Curriculum

Unit 1: Communicable Diseases

Class 1: Vaccines

Class 2: Common Cold and Flu

Class 3: Skin Diseases: Bed Bugs, Lice, Scabies, and Tinea Pedis

Class 4: MRSA

Class 5: Hepatitis A, B, and C

Class 6: Tuberculosis

Class 7: HIV and AIDS

Class 8: COVID-19

Class 9: STDs and UTIs

Unit 2: Chronic Diseases

Class 1: Arthritis and Osteoporosis

Class 2: Cancer and Preventive Screenings

Class 3: Diabetes Mellitus

Class 4: Physiology of Cardiometabolic Diseases and Obesity

Class 5: Lung Diseases: Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, COPD, Emphysema

Class 6: Chronic Kidney Disease

Unit 3: Preventative Health

Class 1: Nutrition and Physiology of Exercise

Class 2: Oral Hygiene: Disease and Prevention

Class 3: General Hygiene

Class 4: Hypothermia and Heat Stroke

Class 5: Insurance and Medicaid

Unit 4: Physiological Effects of Addiction

Class 1: Alcohol and Nicotine

Class 2: Cocaine and Methamphetamine

Class 3: Heroin and Opioids

Class 4: Marijuana

Unit 5: Mental Health

Class 1: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder

Class 2: Anxiety and Depression

Class 3: Trauma, PTSD, and Dissociative Disorders

Class 4: ADHD/ADD

Class 5: Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating

Unit 6: Women and Family Health

Class 1: Stages of Pregnancy

Class 2: Pregnancy Prevention and Birth Control