Courses in Community Health Outreach (193)

11:193:421 Wellness Behavior (3)
In today's world, health and wellness are headline news. What can you do to change your behavior to ensure a long and healthy life along with helping to improve the health of those people around you? Getting and staying well is a worthwhile goal no matter where you are right now. You can make positive changes for yourself and you can be an agent for change for your family, friends and community.

11:193:440 Community Health Outreach Practicum (1)
Students will participate in a community health outreach experience-based practicum. Students will gain knowledge, skills and practical hands on experience in community health outreach. This is a 'by arrangement' course. Interested students should contact Dr. Jennifer Shukaitis, program director, at shukaitis@njaes.rutgers.edu.

11:193:413 Community Interventions in Obesity-Related Chronic Diseases (3) Spring Only
The course is an online junior/senior colloquium that introduces assessment of obesity, chronic disease and health behavior interventions to improve health at both individual and environmental levels. The course will introduce the multifactorial aspects of obesity, maintenance of a healthy weight, the relationship of weight status to chronic disease prevention, and provide an overview of obesity/overweight, chronic disease, and their relationship to public health practice. Traditional and novel nutrition and behavior theories will also be discussed. This course is open to junior and senior undergraduate students enrolled in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Students from other disciplines may enroll with permission from the instructor. Enrollment maximum is 20 students.