Texas Health Skills for High School
Texas Health Skills for High School provides the skills and information students need to make responsible decisions and promote a lifetime of health and wellness. Students will have the opportunity to practice their health skills in a variety of contexts, related to the subjects that most apply to their lives. Content and skills align to the National Health Education Standards and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Health I and Health II. By studying this text, students will be empowered to advocate for every area of their health, now and in the future.
Visit the How-To Guides on the G-W Support Center for more information.
Table of Contents
Abbreviated Contents
Texas Health Skills for High School
- Texas Health Skills for High School
- Copyright © 2023 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
- About the Authors
- Contributors and Reviewers
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Feature Contents
- To the Student
- Unit 1 Promoting a Lifetime of Health and Wellness
- Chapter 1 Health and Wellness Fundamentals
- Chapter 2 Health and Wellness Skills
- Chapter 3 Interpersonal Skills
- Unit 2 Being Mentally and Emotionally Healthy
- Chapter 4 Promoting Mental and Emotional Health
- Chapter 5 Shifting to Positive Thinking
- Chapter 6 Managing the Stress in Your Life
- Chapter 7 Understanding Mental Illnesses
- Unit 3 Developing a Healthy Lifestyle
- Chapter 8 Following a Healthy Diet
- Chapter 9 Having a Healthy Body Image
- Chapter 10 Engaging in Physical Activity
- Unit 4 Avoiding Hazardous Substances
- Chapter 11 Vaping and Tobacco
- Chapter 12 Alcohol
- Chapter 13 Medications and Drugs
- Unit 5 Establishing Healthy Relationships
- Chapter 14 Maintaining Healthy Relationships
- Chapter 15 Violence Prevention and Response
- Unit 6 Protecting Your Health
- Chapter 16 Personal Safety
- Chapter 17 Environmental Health
- Unit 7 Understanding Diseases and Disorders
- Chapter 18 Communicable Diseases
- Chapter 19 Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
- Chapter 20 Noncommunicable Diseases
- Unit 8 Human Reproduction and Development
- Chapter 21 The Beginning of Life
- Chapter 22 Health Across the Life Span
- Background Lesson 1 The Body Systems
- Background Lesson 1.1 Organization of the Body
- Background Lesson 1.2 Integumentary System
- Background Lesson 1.3 Skeletal System
- Background Lesson 1.4 Muscular System
- Background Lesson 1.5 Cardiovascular System
- Background Lesson 1.6 Respiratory System
- Background Lesson 1.7 Lymphatic and Immune Systems
- Background Lesson 1.8 Nervous System
- Background Lesson 1.9 Sensory Organs
- Background Lesson 1.10 Endocrine System
- Background Lesson 1.11 Digestive System
- Background Lesson 1.12 Urinary System
- Background Lesson 2 Personal Hygiene
- Background Lesson 3 Sleep
- Glossary/Glosario
- Index