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Current Issues In Behavioral Health (MPS-641)

Semester:	Spring 2024
Number:	0502-641-001
Instructor:	Vaschele Williams
Days:	Wednesday 8:00 pm - 9:50 pm
Note:	Traditional In-Person Class
Location:	Garden City - NEX 156
Credits:	3
Status:	Tutorial
Notes:	For majors only
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Description:	Students will examine the complex interaction of psychological, social, spiritual and biological factors in promoting healthy lifestyles, improving well-being, preventing disease, managing illness and recovery, and preventing premature death.
Learning Goals:	Therefore, by the end of the course, students will be able to:1. Articulate the relevance of research and theory in behavioral health and identify the costs and benefits of empirical and theoretical models of health.2. Critically evaluate how biological, psychological, social and spiritual factors influence health, as well as the complex interplay of culture, age, race, gender, and socio-economic status3. Identify basic concepts and terminology of behavioral health and critically evaluate various ethical dilemmas, as well as the role of ethics and values in health research.4. Explain emerging issues in the field and the5. factors that promote or challenge health on the individual, family and community level.6. Analyze how health theories and models are used to develop interventions and how research findings can be used to inform public policy. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

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