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

Essential Health Skills for High School teaches skills-based health education in your classroom. This fourth edition features core health topics such as nutrition, physical activity, and mental health; and cutting-edge health topics, such as COVID-19, vaping, opioid addiction, body positivity and compassion, mindfulness, and online communication and safety. Content and skills align to the National Health Education Standards.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Essential Health Skills for High School 4e, Online Textbook

• Essential Health Skills for High School
• Copyright © 2023 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
• About the Authors
• • Pedagogy Developers
• Contributors and Reviewers
• • Contributors
  • Advisory Board
  • Professional Reviewers
  • Instructor Reviewers
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Feature Contents
• • Case Studies
  • Research in Action
  • Local and Global Health
  • Health in the Media
  • Skills for Health and Wellness
  • Health Across the Life Span
  • Quizzes
  • Spotlight on Health and Wellness Careers
• To the Student
• Unit 1 Promoting a Lifetime of Health and Wellness
• • Unit 1 Big Ideas
  • Unit 1 Health Management Plan Skills for Your Future
• Chapter 1 Health and Wellness Fundamentals
• • Lesson 1.1 What Are Health and Wellness?
  • Lesson 1.2 Individual Factors Affecting Health and Wellness
  • Lesson 1.3 Environmental Factors Affecting Health and Wellness
  • Chapter 1 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 1 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 2 Health and Wellness Skills
• • Lesson 2.1 Making Decisions and Setting Goals
  • Lesson 2.2 Using Health Information
  • Lesson 2.3 Accessing Health Services
  • Lesson 2.4 Advocating for Community and Public Health
  • Chapter 2 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 2 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 3 Interpersonal Skills
• • Lesson 3.1 Communicating Effectively
  • Lesson 3.2 Resolving Conflicts
  • Lesson 3.3 Resisting Pressure
  • Chapter 3 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 3 Skills Assessment
• Unit 2 Being Mentally and Emotionally Healthy
• • Unit 2 Big Ideas
  • Unit 2 Health Management Plan Skills for Your Future
• Chapter 4 Promoting Mental and Emotional Health
• • Lesson 4.1 Mental and Emotional Health and Well-Being
  • Lesson 4.2 Embracing Your Identity
  • Lesson 4.3 Building Your Self-Esteem
  • Lesson 4.4 Expressing Your Emotions
  • Chapter 4 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 4 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 5 Shifting to Positive Thinking
• • Lesson 5.1 Understanding Happiness
  • Lesson 5.2 Establishing a Positive Mind-Set
  • Lesson 5.3 Developing Empathy and Resilience
  • Chapter 5 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 5 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 6 Managing the Stress in Your Life
• • Lesson 6.1 What Is Stress?
  • Lesson 6.2 Health Effects of Stress
  • Lesson 6.3 Managing Stress
  • Chapter 6 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 6 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 7 Understanding Mental Illnesses
• • Lesson 7.1 What Are Mental Illnesses?
  • Lesson 7.2 Getting Help for Mental Illnesses
  • Lesson 7.3 Preventing and Coping with Suicide
  • Chapter 7 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 7 Skills Assessment
• Unit 3 Developing a Healthy Lifestyle
• • Unit 3 Big Ideas
  • Unit 3 Health Management Plan Building Blocks for a Healthy Lifestyle
• Chapter 8 Following a Healthy Diet
• • Lesson 8.1 What Is Nutrition?
  • Lesson 8.2 Establishing a Healthy Eating Pattern
  • Lesson 8.3 Choosing and Preparing Nutritious Foods
  • Lesson 8.4 Managing Your Weight
  • Chapter 8 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 8 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 9 Having a Healthy Body Image
• • Lesson 9.1 Factors That Influence Body Image
  • Lesson 9.2 Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
  • Lesson 9.3 Improving Your Body Image
  • Chapter 9 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 9 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 10 Engaging in Physical Activity
• • Lesson 10.1 Understanding Physical Activity and Fitness
  • Lesson 10.2 Getting Enough Physical Activity
  • Lesson 10.3 Staying Safe During Physical Activity
  • Chapter 10 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 10 Skills Assessment
• Unit 4 Avoiding Hazardous Substances
• • Unit 4 Big Ideas
  • Unit 4 Health Management Plan Where Do You See Yourself?
