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Introduction To Health And Disease –
hcs245
(3 credits)
This course introduces students to the basic principles of illness and disease as well as the impact of disease trends on the delivery of services. The clinical manifestations of diseases commonly seen in the health care environment will be reviewed. The impact of health promotion and wellness program perspectives will be presented.
This undergraduate-level course is 5
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Behavioral Health
- Identify community health promotion and wellness strategies
- Discuss the effects of cultural and health beliefs on disease manifestation and management
- Examine common behavioral health diseases and their treatments
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Identify community health promotion and wellness strategies
- Discuss the effects of cultural and health beliefs on disease manifestation and management
- Examine common gastrointestinal diseases and their treatments
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Cardiovascular Diseases
- Identify community health promotion and wellness strategies
- Discuss the effects of cultural and health beliefs on disease manifestation and management
- Examine common cardiovascular diseases and their treatments
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Respiratory Diseases
- Identify community health promotion and wellness strategies
- Discuss the effects of cultural and health beliefs on disease manifestation and management
- Examine common respiratory diseases and their treatments
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Trends in Disease
- Describe the global impact of diseases today
- Identify disease trends that affect the population
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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