HHP 100 Introduction to Public Health (4 Credits)
Provides an introduction to the core elements of public health science and practice, including health policy, health systems and health ethics. Open to all COCC students who want to know more about the dynamic, multi-disciplinary field of public health, what it is, how it is organized and how it works.
HHP 110 Public Health Professions (1 Credit)
This course will help prepare students for entering in the job market and/or setting up a professional practicum through the following: where to search for jobs, how to apply and how to interview; and how to prepare professional resumes, cover letters, and how to create portfolios to demonstrate experience and/or skills. Professional development opportunities such as conferences, certifications, trainings etc. will be discussed, as well current research and trends in employment in the fields related to public health.
HHP 131 Introduction to Exercise/Sport Science (3 Credits)
Introduces students to the profession of exercise science including an overview of basic concepts and careers in exercise physiology, athletic training, personal training, coaching, sports medicine, physical therapy and fitness management. Provides a comprehensive introduction to any student who is considering a career in the area of health, fitness, wellness, exercise physiology and sports medicine. Also, includes guest speakers currently working in the profession, as well as tours of local fitness facilities. Various fitness certifications are compared and contrasted.
HHP 183 Peer Support Specialist Training (4 Credits)
This course prepares students to be certified as Peer Support Specialist (PSS) in Oregon. A PSS is an individual with shared lived experience with substance use and/or mental health recovery. This person will provide supportive services to current or former consumers of mental health or addiction treatment. A PSS is also a consumer advocate who facilitates linkage to needed services and activities.
HHP 199 Selected Topics: Health and Human Performance Activities (1-6 Credits)
Includes both introductory courses and activities.
HHP 210 Introduction to the Health Care System (3 Credits)
Provides tools to examine and critically assess the U.S. health care delivery system, its components, and the challenges created by its structure. Considers the U.S. health care system from the perspective of multiple players and partners, including consumers/patients, primary health care, hospitals, providers, insurers, and government. Compares and contrasts the U.S. health care system to health care systems in other developed and emerging countries.
HHP 212A AHA Basic Life Support for Providers CPR (1 Credit)
Provides the following skills: Basic life support for patients of all ages (including ventilation with a barrier device and a bag-mask device), use of an automatic external defibrillator and relief of choking in responsive and non-responsive patients. Designed for providers who care for patients in a wide variety of settings, both in and out of hospital. In order to receive the AHA BLS Provider Certification card, one must pass a written exam and be able to physically perform all skills required for CPR.
HHP 228 Health and Social Justice (4 Credits)
Introduction to the intersection of health and social justice, to better understand socially unjust health differences (inequities) present in communities across the United States and abroad. Particular attention will be paid to the social ecological framework for health promotion and the social determinants of health. The course takes a deeper dive into public health challenges by exploring current health issues in the United States and globally. Examination of relevant historical issues, theories of justice, human rights, and empirical evidence of health inequities, with an emphasis in critical analysis and applied knowledge. Community-engaged strategies and service learning activities will be used to explore social injustices and health inequities.
HHP 231 Human Sexuality (3 Credits)
Explores the biological, psychological, and social aspects of human sexuality. Specific topics include historical and cultural perspectives of human sexuality, sexual anatomy and physiology, sexual and reproductive health factors, gender identity, sexual orientations, and lifespan sexual development.
HHP 242 Stress Management (3 Credits)
Helps students develop a comprehensive approach to the management of stress. Examines the historical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, psychological and physiological foundations of the stress concept. This broad understanding of stress will be the basis for the study of the role that stress plays in health and disease. Students will experiment with a wide variety of stress management and relaxation techniques.
HHP 248 Health Psychology (4 Credits)
Health is defined as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease" (World Health Organization, 1948). With that definition in mind, this course examines how biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors affect physical health and wellbeing. Specific topics include historical and cultural perspectives of health, the psychology and physiology of stress, health behavior modification with emphases on primary prevention and health promotion, socioeconomic and healthcare inequalities, and an exploration of biopsychosocial factors related to chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease, and HIV AIDS. This course is one of the four pre-Public Health core courses offered.
HHP 252 First Aid & AHA Basic Life Support Provider CPR (3 Credits)
First aid and CPR instruction. First aid includes: immediate and temporary care for a wide variety of injuries, illnesses, conditions. CPR includes: patients of all ages; ventilation with a face shield, pocket mask and a bag-mask device; use of an automated external defibrillator; relief of choking; both one- and two-person CPR; and compression-only CPR. Practical exam includes individual hands-on testing; successful completion of course results in a first aid card and an American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Provider Adult & Pediatric CPR card.
HHP 252A Fitness/First Aid (3 Credits)
Introduces both first aid and wellness topics, such as immediate and temporary care for injury and illness, control of bleeding, care for poisoning, splinting, bandaging and transportation, as well as fitness, nutrition and stress management. Students earn first aid and CPR cards in both adult and infant upon completion of course.
HHP 258 Holistic Wellness (4 Credits)
Looks beyond health risk factors to broader wellness dimensions (i.e. mental, emotional, spiritual, environmental, cultural & financial). Conventional & alternative paradigms of chronic disease causes plus modalities for healing will be explored through the role of our minds, environment, relationships, spirituality, & social support.
