HEALTH AND WELLNESS (DPT 5th semester)

  1. COURSE OUTLINE (5th semester)

HEALTH & WELLNESS

CREDIT HOURS 2 (2-0)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course includes discussion on the theories of health and wellness, including motivational theory, locus of control, public health initiative, and psycho-Social, spiritual and cultural consideration. Health risks, screening, and assessment considering epidemiological principles are emphasized. Risk reduction strategies for primary and secondary prevention, including programs for special populations are covered.

COURSE OUTLINE:

PREVENTION PRACTICE: A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY

 Defining Health

 Predictions of Health Care

 Comparing Holistic Medicine and Conventional Medicine

 Distinguishing Three Types of Prevention Practice.

HEALTHY PEOPLE

 Definition of healthy people

 Health education Resources

 Physical Therapist role for a healthy community.

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KEY CONCEPTS OF FITNESS

 Defining & Measuring Fitness

 Assessment of Stress with a Survey

 Visualizing Fitness

 Screening for Mental and Physical Fitness

 Body Mass Index calculations.

FITNESS TRAINING

 Physical Activities Readiness Questionnaire

 Physical Activities Pyramid

 Exercise Programs

 Evidence-Based Practice.

SCREENING FOR HEALTH, FITNESS, AND WELLNESS

 Distinguishing Screening, Examination, and Evaluation

 Interviewing for Health, Fitness and Wellness

 Vital Signs, 3-minute Step Test, and Borg perceived Scale of Exertion

 Seven Dimensions of Wellness

 Physical Health Screening.

HEALTH, FITNESS, AND WELLNESS ISSUES DURING CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

 Structure and Function

 Recognizing and Reporting Child abuse

 Denver II Developmental Screening

 Special Concerns in Pediatrics

 Programme for Prevention of Obesity.

HEALTH, FITNESS, AND WELLNESS DURING ADULTHOOD

 Tasks of Adulthood

 Adult Health and Wellness Risks

 Screening Tools for Adulthood

 Adult Educational Materials.

WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES: FOCUS ON PREGNANCY:

 Screening for Women’s Health

 Women’s Heart Disease

 Female Athlete Triad

 Educational Material for Women

 Prepartum and Postpartum Exercises.

PREVENTION PRACTICE FOR OLDER ADULTS

 Ageism

 Anatomical and Physiological Changes with Aging

 Common Health Problems of Older Adults

 Screening Older Adult for Health Fitness and Wellness

 Fitness for Older Adults.

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RESOURCES TO OPTIMIZE HEALTH AND WELLNESS

 Chronic Illness

 Nutrition

 Progressive Relaxation

 Time management

 Spirituality.

HEALTH PROTECTION

 Infection Control

 Injury Prevention during Childhood

 Injury prevention during Adolescence

 Injury Prevention during Adulthood

 Injury Prevention during Older Adulthood.

PREVENTION PRACTICE FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS

 Musculoskeletal, Changes in Childhood and Adolescence

 Musculoskeletal Changes with Aging

 Ergonomics

 Workplace Screening for Musculoskeletal Risk.

PREVENTION PRACTICE FOR CARDIOPULMONARY CONDITIONS

 Common Cardiopulmonary Disorders

 Screening for Cardiopulmonary Conditions

 Prevention of Cardiovascular Conditions

 Prevention of pulmonary Conditions

 Recommended Exercises for Chronic Diseases.

PREVENTION PRACTICE FOR NEUROMUSCULAR CONDITIONS

 Prevention Practice for Stroke

 Prevention Practice for spinal Cord Injury

 Prevention Practice for Parkinson’s disease

 Prevention practice for Multiple Sclerosis.

PREVENTION PRACTICE FOR INTEGUMENTARY DISORDERS

 Lifespan Changes of the integumentary System

 Skin Care.

PREVENTION PRACTICE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

 Defining Developmental Disabilities

 Misconceptions about Disabilities

 Promoting Health for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

 Quality of life for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities.

MARKETING HEALTH AND WELLNESS

 Definition of Marketing

 Marketing Strategies for health and wellness Centres.