{"id":100,"date":"2015-04-07T21:42:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T21:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/fitness1xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=100"},"modified":"2015-04-10T22:53:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T22:53:34","slug":"health-safety-ada-compliance","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-fitness-2\/chapter\/health-safety-ada-compliance\/","title":{"raw":"Health & Safety","rendered":"Health & Safety"},"content":{"raw":"\r\n\r\nThe information in this section is important for you to know and understand.\u00a0 Please read it\u00a0at the\u00a0beginning of the course.\r\n

Health<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nIn 1996, the Surgeon General, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Department of Health of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) released \"Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General\" which identified physical inactivity as a major risk factor for illness, and formally linked physical activity\u00a0to good health. \u00a0This course is taught in accordance with the Surgeon General's\u00a0report and seeks to promote good health by requiring participation in a self-designed fitness program. If you did not expect to participate in actual fitness because this is an on-line course, you have the option of accepting the requirements or withdrawing before your financial aid or other tuition payment is affected.\r\n

Safety<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nPhysical activity is safe for most people under most circumstances.\u00a0 However, a good physical activity program should strive to protect participants from harm.\u00a0 In this course, we go the extra mile because, while you have an instructor to guide you through the process, you are basically participating in a fitness program without direct supervision from your instructor.\u00a0 \u00a0Although it is unlikely anything could happen, we want to eliminate as many risks as possible.\u00a0 As such, everyone must submit the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), before the actual fitness portion of the course begins.\u00a0 You will see the form very early in the semester, and you will submit it as a part of your Safety of Exercise Participation assignment.\u00a0 In addition, some students will need to submit a physician's approval before participating in the fitness program that begins a few weeks later.\u00a0 These students include all pregnant students, students with major heart problems, and any students who have been previously advised that physical activity is not safe for them.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Also, you might be asked for your physician's approval if your answers to the PAR-Q indicate that it would be in your best interest to have medical oversight during this course.\u00a0 In each case, you should tell your physician that PED 116 requires you to participate in cardiorespiratory activities and flexibility activities.\u00a0 Your physician's note (on physician's letterhead) should be scanned and emailed to your instructor and should indicate\u00a0which of these activities are safe for you and which are not safe.\u00a0 If your physician determines that most or all of the activities are unsafe, you must withdraw from the course and take it at a time when it is safe.\u00a0 Therefore, it should be obvious that you will need to obtain this information very early in the semester (or before) so that your financial aid or other tuition payment are not adversely affected.\u00a0 This also means if you become pregnant or experience any adverse physical condition during this semester, you must stop exercising and get your physician's written permission before<\/span> continuing with this course.\u00a0 Please send\u00a0a\u00a0copy of the permission form so that it can be kept on file. Backdated notes are not accepted; you must submit the note within one week of the new status.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe do as much as we can to insure that the course\u00a0is safe for you, but you must also do your part.\u00a0 This means that your answers to the PAR-Q must be honest and accurate.\u00a0 By submitting the form, you acknowledge that you have read this statement and you understand your role in safely participating in a fitness program.\u00a0 You also acknowledge that you are participating in a program that does not have direct (face-to-face) supervision, and there are, therefore,\u00a0limitations on what your instructor can provide.\u00a0 As such, you must take responsibility for exercising safely and following the precautions in your text.\u00a0 With the mutual understanding that these safety precautions provide, we should be able to productively move forward toward our health goals.","rendered":"

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The information in this section is important for you to know and understand.\u00a0 Please read it\u00a0at the\u00a0beginning of the course.<\/p>\n

Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In 1996, the Surgeon General, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Department of Health of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) released “Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General” which identified physical inactivity as a major risk factor for illness, and formally linked physical activity\u00a0to good health. \u00a0This course is taught in accordance with the Surgeon General’s\u00a0report and seeks to promote good health by requiring participation in a self-designed fitness program. If you did not expect to participate in actual fitness because this is an on-line course, you have the option of accepting the requirements or withdrawing before your financial aid or other tuition payment is affected.<\/p>\n

Safety<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Physical activity is safe for most people under most circumstances.\u00a0 However, a good physical activity program should strive to protect participants from harm.\u00a0 In this course, we go the extra mile because, while you have an instructor to guide you through the process, you are basically participating in a fitness program without direct supervision from your instructor.\u00a0 \u00a0Although it is unlikely anything could happen, we want to eliminate as many risks as possible.\u00a0 As such, everyone must submit the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), before the actual fitness portion of the course begins.\u00a0 You will see the form very early in the semester, and you will submit it as a part of your Safety of Exercise Participation assignment.\u00a0 In addition, some students will need to submit a physician’s approval before participating in the fitness program that begins a few weeks later.\u00a0 These students include all pregnant students, students with major heart problems, and any students who have been previously advised that physical activity is not safe for them.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Also, you might be asked for your physician’s approval if your answers to the PAR-Q indicate that it would be in your best interest to have medical oversight during this course.\u00a0 In each case, you should tell your physician that PED 116 requires you to participate in cardiorespiratory activities and flexibility activities.\u00a0 Your physician’s note (on physician’s letterhead) should be scanned and emailed to your instructor and should indicate\u00a0which of these activities are safe for you and which are not safe.\u00a0 If your physician determines that most or all of the activities are unsafe, you must withdraw from the course and take it at a time when it is safe.\u00a0 Therefore, it should be obvious that you will need to obtain this information very early in the semester (or before) so that your financial aid or other tuition payment are not adversely affected.\u00a0 This also means if you become pregnant or experience any adverse physical condition during this semester, you must stop exercising and get your physician’s written permission before<\/span> continuing with this course.\u00a0 Please send\u00a0a\u00a0copy of the permission form so that it can be kept on file. Backdated notes are not accepted; you must submit the note within one week of the new status.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We do as much as we can to insure that the course\u00a0is safe for you, but you must also do your part.\u00a0 This means that your answers to the PAR-Q must be honest and accurate.\u00a0 By submitting the form, you acknowledge that you have read this statement and you understand your role in safely participating in a fitness program.\u00a0 You also acknowledge that you are participating in a program that does not have direct (face-to-face) supervision, and there are, therefore,\u00a0limitations on what your instructor can provide.\u00a0 As such, you must take responsibility for exercising safely and following the precautions in your text.\u00a0 With the mutual understanding that these safety precautions provide, we should be able to productively move forward toward our health goals.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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