Health and Wellness

by Edlin, Gordon; Golanty, Eric; Brown, Kelli McCormack

• ISBN13: 9780763708993
• ISBN10: 0763708992
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Pub

Table of Contents

Achieving Wellness	1	(72)
Achieving Personal Health	3	(16)
Mind-Body Communications Maintain Wellness	19	(18)
Managing Stress: Restoring Mind-Body Harmony	37	(18)
Maintaining Emotional Wellness	55	(18)
Eating and Exercising Toward a Healthy Life-Style	73	(70)
Choosing a Nutritious Diet	75	(29)
Managing a Healthy Weight	104	(21)
Physical Activity for Health and Well-Being	125	(18)
Building Healthy Relationships	143	(94)
Developing Healthy Intimate and Sexual Relationships	145	(26)
Understanding Pregnancy and Parenthood	171	(22)
Choosing a Fertility Control Method	193	(26)
Protecting against Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS	219	(18)
Understanding and Preventing Disease	237	(94)
Reducing Infections and Building Immunity: Knowledge Encourages Prevention	239	(30)
Cancer: Understanding Risks and Means of Prevention	269	(24)
Cardiovascular Diseases: Understanding Risks and Measures of Prevention	293	(22)
How Genes Affect Health	315	(16)
Explaining Drug Use and Abuse	331	(64)
Using Drugs Responsibly	333	(24)
Eliminating Tobacco Use	357	(20)
Using Alcohol Responsibly	377	(18)
Making Healthy Choices	395	(48)
Making Decisions About Health Care	397	(14)
Exploring Alternative Medicines	411	(14)
Preventing Unintentional Injuries and Accidents: What You Can Do	425	(18)
Overcoming Obstacles	443	(56)
Understanding Aging and Dying	445	(20)
Violence in Our Society	465	(16)
Working Toward a Healthy Environment	481	(18)
Appendix A Stress Management Techniques	499	(10)
Appendix B Calendar of Events and Health Organizations	509	(4)
Glossary	513	(14)
Study Guide and Self Assessment Workbook	527	(66)
Index	593