Online Well-Being Focused Curriculums: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning for K-20 Health Education

Online Well-Being Focused Curriculums: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning for K-20 Health Education

Michelle Lee D'Abundo, Stephen L. Firsing III, Cara Lynn Sidman
ISBN13: 9781522509783|ISBN10: 152250978X|EISBN13: 9781522509790
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0978-3.ch064
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D'Abundo, Michelle Lee, et al. "Online Well-Being Focused Curriculums: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning for K-20 Health Education." Medical Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1415-1429. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0978-3.ch064

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D'Abundo, M. L., Firsing III, S. L., & Sidman, C. L. (2017). Online Well-Being Focused Curriculums: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning for K-20 Health Education. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Medical Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1415-1429). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0978-3.ch064

Chicago

D'Abundo, Michelle Lee, Stephen L. Firsing III, and Cara Lynn Sidman. "Online Well-Being Focused Curriculums: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning for K-20 Health Education." In Medical Education and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1415-1429. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0978-3.ch064

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Abstract

Education and health are among the most salient issues facing Americans today. The field of public health has moved away from a physical health medical model to a more well-being focused quality-of-life perspective. K-20 curriculums in the United States need to reflect this ideological shift. In this chapter, content-focused curriculums with process-focused health behavior change-oriented learning are proposed as a strategy to promote well-being. Other issues that need to be addressed in the current education system are that the delivery of health-related curriculums is often inconsistent and taught by untrained personnel. Well-being-focused curriculums delivered online can provide consistency to improve the quality of health courses. This innovative approach has the potential to improve educational and health outcomes for K-20 curriculums while addressing public health issues by promoting well-being and quality-of-life for children and adults throughout the United States.

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