HPM 430 - Lifestyle Chronic Disease and Environment

6 CR

Explores the relationship between chronic diseases/conditions, lifestyle behaviors, and the environment. Includes an examination of a wide variety of chronic conditions and focuses on prevention and management strategies.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BAS Health Promotion and Management program at Bellevue College.

Course Outcomes
• Explain the role of inflammation, stress, and epigenetics in the development of chronic diseases • Illustrate the impacts of healthy lifestyle on the prevention or management of chronic conditions • Explain etiology prevalence, and medications utilized in treatment of chronic conditions • Identify causes, risks, treatment, and effective prevention of current chronic disease processes

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