Gain a better understanding of the different stages of human health and development, with this free online course. This free online human health course teaches you about the interplay of personal health and your development. Development is an orderly pattern of change in a person, including behavioural and mental changes. We begin to develop from our conception, and many factors can influence our development. This 2025 course will teach you about genetics, hormonal changes, sex differences, and more, so start your learning journey today.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201659 |
| Course Category | Health Care |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define development • Describe the different aspects of human development • Identify the stages of development and the corresponding changes that occur • Discuss the interrelationship between the different aspects of development • Recognize how to measure development and physical growth • Distinguish between environmental and inherited factors affecting development • Discuss nutrition and health as factors affecting development • Identify environmental and inherited factors affecting health and development • Describe the various resource types available to an individual |
| Course Code | 2703 |

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