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This course is a study of personal and family health and wellness. It examines the dimensions of health and recommends practices for developing healthy lifestyles. It explores health determinants, lifestyle behaviors, and risk and resilience factors associated with chronic and communicable diseases.

This course introduces the student to common word roots, prefixes and suffixes used by the medical and allied health professions. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to understand, speak, and define common medical terminology by deciphering its parts and apply the specific language.