This textbook addresses primarily the health side of issues and focuses on students.
Summary – The chapters of the book include:
Achieving Wellness
- Achieving Personal Health
- Mind-Body Communications Maintain Wellness
- Managing Stress: Restoring Mind-Body Harmony
- Mental Health
Eating and Exercising Toward a Healthy Lifestyle
- Choosing a Nutritious Diet
- Managing a Healthy Weight
- Movement and Physical Activity for Health
Building Healthy Relationships
- Healthy Sexuality and Intimate Relationships
- Understanding Pregnancy and Parenthood
- Choosing a Fertility Control Method
- Protecting Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Aids
Understanding and Preventing Disease
Reducing Infections and Building Immunity: Knowledge Encourages Prevention- Cancer: Understanding Risks and Means of Prevention
- Cardiovascular Diseases: Understanding Risks and Measures of Prevention
- Heredity and Disease
Explaining Drug Use and Abuse
- Using Drugs Responsibly
- Eliminating Tobacco Use
- Using Alcohol Responsibly
Making Healthy Choices
- Making Decisions About Health Care
- Exploring Alternative Medicines
- Accidents and Injuries
Overcoming Obstacles
- Understanding Aging and Dying
- Violence in Our Society
- Working Toward a Healthy Environment
The Good: Great foundational information with ideas and application for individuals starting at a very basic level.
The Bad: Misses some of the big-picture areas and as a textbook is targeted at a young audience only.
Conclusion: A worthwhile read for the foundational learning and ideas for action planning.