HHP 259 Care and Prevention of Athletic Injury (3 Credits)
Introduces management of athletic injuries, injury recognition and assessment, proper care and treatment of athletic injuries and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Emphasizes hands-on experience included for mastery of surface anatomy, injury assessment and proficiency in rudimentary injury care and rehabilitation practices.
HHP 260 Anatomical Kinesiology (4 Credits)
Introduces the science of human movement (kinesiology). Explores the anatomical elements, such as muscle action and joint structure and function involved in the gross motor movement. Emphasizes structural anatomy, primary movers of each joint, and muscle utilization for specific sport actions.
HHP 261 Exercise Physiology (4 Credits)
This course is designed to provide the student with an introductory foundation for understanding the physiology associated with exercise. Emphasis will be placed on how the various tissues and systems of the body adjust to acute work stress and ultimately adapt to chronic exercise training. Course materials will include metabolic, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory adaptations to exercise and exercise training.
HHP 262 Exercise Testing and Prescription (3 Credits)
The intent is to provide a practical guide for administering safe exercise testing as well as development of safe and effective exercise prescription for all clients including special populations. Specific content to be addressed includes: initial client consultation, risk factor classification, performance of hands-on exercise testing, prescribing appropriate aerobic, anaerobic, flexibility, and resistance exercise plans, periodication, prevention of overtraining, metabolic calculations, & legality including HIPAA laws.
HHP 266 Nutrition for Health (3 Credits)
Introduces the basics of nutrition for a physically active, healthy lifestyle. The course emphasizes nutrient function, energy production, weight management, body composition, psychosocial health, global impact of nutrition, prevention of nutrition related diseases, food guide pyramid, ergogenic aids fad diets, dieting and nutritional research. Course also includes a computerized nutritional assessment.
HHP 267 Wellness Coaching Fundamentals (3 Credits)
Explore components of behavior change by providing an overview of the dimensions of wellness, coaching technique and models in health. Foundational concepts of positive psychology, including the history, theory and ethics, as well as mindfulness, appreciative inquiry and self-efficacy will be examined and applied.
HHP 268 Sustainable Food and Nutrition (4 Credits)
Farmer and author Wendell Berry once wrote that eating is an "agricultural act". It is also an ethical, social, political, and environmental act. In order to more fully understand the impact of our food choices, this course explores American food production from start to finish, past to present, and field to fork. Along the way we answer questions like: How does a plant grow? What is the difference between conventional vs. organic agriculture? How and why did our current food system develop? How much does a cheeseburger really cost? What and why is food biotechnology? Where can I buy a local head of lettuce or leg of lamb? And, ultimately, what should I eat? .
HHP 270 Sport and Exercise Psychology (3 Credits)
Introduces broad range of topics relevant to sport and exercise psychology, including sport personality, motivation, psychological skills training, energy management, attention, imagery, competitive anxiety and mental relaxation. Content is relevant for coaches, athletes and others interested in the psychology of sport.
HHP 280A Practicum-Exercise Science (1-2 Credits)
Provides exercise science practicums by the department in conjunction with the community in health & fitness programs including group fitness, personal training, wellness coaching, research, clinical professions such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, and cardiac rehabilitation. P/NP grading.
HHP 280B Practicum- Exercise Science (1-2 Credits)
Provides Exercise Science practicums by the department in conjunction with the community in health & fitness programs including group fitness, personal training, wellness coaching, research, clinical professions such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, and cardiac rehabilitation. P/NP grading.
HHP 281 Practicum-Health Promotion/Public Health (1 Credit)
Provides practicums co-mentored by department faculty in collaboration with community partners. Practicum sites may include, but are not limited to public health departments, community health centers, health promotion and education programs, local government organizations, environmental health organizations, and social justice organizations. Thirty hours of practicum experience is equivalent to one credit. P/NP grading.
HHP 282 Foundations of Community Health Worker (6 Credits)
Provides the foundations of community health work which includes topics such as navigating the health care system, creating behavioral change plans, supporting case management, and working with agencies to advocate for system changes. Aligns with the Oregon Health Authority required coursework for a community health worker.
HHP 283 Introduction to Alternative Medicine (4 Credits)
Introduces the historical and sociopolitical context of conventional and "alternative" medical systems in the United States. A number of professional alternative medical practices will be examined as independent systems, and also as components of the larger context of the overall health care system in America.
HHP 284 Community Health Promotion Planning
(3 Credits)
This course explores concepts in health promotion including community assessment, using data to drive decision making, resource identification, intervention strategies and evaluation of strategies. Application of community health promotion and disease prevention will be conducted through service-learning projects with public health partners.
HHP 295 Health and Fitness (3 Credits)
Introduces a comprehensive overview of wellness concepts including fitness, nutrition, stress, disease prevention, and various other lifestyle factors that improve the quality of life. Each student's health and fitness is individually evaluated through a series of tests measuring cardiovascular endurance, strength, body composition, flexibility, blood pressure, nutrition, stress levels and blood lipid and blood glucose.
HHP 298 Independent Study: HHP (1-4 Credits)
Individualized, advanced study in health and human performance to focus on outcomes not addressed in existing courses or of special interest to a student. P/NP grading.
HHP 299 Selected Topics: HHP (1-6 Credits)
Health topics requiring advanced level of critical thinking, writing and/or other skills.
