Teen Health: Course 3

by Merki, Mary Bronson

• ISBN13: 9780026532051
• ISBN10: 0026532050
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Your Total Health
Wellness and Your Total Health	2	(28)
Wellness and the Health Triangle	4	(6)
Health Lab: Wellness Survey	6	(4)
Taking Responsibility for Your Health	10	(8)
Life Skills: Making Health a Habit	12	(4)
Teen Health Digest	16	(2)
Making Decisions About Health	18	(5)
Making Healthy Decisions: Cooperative Decisions	20	(3)
Setting Goals and Making Action Plans	23	(7)
Personal Inventory: What Is Your Wellness Score?	25	(5)
Looking and Feeling Good	30	(32)
Healthy Skin, Hair, and Nails	32	(7)
Life Skills: Protecting Yourself from the Sun	36	(3)
Healthy Mouth and Teeth	39	(9)
Health Lab: Attacking Plaque	44	(2)
Teen Health Digest	46	(2)
Healthy Eyes and Ears	48	(8)
Making Healthy Decisions: Lowering the Boom	52	(4)
Healthy Feet and Posture	56	(6)
Being Mentally and Emotionally Healthy	62	(36)
What Is Mental and Emotional Health?	64	(6)
Handling Emotions in Healthy Ways	70	(6)
Teen Health Digest	74	(2)
Stress and Your Health	76	(6)
Health Lab: Thinking and Stress	78	(4)
Mental Health Problems	82	(6)
Life Skills: Thinking Positively	86	(2)
Where to Go for Help	88	(10)
Making Healthy Decisions: Seeking Support On-line	90	(8)
Unit 2 Social and Public Health
Your Social Health	98	(38)
Building Healthy Relationships	100	(5)
Developing Communication Skills	105	(6)
Making Healthy Decisions: Deciding to Say No	108	(3)
Social Health and Your Family	111	(6)
Life Skills: Improving Family Relationships	114	(3)
Social Health and Your Friends	117	(7)
Health Lab: Recognizing Peer Pressure	121	(1)
Teen Health Digest	122	(2)
Responsible Peer Relationships	124	(5)
Marriage and Parenthood	129	(7)
Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention	136	(24)
What is Conflict?	138	(6)
Health Lab: A Survey of Conflicts	143	(1)
Managing Conflict	144	(8)
Making Healthy Decisions: When to Suggest a Mediator	147	(3)
Teen Health Digest	150	(2)
Violence Prevention for Teens	152	(8)
Life Skills: How to Recognize an Abusive Relationship	154	(6)
Consumer Choices and Public Health	160	(34)
Building Healthy Consumer Habits	162	(5)
Making Healthy Decisions: Being a Wise Consumer	164	(3)
What Influences Your Choices?	167	(5)
Health Lab: Generic or Brand Name Products?	169	(3)
Choosing Health Services	172	(8)
Teen Health Digest	178	(2)
Handling Consumer Problems	180	(6)
Life Skills: Evaluating Product Claims	182	(4)
Public Health	186	(8)
Unit 3 Fitness and Nutrition
Your Growth and Development	194	(34)
The Beginning of Life	196	(5)
Factors in Your Development	201	(5)
Making Healthy Decisions: Giving Advice	204	(2)
From Childhood to Adolescence	206	(10)
Personal Inventory: Your Developmental Rate	212	(2)
Teen Health Digest	214	(2)
Adulthood and Aging	216	(5)
Health Lab: Responsibilities of Parenthood	219	(2)
Facing Death and Grief	221	(7)
Life Skills: Helping Another Person Cope with Loss	224	(4)
Reaching Your Fitness Goals	228	(30)
What Is Physical Fitness?	230	(5)
Personal Inventory: Assessing Your Fitness Behavior	232	(3)
Elements of Fitness	235	(9)
Health Lab: Finding Your Target Pulse Rate	240	(2)
Teen Health Digest	242	(2)
Planning a Fitness Program	244	(8)
Making Healthy Decisions: Too Rushed to Cool Down	248	(4)
Individual and Team Sports	252	(6)
Life Skills: Getting Fit and Staying Fit	254	(4)
Eating Healthy, Eating Well	258	(32)
Building a Nutritious Diet	260	(6)
Life Skills: Reading Nutrition Labels	264	(2)
Making Healthful Food Choices	266	(10)
Making Healthy Decisions: Choosing Healthful Snacks	268	(6)
Teen Health Digest	274	(2)
Managing Your Weight	276	(6)
Health Lab: Counting Calories	276	(6)
Eating Disorders	282	(8)
Unit 4 Your Physical Health
