Author: Catherine Sanderson, Lindsay Armbruster, Mary McCarley, and Mark Zelman

Comprehensive Health Skills for Middle School teaches skills-based health education in the classroom. This third edition features core health topics such as nutrition, physical activity, and mental health; information about sexual health and pregnancy prevention; and cutting-edge health topics, such as vaping, opioid addiction, body positivity, self-compassion, social media, mindfulness, online communication and relationships, and COVID-19. In addition, 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.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Comprehensive Health Skills for Middle School 3e

• Front Matter
• To the Student
• Unit 1 Taking Charge of Your Health and Wellness
• • 1 - Understanding Your Health and Wellness
  • 2 - Knowing How Your Body Works
  • 3 - Developing Good Personal Hygiene
  • 4 - Getting the Sleep You Need
• Unit 2 Taking Care of Mental and Emotional Health
• • 5 - Understanding Mental and Emotional Health
  • 6 - Understanding Mental Illnesses
• Unit 3 Nutrition and Physical Activity
• • 7 - Nutrition
  • 8 - Physical Activity
• Unit 4 Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs
• • 9 - Tobacco and Vaping
  • 10 - Alcohol
  • 11 - Medications and Drugs
• Unit 5 Protecting Your Physical Health and Safety
• • 12 - Understanding and Preventing Diseases
  • 13 - Promoting Safety and Preventing Injuries
  • 14 - Protecting Environmental Health
• Unit 6 Social Health and Wellness
• • 15 - Promoting Healthy Relationships
  • 16 - Preventing and Responding to Violence
• Unit 7 Human Development and Reproductive Health
• • 17 - Human Development
  • 18 - Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
• Unit 8 Human Sexuality
• • 19 - Understanding Sexuality
  • 20 - Making Responsible Sexual Decisions
• Appendix Body Mass Index-for-Age Percentiles
• Glossary/Glosario
• Index