission of an assignment or test. In addition, students who have been
diagnosed with disabilities that impact their learning will need to provide documentation that will allow the
instructor to make appropriate instructional accommodations.
Reminder: Students must be in class for the full session of the day the assignment is due or it must be turned
in before the due date. Assignments may be turned in until 5p.m. on the due date unless otherwise indicated.
Students who are 15 or more minutes late will be considered absent.
HPER 1110: Schedule
Class Date
Class Agenda
Thurs, Sept 9
Introduction to Healthy Living
Developing skills that impact
behavior – Insel Ch 1;
Psychosocial Health – Insel Ch 3
Field Assignment #1 - Understanding
and Managing Stress – Insel Ch 2 –
NO CLASS
Healthy Relationships I – Insel Chs 4
&5
Healthy Relationships II – Insel Ch 6
thru 8
Nutrition – Insel Ch 12; Weight
Managment – Insel Ch 14
Personal Fitness – Insel Ch 13
Thurs, Sept 16
Thurs, Sept 23
Thurs, Sept 30
Thurs, Oct 7
Thurs, Oct 14
Thurs, Oct 21
Thurs, Oct 28
Thurs, Nov 4
Thurs, Nov 11
Thurs, Nov 18
Thurs, Nov 25
Thurs, Dec 2
Thurs, Dec 9
Dec 13 - Dec 17
Substance Use, Misuse and Abuse I –
Insel Chs. 9 & 10
Substance Use, Misuse and Abuse II
– Insel Ch. 11
Class Project Review
Field Assignment #2 – NO CLASS
Class Project Development – NO
CLASS
Thanksgiving Recess – NO CLASS
TBA – Case Study/Special Guest
TBA – Case Study/Special Guest
EXAM WEEK – NO CLASS
Fall 2010
Class Assignment (Date Due)
Assessment #1 – Behavior/Psychosocial
Health (Chs 1&3) due via email by 6pm
Assessment #2 – Stress (Ch. 2); Field
Assignment #1 due by 6pm in class
Assessment #3 – Healthy Relationships I
(Chs. 4 & 5)
Assessment #4 – Healthy Relationships II
(Chs. 6 - 8)
Assessment #5 – Nutrition & Weight
Management (Chs. 12 & 14)
Assessment #6 – Personal Fitness (Chs.
13)
Assessment #7 – Substance Use, Misuse
and Abuse I (Chs. 9 & 10)
Assessment #8 – Substance Use, Misuse
and Abuse II (Ch. 11)
Project Topic due via email by 6pm
Field Assignment #2 due by 6pm in via
email
Assessment #9 – TBA – available online
Assessment #10 – TBA – available online
Final Project Summary due by 6pm on
Thursday Dec 16 via email