Health and Wellness

Overview

Why Health and Wellness at The American Women’s College?

Health and wellness positions are critical, as organizations and employers work to develop, implement, and sustain comprehensive wellness initiatives.

Health and wellness positions are predicted to grow by 27% as health concerns and healthy living continues to grow in importance in the minds of the American consumer. In the past, these positions were most often associated with fitness and nutrition centers or organizations. Furthermore, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) has listed a new type of position that is growing among employers across the nation. SHRM describes this position as a “management-level individual who leads a company’s wellness efforts—defining the wellness mission in an organization and working to improve health and well-being companywide.”

The Health and Wellness program at Bay Path University prepares you to become an active provider and educator of healthful processes, activities, and programs and will prepare you to further the missions of health and wellness organizations and help employers meet the objectives of worksite wellness programs.

By studying Health and Wellness at Bay Path University, you will:

• Learn to view health and wellness as a balance of the mind, body, and spirit.

• Utilize the seven dimensions of wellness: physical, mental (intellectual), emotional, environmental, social, spiritual and occupational.

• Design a comprehensive plan of health and wellness/ fitness/nutrition/health screening utilizing best theories and practices.

• Study the unique fitness and nutritional needs of children, women, and men.

• Apply principles of nutrition in designing food plans over the lifespan to foster a healthy community.

• Design appropriate physical fitness plans over the lifespan addressing both age and physical ability resulting in a healthy community.

• Identify appropriate health screening tools/exams fostering health prevention and wellness through early detection.

Health and Wellness Careers After Bay Path

• Administrator for Health Outreach

• Coordinator of Medical Services

• Director for Organizational Well-being

• Healthcare Administrator

• Health Educator

• Healthcare Manager

• Health Programs Specialist

• Human Resource Wellness Manager

• Health & Wellness Programs Manager

• Long-term Care Administration

• Manager of Health Programs

• Public Health

• Wellness Activities Coordinator

• Wellness Specialist

Accreditation

Accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)