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1. About This Course
2. Dimensions of Wellness
3. Healthy People 2020
4. Major Health Concerns
5. Risk Factors and Levels of Disease Prevention
6. Behavior Change and Goal Setting
7. Understanding Drug Use and Addiction
8. Health Effects of Drug Abuse
9. Consequences of Drug Abuse
10. Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction
11. Synthetic Drugs
12. Alcohol Facts
13. Health Effects of Alcohol Abuse
14. Rethinking Drinking
15. Tobacco Use
16. Quitting Smoking
17. STD/STI Data
18. Influenza
19. Types of STDs/STIs
20. STD/STI Treatments
21. STD/STI Prevention
22. Love and Attraction Theory
23. Healthy Relationships
24. Effective Communication
25. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
26. LGBT Health
27. Nutrition Basics
28. Disease Risk and Nutrition
29. Dietary Guidelines for Americans
30. Nutrition Facts Label
31. Organic Foods
32. Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity
33. Balancing Calories
34. Body Mass Index
35. Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity
36. Mental Health Overview
37. Psychological Constructs
38. Anxiety Disorders
39. Depression
40. Suicide Prevention
41. Eating Disorders
42. Factors That Influence Violence
43. Intimate Partner Violence
44. Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence
45. Protecting Yourself from Relationship Violence
46. Unintentional Injuries
47. Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults
48. Target Heart Rate Zone
49. Health Related Components of Physical Fitness
50. Health Benefits of Physical Activity
51. Developing a Personal Exercise Program
52. Stress Overview
53. Yerkes-Dodson Law
54. The Stress Response
55. Health Effects of Stress
56. Managing Stress
57. Cancer Overview
58. Types of Cancer
59. Risk Factors for Cancer
60. Cancer Prevention
61. Heart Disease and Stroke Facts
62. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
63. Types of Stroke
64. Metabolic Syndrome
65. Cholesterol Management
66. Santa Ana College: Learning Objectives
67. NOVA: Learning Objectives
68. NOVA: Sample Course Schedules
69. NOVA: Sample Weekly Summaries & Assignment Schedules
70. NOVA: Sample Instructor Welcome
71. NOVA: Sample Exams
72. Unit 2 Overview & Objectives
73. Reading Links: Assessing Your Wellness
74. Video: Six Stages of Change
75. Assessment: Wellness Quiz and Stages of Change Strategies
76. Course Prerequisites
77. Study Guides
78. Health & Safety
79. Notes from your instructor
80. Introduction to Fitness and Wellness Readings
81. Introducing the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
82. Physical Activity Has Many Health Benefits
83. Active Adults
84. Safe and Active
85. Additional Considerations for Some Adults
86. Video: Cholesterol Overview
87. Video: Stroke Overview
88. Video: Diabetes Overview
89. Video: Hypertension Overview
90. Assessment: President's Challenge Fitness Test Pre-Test
91. Cardio Respiratory Endurance Readings
92. Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale
93. Tar