Course overview
The aim of this course is to introduce students to issues surrounding the broader role that recreation plays in contributing to wellness, life quality and health in contemporary communities. Leisure, health and wellness, trends in wellness, recreation and healthy communities, subjective well-being and quality of life, depression, stress and mental health, corporate health, therapeutic recreation, managing active aging, body image and exercise dependence, social capital and community recreation, health promotion and recreation, population health policy and managing community, recreation and special populations.
Course learning outcomes
- Understand the nature of recreation and its role in contributing to health and wellness for individuals and communities
- Assess policy relating to health, participation and wellness
- Understand and apply the concept of social capital as a community-orientated foundation for recreation provision
- Demonstrate an understanding of current trends and future issues in recreation health and wellness
- Apply critical thinking to the concept of recreation as a management tool contributing to the health of communities
- Interpret and evaluate data on recreation and health from a decision-making perspective
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