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Course Information
Contemporary Youth Issues: Improving Adolescent Health
| University: | Kansas State University |
| Course Number: | FSHS 716 |
| Credit Hours: | 3 credit hours - $565 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: | January 18, 2018 - May 04, 2018 |
Course Description
The health and well-being of adolescents in the United States and around the world is influenced by the environments where teens live, learn, work, and play. This course focuses on contextual factors that affect adolescent health and examines the role of the youth development practitioner in improving health outcomes for youth. Students will study and analyze the contexts, conditions, and strategies that influence adolescent health from a population, public health perspective.
Contacts
Instructor
Elaine Johannes
Office: 785-532-7720
ejohanne@ksu.edu
Campus Coordinator
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
Adolescent Health: Understanding and Preventing Risk Behaviors
DiClemente, R.J., Santelli, J.S., & Crosby, R.A.
ISBN: 978-0-4701-7676-4
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Course Access
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class at K-State, the K-State campus coordinator, Ashley Schultz, will email course access instructions to visiting students for courses taught by K-State. These instructions are also available on the Visiting Students webpage at K-State. By following the course access instructions, visiting students create their K-State eID and complete the K-State Course Access Form. Students meeting all deadlines for eID creation and submission will have access to Canvas by the first day of class.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
