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Apr 24, 2024
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HE 202 - Pathophysiology and Disease Prevention (SF)
Credits: (3 credits)
This course will focus on the pathophysiology of specific body systems related to chronic diseases. A review of normal anatomy and the disease process is needed in order to understand the role lifestyle behaviors play in the development of many chronic diseases that exists today. The fact that each lifestyle behavior has some epidemiological relationship to chronic disease via body systems will be investigated. Specific lifestyles including lack of physical activity, smoking, nutritional intake, stress/anxiety and amount of sleep will be investigated. The approach is to view the systems as a transition zone between the outside world and inside the body. For example, the skin, our respiratory tract and our digestive system, are the physical places of transition between the outside of our bodies and the inside. The brain and the heart are our intellectual and emotional health, the transition of what we perceive and feel as manifested physically in our health. We will also examine topics on the edge of what western science currently understands such as pain, inflammation and the endocannabinoid system.
This is a Sustainability-Focused (SF) course.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:
- Demonstrate an understanding of normal anatomy and physiology of body systems
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the concepts and elements of disease and disease processes
- Describe and explain the types of chronic diseases that are responsible for decreased quality of life, morbidity and/or mortality in the United States
- Distinguish lifestyle and environmental factors that affect physical, psychosocial, and cognitive characteristics of various diseases and conditions
- Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between any given lifestyle behavior and how it influences a person’s health and relative risk for various chronic diseases
- Explore ways to prevent the lifestyle-related chronic disease that exist
- Describe and explain the various motivational strategies that can help the general public change the less-than-healthy lifestyles that compromise this health
- Identify therapeutic interventions used for diseases and conditions
Frequency of Offering:
Every other year
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