As a teacher, mentor, and researcher, Rebecca J. Donatelle knows the health issues that are important to today’s students. Through her engaging and friendly writing style, Donatelle addresses students’ concerns and teaches them how to be savvy and critical consumers of health information. Access to Health provides hands-on practical tools that help students make healthy changes in their lives.


Table of Contents 

    I. FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE

1. Promoting Healthy Behavior Change
2. Psychosocial Health: Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well
3. Managing Stress: Coping With Life's Challenges
4. Violence and Abuse: Creating Healthy Environments

    II. CREATING HEALTHY AND CARING RELATIONSHIPS

5. Healthy Relationships: Communicating Effectively with Friends, Family, and
    Significant Others
6. Sexuality: Choices in Sexual Behavior
7. Reproductive Choices: Making Responsible Decisions

    III. CHOOSING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

8. Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health
9. Managing Your Weight
10. Personal Fitness: Improving Health Through Exercise

    IV. AVOIDING RISKS FROM HARMFUL HABITS

11. Addictions and Addictive Behavior: Threats to Wellness
12. Drinking Responsibly: A Lifestyle Challenge on Campus
13. Tobacco and Caffeine: Daily Pleasures, Daily Challenges
14. Illicit Drugs: Use, Misuse, and Abuse

    V. PREVENTING AND FIGHTING DISEASE

15. Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Your Risk
16. Cancer: Reducing Your Risk
17. Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Risks and Responsibilities
18. Noninfectious Conditions: The Modern Maladies

    VI. FACING LIFE'S CHALLENGE

19. Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Process
20. Dying and Death: The Final Transition
21. Environmental Health: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
22. Consumerism: Selecting Health Care Products and Services
23. Complementary and Alternative Medicine: New Choices and Responsibilities for
      Healthwise Consumers

    Appendix A: Injury Prevention and Emergency Care
    Appendix B: Nutritive Value of Selected Foods
    Glossary
    References
    Index