Health Education

by Garrett Rieck & Justin Lundin

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Readers will learn about the nature of health, health education, health promotion and related concepts. This will help to understand the social, psychological and physical components of health.

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Publisher
College of the Canyons
Subjects
Medicine, Health and Fitness
Licence
CC BY, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Introduction to Health
  7. 1.1: Levels of Disease Prevention
  8. 1.2: Behavior Change and Goal Setting
  9. 1.3: SMART Goal Setting
  10. 1.4: Definition and Concepts of Health
  11. 1.5: Narrow Perspectives of Health
  12. 1.6: Broader Perspectives of Health
  13. 1.7: The Six Dimensions of Health
  14. 1.8: Life Expectancy at Birth
  15. 1.9: Leading Causes of Death
  16. 1.10: About Determinants of Health
  17. 1.11: Health Disparities
  18. 1.12: Risk Factors and Levels of Disease Prevention
  19. 2: Psychological Health
  20. 2.1: Intro to Psychological Health
  21. 2.2: Social Health
  22. 2.3: Developing and Protecting Individual Attributes
  23. 2.4: Supporting Families and Communities
  24. 2.5: Supporting Vulnerable Groups in Society
  25. 2.6: Mental Illness
  26. 2.7: Mood Disorders
  27. 2.8: Depression
  28. 2.9: Dysthymic Disorder
  29. 2.10: Bipolar Disorder
  30. 2.11: Factors That Influence Psychological Well-Being
  31. 2.12: Physiological Needs
  32. 2.13: The Causes of Depression (depressive disorders)
  33. 2.14: Treating Depression
  34. 2.15: Coping with Depression
  35. 2.16: 2.23 Anxiety Disorders
  36. 2.17: The Stigma of Mental Illness
  37. 2.18: Safety Needs
  38. 2.19: Social Belonging
  39. 2.20: Esteem
  40. 2.21: Self-Actualization
  41. 2.22: Self-Transcendence
  42. 2.23: Mental Health
  43. 2.24: Emotional Health
  44. 2.25: Spiritual Health
  45. 3: Stress Management
  46. 3.1: Chronic Stress
  47. 3.2: The Effects of Stress on the Body
  48. 3.3: Stress and the Brain
  49. 3.4: Your Bodies Response to Stress
  50. 3.5: General Adaption Syndrome
  51. 3.6: Distress may be Destructive to Health
  52. 3.7: Eustress
  53. 3.8: Burnout and Stress Relateed Illness
  54. 3.9: Common Causes of Stress
  55. 3.10: Common signs and symptoms of stress
  56. 3.11: Do women react to stress differently than men?
  57. 3.12: Can Stress Affect My Health?
  58. 3.13: The Effect of Stress on the Immune System
  59. 3.14: Does Stress Cause Ulcers?
  60. 3.15: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  61. 3.16: Stress is in the Eye of the Beholder
  62. 3.17: Managing Stress
  63. 3.18: Coping with Stress
  64. 3.19: Exercise and Stress
  65. 3.20: Meditation and Health
  66. 3.21: Relaxation Techniques
  67. 3.22: Resilience
  68. 4: Relationships and Communication
  69. 4.1: Intro to Relationships and Communication
  70. 4.2: Theories of Love
  71. 4.3: Theories of Mate Selection
  72. 4.4: Marriage
  73. 4.5: Cohabitation
  74. 4.6: Marrieds and Non-Marrieds
  75. 4.7: Violence in Relationships
  76. 4.8: Sexual Violence
  77. 4.9: Intimate Partner Violence
  78. 5: Gender and Sexuality
  79. 5.1: Sexual Scripts
  80. 5.2: Genital Development
  81. 5.3: The Importance of Sexuality
  82. 5.4: Sexual Anatomy
  83. 5.5: The Sexual Response
  84. 5.6: The Sexual Experience
  85. 5.7: Sex and Gender
  86. 5.8: Sexuality
  87. 6: Sexual Health
  88. 6.1: Sexuality
  89. 6.2: Public Health Approach to Sexual Health
  90. 6.3: Stigma
  91. 6.4: Sexual Dysfunction
  92. 6.5: Sexual Frequency
  93. 6.6: Sex and Health
  94. 6.7: Sexual Happiness
  95. 6.8: Sexual Bias and Misconceptions
  96. 6.9: Reproductive Health
  97. 7: Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections
  98. 7.1: Levels of Disease Prevention
  99. 7.2: Sexually Transmitted Infections
  100. 7.3: STD/STI Treatments
  101. 7.4: STD/STI Prevention- How to Prevet STI's
  102. 7.5: What are infectious diseases?
  103. 7.6: Symptoms and signs of infection
  104. 7.7: What causes infectious diseases?
  105. 7.8: Direct person-to-person transmission of pathogens
  106. 7.9: Indirect person-to-person transmission of pathogens
  107. 7.10: Animal-to-human transmission of pathogens
  108. 7.11: Immune Defenses Against Infectious Diseases
  109. 7.12: Risk Factors and Levels of Disease Prevention
  110. 8: Substance Use and Abuse
  111. 8.1: Understanding Drug Use and Addiction
  112. 8.2: Types of Drugs
  113. 8.3: Prescription Drugs
  114. 8.4: Alcohol Abuse
  115. 8.5: Tobacco
  116. 8.6: Myths about Smoking and Cigarettes
  117. 8.7: Drug Addiction
  118. 8.8: Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction
  119. 9: Basic Nutrition and Healthy Eating
  120. 9.1: Nutrition and Health
  121. 9.2: Planning a Diet
  122. 9.3: Popular Diets
  123. 9.4: Food Supplements and Food Replacements
  124. 9.5: Food Safety
  125. 10: Weight Management
  126. 10.1: Weight Management intro
  127. 10.2: Assessing Body Weight and Body Composition
  128. 10.3: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity
  129. 10.4: Balancing Calories and Eating Healthfully
  130. 10.5: Body Image
  131. 11: Physical Fitness
  132. 11.1: Physical Fitness
  133. 11.2: Health Benefits Associated with Regular Physical Activity
  134. 11.3: Health Related Components of Physical Fitness
  135. 11.4: Adding Physical Activity to Your Life
  136. 11.5: Implementing Your Fitness Plan
  137. 12: Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer
  138. 12.1: Cardiovascular Disease Intro
  139. 12.2: Stroke
  140. 12.3: Metabolic Syndrome
  141. 12.4: Diabetes
  142. 12.5: Cancer
  143. 13: Environmental Health
  144. 13.1: Intro to Environmental Health
  145. 13.2: Overpopulation
  146. 13.3: Air Pollution
  147. 13.4: Climate Change
  148. 13.5: Water
  149. 13.6: Waste Management
  150. 14: Health Care Choices
  151. 14.1: Understanding your Health Care Choices
  152. 14.2: How to Read Health News
  153. 14.3: Health Care Choices - The Affordable Health Care Act (ACA)
  154. 14.4: Health Insurance - Key Terms
  155. 14.5: Choices in Medical Care
  156. 14.6: Alternative Medical Practices
  157. 14.7: Health Disparity
  158. Back Matter
  159. Index
  160. Glossary
  161. Detailed Licensing