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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Medicine
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Ein Karem
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Naama Constantini
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Prof Naama Constantini
Course/Module description:
Life in the modern era raise many health and illness based questions: what is health ? why are we still sick in an era of affluence ? how come one part of the world is hungry and the other part is overwhelmed with calories that will kill it prematurely ?
The issue of health has always occupied societies not only in the medical and scientific fields but also in other fields such as the humanities and political sciences.
Throughout history various structures of behaviors, rituals and beliefs were made, some unique to certain societies and others universal. today the private expenditure on health is sky-rocketing but is seems that as a society we get sicker as the obesity and sedentary lifestyle rates are at times high, and even though smoking rates are slowly decreasing, smoking is still the number one cause of preventable death.
In an era where information is more accessible than ever it seems that we know less and less about our bodies and the right way to maintain it, and imply a very small fraction of this knowledge. In this course we intend to provide basic theoretical and practical knowledge about human health and the process and behaviors that promote it to students from all disciplines.
We will take on a journey between behaviors, trends, norms and processes that relate to human health and will discuss and judge them in evidence based tools. We'll also try to explore the relations between topics who are not directly related to health such as economics, gender, legelstlation,urban planning and others are effecting our health. Last will try to purify the question - what is health and how to achieve it ?
Course/Module aims:
to give non-medical students basic knowledge about exercise, nutrition and various health behaviors and to demonstrate how the individual's behavior, as well as society effect our health.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The students
1. will know how to define health, illness and the effect of the individual's behaviors on each.
2. will be familiar with basic concepts in exercise and nutrition and its relation to health
3. will develop tools to critically apprise behaviors and social phenomenons.
4. will gain basic tools for body "maintenance".
Attendance requirements(%):
75%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
frontal lectures
video lectures
practicing behavioral change
Course/Module Content:
NTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EXERCISE AND HEALTH
THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
HOW TO PROMOTE CHANGES
PRINCIPLES IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
COMPONENTS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS
THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PYRAMIDE
SMOKING CESSATION
BASIC PRINCIPLES IN HEALTHY NUTRITION
HEALTH COOKING
BODY COMPOSITION AND IT'S ASSESSMENT
ENERGY BALANCE AND OBESITY
STRESS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE AND HOW TO COPE WITH IT
Required Reading:
the material that will be uploaded to the course's homepage
Additional Reading Material:
1. נייס, ש. וקונסטנטיני, נ. (2011). מרשם אישי לאימון גופני ולבריאות
2. American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing & Prescription 9th Ed. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 2013.
3. פולק, ר. (2009). ליהנות מאוכל בריא.
4. WHO site on Nutrition.
5. Antonovsky, A. Unraveling The Mystery of Health - How People Manage Stress and Stay Well, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1987
6. מאמרים באתר הקורס.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 50 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
* 50% of the grade will be given on topic presentation
* participation will be measured via internet based systems
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