Introduction to Health 1e

by Kelly Falcone

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The Introduction to Health OER Textbook provides a broad overview of information pertaining to human health and opportunities for improving health and wellness throughout life. The intended goal of the book is to equip the learners with important information needed to better understand their own health and how their daily choices may impact both their quantity and quality of life. Although this is a "health" textbook, it could actually be called a "life" textbook.

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Publisher
Palomar College
Subjects
Medicine, Health and Fitness
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, 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. About this Book
  6. Licensing
  7. Licensing
  8. 1: Introduction to Health and Wellness
  9. 1.1: Dimensions of Wellness
  10. 1.2: Healthy People 2020
  11. 1.3: Major Health Concerns
  12. 1.4: Risk Factors and Levels of Disease Prevention
  13. 1.5: Behavior Change and Goal Setting
  14. 2: Exercise and Physical Activity
  15. 2.1: Health Benefits of Physical Activity
  16. 2.2: Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults
  17. 2.3: Developing a Personal Exercise Program
  18. 3: Nutrition
  19. 3.1: Nutrition Basics
  20. 3.2: Dietary Guidelines for Americans
  21. 3.3: Disease Risk and Nutrition
  22. 3.4: Nutrition Facts Label
  23. 3.5: Organic Foods
  24. 4: Weight Management
  25. 4.1: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity
  26. 4.2: Balancing Calories
  27. 4.3: Measuring Obesity
  28. 4.4: Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity
  29. 5: Stress Management
  30. 5.1: Stress Overview
  31. 5.2: Yerkes-Dodson Law
  32. 5.3: The Stress Response
  33. 5.4: Health Effects of Stress
  34. 5.5: Managing Stress
  35. 6: Emotional and Mental Health
  36. 6.1: Mental Health Overview
  37. 6.2: Psychological Constructs
  38. 6.3: Anxiety Disorders
  39. 6.4: Depression
  40. 6.5: Suicide Prevention
  41. 6.6: Eating Disorders
  42. 7: Alcohol and Tobacco
  43. 7.1: Alcohol Facts
  44. 7.2: Health Effects of Alcohol Abuse
  45. 7.3: Rethinking Drinking
  46. 7.4: Tobacco Use
  47. 7.5: Quitting Smoking
  48. 8: Drugs and Addiction
  49. 8.1: Understanding Drug Use and Addiction
  50. 8.2: Health Effects of Drug Abuse
  51. 8.3: Consequences of Drug Abuse
  52. 8.4: Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction
  53. 8.5: Synthetic Drugs
  54. 9: Unintentional Injuries and Violence
  55. 9.1: Unintentional Injuries
  56. 9.2: Intentional Injuries- Violence
  57. 9.3: Intimate Partner Violence
  58. 10: Relationships, Sexuality, and Contraception
  59. 10.1: Healthy Relationships
  60. 10.2: Love and Attraction Theory
  61. 10.3: Effective Communication
  62. 10.4: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
  63. 10.5: LGBT Health
  64. 10.6: Contraception
  65. 11: Immune System, Infectious Diseases, and STD’s/STI’s
  66. 11.1: The Immune System
  67. 11.2: STD’s/STI’s
  68. 12: Cardiovascular Disease
  69. 12.1: The Cardiovascular System
  70. 12.2: Cardiovascular Diseases
  71. 12.3: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
  72. 13: Cancer
  73. 13.1: Cancer Overview
  74. 13.2: Types of Cancer
  75. 13.3: Risk Factors for Cancer
  76. 13.4: Cancer Prevention
  77. 14: Environmental Wellness- A Healthy Planet
  78. 14.1: The Importance of a Healthy Planet
  79. 14.2: The Impact of the Environment on Public Health
  80. 14.3: Creating a Healthier Planet
  81. 15: Consumer Health and Aging
  82. 15.1: Finding Reliable Health Information
  83. 15.2: Health Fraud
  84. 15.3: Quick Tips for Evaluating Health Websites
  85. 15.4: Complementary and Integrative Health
  86. 15.5: Types of Complementary Health Approaches
  87. 15.6: Dietary Supplements
  88. 15.7: Aging
  89. Back Matter
  90. Footnote
  91. Index
  92. Detailed Licensing
  93. Detailed Licensing