Wellness and Your Body Systems	290	(48)
Your Nervous System	292	(6)
Life Skills: Caring for Your Body Systems	294	(4)
Your Circulatory System	298	(6)
Your Respiratory System	304	(4)
Making Healthy Decisions: Choosing Health	306	(2)
Your Skeletal System	308	(4)
Your Muscular System	312	(6)
Health Lab: Testing Your Strength and Endurance	314	(2)
Teen Health Digest	316	(2)
Your Digestive System	318	(6)
Your Endocrine System	324	(4)
Your Reproductive System	328	(10)
Communicable Diseases	338	(32)
Preventing the Spread of Disease	340	(5)
Personal Inventory: Behaviors for Good Health	344	(1)
The Body's Defenses Against Germs	345	(5)
Health Lab: Tracking Temperatures	348	(2)
Common Communicable Diseases	350	(6)
Life Skills: Shopping for Cold Medicines	352	(2)
Teen Health Digest	354	(2)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases	356	(7)
Making Healthy Decisions: Helping a Friend Choose Abstinence	358	(5)
HIV/AIDS	363	(7)
Noncommunicable Diseases	370	(32)
Noncommunicable Diseases	372	(5)
Life Skills: Evaluating Personal Risk from Media Reports	374	(3)
Understanding Heart Disease	377	(6)
Health Lab: Measuring Blood Pressure	380	(3)
Understanding Cancer	383	(7)
Teen Health Digest	388	(2)
Understanding Allergies and Asthma	390	(4)
Making Healthy Decisions: Managing Chronic Conditions	392	(2)
Other Noncommunicable Diseases	394	(8)
Unit 5 Avoiding Substance Abuse
Tobacco and Your Health	402	(24)
How Tobacco Affects Your Body	404	(6)
Making Healthy Decisions: Healthy Ways to Handle Stress	408	(2)
The Costs of Tobacco	410	(8)
Life Skills: Avoiding Secondhand Smoke	412	(4)
Teen Health Digest	416	(2)
How to Be Tobacco Free	418	(8)
Health Lab: Research the Solution	422	(4)
Alcohol and Your Health	426	(24)
What Alcohol does to Your Body	428	(7)
Health Lab: The War Against Drunk Driving	432	(3)
What Is Alcoholism?	435	(7)
Making Healthy Decisions: Helping a Friend Get Help	436	(4)
Teen Health Digest	440	(2)
Choosing to Be Alcohol Free	442	(8)
Life Skills: How to Say No to Alcohol	445	(1)
Personal Inventory: How Do You Feel About Alcohol?	446	(4)
Drugs and Your Health	450	(32)
The Role of Medicine	452	(7)
Health Lab: Home Remedies	454	(5)
Stimulants and Depressants	459	(6)
Making Healthy Decisions: Helping a Friend Who Might Be Abusing Drugs	460	(5)
Marijuana and Other Illegal Drugs	465	(7)
Personal Inventory: How Do You Feel About Drugs?	468	(2)
Teen Health Digest	470	(2)
Choosing to Be Drug Free	472	(10)
Life Skills: How to Avoid Using Drugs	474	(8)
Unit 6 Safety and the Enviornment
Safety	482	(32)
Building Safe Habits	484	(6)
Teen Health Digest	488	(2)
Acting Safely at Home and at School	490	(5)
Life Skills: Acting Safely During a Fire	492	(3)
Violence Prevention	495	(4)
Making Healthy Decisions: Dealing with Violence	496	(3)
Acting Safely on the Road and Outdoors	499	(8)
Health Lab: Identifying Poison Ivy and Poison Oak	504	(3)
Acting Safely in Weather Emergencies	507	(7)
Handling Emergencies	514	(22)
Basic Principles of First Aid	516	(8)
Life Skills: Recognizing Emergencies	517	(5)
Teen Health Digest	522	(2)
Life-threatening Emergencies	524	(5)
Health Lab: Locating Pressure Points	526	(3)
First Aid for Common Emergencies	529	(7)
Making Healthy Decisions: Should You Help Someone Who Is Hurt?	532	(4)
The Environment and Your Health	536	(24)
Earth As a System	538	(6)
Life Skills: Consumer Be Aware	540	(2)
Teen Health Digest	542	(2)
Clean Air and Clean Water	544	(5)
Health Lab: The Effect of Water Pollutants	547	(2)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle	549	(4)
Making Healthy Decisions: Deciding on Priorities	550	(3)
Handling Environmental Hazards	553	(7)
Personal Inventory: Do You Protect Your Environment?	554	(6)
Nutritive Value of Selected Foods	560	(4)
Glossary	564	(14)
Glosario	578	(15)
Index	593