Understanding your health

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Understanding your health

Wayne A. Payne, Dale B. Hahn

McGraw-Hill, 1999

6th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index ; set includes booklet (58 p.) : health net

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A practical approach to the teaching of personal health and its traditional content areas. Its two themes, the seven dimensions of health and the five developmental tasks, help students apply the text's content to their own lives by improving their decision-making.

Table of Contents

  • Shaping your health. Unit 1 The mind: achieving psychological wellness
  • coping with stress. Unit 2 The body: staying physically fit
  • understanding nutrition and your diet
  • maintaining a health weight. Unit 3 Addictive substances: living drug-free
  • using alcohol responsibly
  • rejecting tobacco use. Unit 4 Diseases: reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease
  • living with cancer
  • managing chronic conditions
  • preventing infectious disease transmission. Unit 5 Sexuality: exploring the origins of sexuality
  • understanding sexual behaviour and relationships
  • managing your fertility
  • becoming a parent. Unit 6 Consumerism and environment: making consumer health-care decisions
  • caring for our environment
  • protecting your safety. Unit 7 The life cycle: accepting drying and death. appendices: first aid
  • body systems
  • canadian health
  • glossary
  • exam prep.

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