Author: Catherine Sanderson, Mark Zelman, Diane Farthing, Melanie Lynch, and Melissa Munsell

Comprehensive Health Skills 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. In addition to core health topics such as nutrition, physical activity, and mental health, this text also includes information about sexual health and pregnancy prevention. Content and skills align to the National Health Education Standards and the National Sexuality Education Standards. By studying this text, students will be empowered to advocate for every area of their health, now and in the future.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Comprehensive Health Skills 3e

• Front Matter
• Unit 1 Promoting a Lifetime of Health and Wellness
• • 1 - Health and Wellness Fundamentals
  • 2 - Health and Wellness Skills
  • 3 - Interpersonal Skills
• Unit 2 Being Mentally and Emotionally Healthy
• • 4 - Promoting Mental and Emotional Health
  • 5 - Shifting to Positive Thinking
  • 6 - Managing the Stress in Your Life
  • 7 - Understanding Mental Illnesses
• Unit 3 Developing a Healthy Lifestyle
• • 8 - Following a Healthy Diet
  • 9 - Having a Healthy Body Image
  • 10 - Engaging in Physical Activity
• Unit 4 Avoiding Hazardous Substances
• • 11 - Vaping and Tobacco
  • 12 - Alcohol
  • 13 - Medications and Drugs
• Unit 5 Establishing Healthy Relationships
• • 14 - Maintaining Healthy Relationships
  • 15 - Violence Prevention and Response
• Unit 6 Protecting Your Health
• • 16 - Personal Safety
  • 17 - Environmental Health
• Unit 7 Understanding Diseases and Disorders
• • 18 - Communicable Diseases
  • 19 - Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
  • 20 - Noncommunicable Diseases
• Unit 8 Human Development and Sexuality
• • 21 - The Beginning of Life
  • 22 - Health Across the Life Span
  • 23 - Understanding Sexuality
  • 24 - Pregnancy Prevention
• Background Lesson 1 The Body Systems
• Background Lesson 2 Personal Hygiene
• Background Lesson 3 Sleep
• Glossary/Glosario
• Index