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Oct 23, 2026
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HPER 1108 - Consumer Health
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
This course will provide the student with the knowledge and skills to be effective health care consumers. Students will learn how to critically evaluate health issues and information using scientific principles, which will provide a framework for making informed choices when selecting products and services.
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Distinguish between health facts and health fraud.
- Critically evaluate resources to determine if they are credible, accurate, reasonable, and supported.
- Apply science-based health concepts to various health care fields.
- Apply sound decision-making skills while critically looking at various health products and services.
- Comprehend and show knowledge of current health care problems.
- Identify organizations, resources, and magazines that will provide reliable information related to consumer health.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Quackery/health fraud
- Science-based approach to separate health fact from fiction
- Manipulation of advertising and marketing of health products
- Importance of science-based health care and decision-making
- Understanding alternative health care
- Programs and services for mental health care, dental care, etc.
- Self care and health care facilities
- Nutrition fads, fallacies, and scams
- Physical fitness programs and products
- Health care problems and the need for informed decision-making
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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