Whole-Person and Systems Approaches to Cultivate Wellness
Whole-person & Systems Approaches Domain
Course Description
Applying an Ecological approach and what we know about the Social Determinants of Health and different systems can help cultivate positive change within individuals, organizations, and communities. During this interactive course, we examine key theoretical and foundational tools and strategies that will support your efforts to impact well-being individually, in human support networks, and systematically.
The Wellness Alliance offers nine e-learning courses intentionally designed to cover foundational topics within the five domains of the Wellness Promotion Competency Model. The researched-based model serves as the standard for the Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) certification. This is the first of two courses supporting the Whole-Person and Systems Approaches competency domain.
Learning Objectives
- List factors of an ecological model.
- Define the determinants of health.
- Describe how applying an ecological approach and what we know about the Social Determinants of Health and different systems can improve individual wellness.
- Use various assessment methods that incorporate strategies to identify needs of individuals and/or groups.
- Identify key behaviors that outline the process of self-discovery, self-knowledge, and self-direction.
- Determine methods to use the most useful health and wellness resources and materials for an individual’s self-discovery, self-knowledge, and self-direction.
- Recognize the influence multiple dimensions of wellness have on an individual’s wellness throughout the lifespan.
- Identify evidence-based resources, theories and models that inform well-promoting strategies.
- Use basic constructs of appropriate theories and models to explain the integrated role of various dimensions of wellness.
Who Should Attend?
This course is applicable to individual practitioners as well as anyone who promotes wellness within organizations or communities. Discounts are available for educational institutions, associations, and organizations wishing to train a team or integrate courses into their curriculum. Contact [email protected] for details and rates.
Course Delivery
Within this self-paced interactive e-learning course, you’ll find knowledge checks or activities to enhance your learning as well as a variety of tools and resources you can apply in your work. Time to complete the course varies by learner, but we suggest planning for a total of three to five hours for each course to complete all the learning elements, including any application activities and self-reflections.
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Continuing Education
This course is preapproved for 3.0 CE credits for: CWP (Category 1), NCHEC (Category 1 Advanced-Level CHES), and NBC-HWC (Activity ID: CEA-000253-1). View our CE Credit page for more details.
About the Wellness Promotion Competency Model
The research-based Wellness Promotion Competency Model
encompasses a total of 27 competencies grouped into five domains. This
ground-breaking resource aids in curriculum development, recruitment and
hiring, continuing professional development, and certification in the
wellness field.
The model serves as the standard for the gold-standard Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) certification.
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