Core Concepts in Health - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767410408 ISBN 13: 9780767410403

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

The most reliable and widely used personal health text, Core Concepts utilizes the theme of personal responsibility to teach and motivate students about health and wellness. This 2000 Update incorporates the most current and accurate information on key issues in health.

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Accurate, current, complete. Core Concepts presents reliable, up-to-date information for all wellness topics, giving students a solid base of knowledge from which to make informed lifestyle choices.
Emphasis on personal responsibility and behavior change.
Health issues for our diverse population. Core Concepts addresses the health issues and concerns of an increasingly diverse student population. While most health concerns are universal, certain differences have important implications for health. These differences can be genetic or cultural, based on factors such as gender, socioeconomic status, age, and ethnicity.
Informative, accessible box program. Boxes highlight important topics for students of all ages.
Assess Yourself boxes give students the opportunity to examine their behavior and identify ways to change it to improve their health.
Tactics and Tips boxes provide the practical advice students need to apply wellness information to their own lives.
Critical Consumer boxes are designed to help students develop and apply critical thinking skills so they can make sound choices related to wellness.
Dimensions of Diversity boxes expose students to diverse viewpoints on health-related issues, highlight health practices in other countries, or help students identify and overcome special challenges to wellness they face because of who they are, as individuals or as members of a group.
Sound Mind, Sound Body boxes explore the links between feelings and states of mind and physical health.
A Closer Look boxes highlight current health topics of particular interest to students.
Updated topics and issues. This update incorporates the newest information on key topics such as the draft Healthy People 2010 objectives, the Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamins and minerals, the new labeling requirements for dietary supplements, the newly ap proved kits for emergency contraception, physician-assisted suicide laws, hepatitis C, and treatments for breast cancer.
Updated statistics. Each chapter has been carefully re viewed and updated to provide the latest and most accurate statistical information available. Updated statistics include those on the incidence of various diseases, including CVD, cancer, and AIDS; rates on use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs; and the leading causes of death.
Updated Internet coverage. Each chapter concludes with a completely updated list of World Wide Web sites that students can visit to extend and broaden their knowledge or pursue subjects of interest to them. Each site has been carefully evaluated for relevance. Appendix C contains general guidelines for using the Internet - how to perform searches, how to evaluate online information, and how to use news groups, mailing lists, and chat rooms.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767410408
• ISBN 13: 9780767410403
• Binding: Paperback
• Editor: Insel Paul M., Roth Walton T., Price Kirstan