HLTH 300

About this course

Examines the basic principles that guide growth, development, and the health of individuals across the lifespan, from the prenatal period through senescence including death and grieving. Presents methodological, conceptual, and substantive issues necessary for understanding and evaluating empirical-based information about growth, human development, and health status at different stages of life and from a public health prevention and health promotion perspective. Course covers several themes, including contributions of biological and environmental factors to health and human development, measuring the health of individuals, understanding determinants and consequences of health and development across the lifespan, evaluating the impact of health from a family and cultural perspective, and assessing the implications of health disparities on health outcomes. This is an upper division General Education course, intended for students in the Dental Hygiene or Respiratory Care Baccalaureate Degree Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in these programs.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Transfer pathways that use HLTH 300

ASSIST maps HLTH 300 to a requirement in 3 published pathways from Foothill College.

• Leadership StudiesFoothill → Humboldt State
• Health Sciences, B.S. Health Care Administration Track-Nutrition and Health ConcentrationFoothill → Touro University Worldwide
• Health Sciences, B.S. Long Team Care Administration TrackFoothill → Touro University Worldwide