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Here’s To Your Health generally awards one semester of undergraduate credit. You will be required to show the following abilities:

• Knowledge of basic facts and terms
• Understanding of concepts and principles
• Ability to apply the knowledge to specific case problems

Topics covered in this course are:

• Mental Health and Behavior
  • Responsible health, wellness, and lifestyles
  • Mental health defined
  • Personality theories and social development
  • Stress management and coping mechanisms
  
  
• Reproduction
  • Reproduction anatomies
  • Contraception, conception, and pregnancy
  • Abortion as a health concern
  
  
• Sexuality
  • Identity/orientation
  • Sexual response and patterns of behavior
  • Dysfunction
  • Problematic behavior
  
  
• Intimate Relationships
  • Dating, marriage, and alternatives
  • Development of intimate relationships
  • Parenting
  
  
• Healthy Aging
  • Biological and social theories
  • Coping with changes
  • Strategies for healthy aging
  • Social attitudes toward aging
  
  
• Death and Bereavement
  • Fear and denial
  • Coping mechanisms
  • Patterns of grief
  • Planning for death
  
  
• Alcohol Use and Abuse
  • Physiology and pathology of alcohol use
  • Problem drinking and its related effects
  • Recovery programs for alcohol abuse
  
  
• Tobacco Use and Abuse
  • Effects of smoking and use of smokeless tobacco products
  • Smoking behavior and social issues
  • Quitting smoking
  
  
• Other Drugs
  • Classifications
  • Factors influencing the effect of drugs
  • Psychoactive drugs
  • Treatment programs
  
  
• Substance-Use Behaviors
  
  
• Fitness and Nutrition
  • Components of physical fitness
  • Good nutrition and its effects
  
  
• Risk Factors, Disease, and Disease Prevention
  • Infectious diseases, including sexually transmitted diseases; prevention and control
  • Cardiovascular system
  • Types of cancer
  • Immune disorders
  • Diabetes, arthritis, and genetic-related disorders
  • Common neurological disorders
  
  
• Safety, Consumer Awareness, and Environmental Concerns
  • Accident and injury prevention
  • Causes and types of accidents
  • First aid techniques
  • Medical care and insurance
  • Prescription and over-the-counter drugs
  • Consumer protection
  • Population growth and dynamics
  • Causes, effects, and control of population
  • Environmental health agencies

(Taken from “Here’s to Your Health,” Dantes Subject Standardized Tests, PROMETRIC ©2008 [draft])