• Chapter 11 Vaping and Tobacco
• • Lesson 11.1 Health Effects of Vaping and Tobacco
  • Lesson 11.2 Preventing and Treating Tobacco Use
  • Chapter 11 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 11 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 12 Alcohol
• • Lesson 12.1 Health Effects of Alcohol
  • Lesson 12.2 Preventing and Treating Alcohol Abuse
  • Chapter 12 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 12 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 13 Medications and Drugs
• • Lesson 13.1 Safe Medication Use
  • Lesson 13.2 Medication Misuse and Abuse
  • Lesson 13.3 Drug Abuse
  • Lesson 13.4 Preventing and Treating Medication and Drug Abuse
  • Chapter 13 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 13 Skills Assessment
• Unit 5 Establishing Healthy Relationships
• • Unit 5 Big Ideas
  • Unit 5 Health Management Plan How Are Your Relationships?
• Chapter 14 Maintaining Healthy Relationships
• • Lesson 14.1 Qualities of a Healthy Relationship
  • Lesson 14.2 Supporting Family and Community Relationships
  • Lesson 14.3 Developing Peer Relationships
  • Lesson 14.4 Understanding Romantic Relationships
  • Lesson 14.5 Practicing Sexual Abstinence
  • Chapter 14 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 14 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 15 Violence Prevention and Response
• • Lesson 15.1 Bullying and Cyberbullying
  • Lesson 15.2 Sexual Harassment and Assault
  • Lesson 15.3 Abuse and Neglect
  • Lesson 15.4 Violence in the Community
  • Chapter 15 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 15 Skills Assessment
• Unit 6 Protecting Your Health
• • Unit 6 Big Ideas
  • Unit 6 Health Management Plan Making a Plan for Safety
• Chapter 16 Personal Safety
• • Lesson 16.1 Preventing Accidents and Injuries
  • Lesson 16.2 Handling Dangerous Situations
  • Lesson 16.3 Being Safe on the Internet
  • Lesson 16.4 Providing First Aid
  • Chapter 16 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 16 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 17 Environmental Health
• • Lesson 17.1 Understanding the Environment
  • Lesson 17.2 Identifying Environmental Hazards
  • Lesson 17.3 Protecting the Environment
  • Chapter 17 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 17 Skills Assessment
• Unit 7 Understanding Diseases and Disorders
• • Unit 7 Big Ideas
  • Unit 7 Health Management Plan Disease Prevention
• Chapter 18 Communicable Diseases
• • Lesson 18.1 What Are Communicable Diseases?
  • Lesson 18.2 Recognizing Communicable Diseases
  • Lesson 18.3 Preventing and Treating Communicable Diseases
  • Chapter 18 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 18 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 19 Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
• • Lesson 19.1 Common STIs
  • Lesson 19.2 Preventing and Treating STIs
  • Lesson 19.3 HIV/AIDS
  • Chapter 19 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 19 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 20 Noncommunicable Diseases
• • Lesson 20.1 What Are Noncommunicable Diseases?
  • Lesson 20.2 Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Lesson 20.3 Cancer
  • Lesson 20.4 Other Noncommunicable Diseases
  • Chapter 20 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 20 Skills Assessment
• Unit 8 Human Reproduction and Development
• • Unit 8 Big Ideas
  • Unit 8 Health Management Plan Your Reproductive Health and Development
• Chapter 21 The Beginning of Life
• • Lesson 21.1 The Male Reproductive System
  • Lesson 21.2 The Female Reproductive System
  • Lesson 21.3 Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth
  • Lesson 21.4 Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood
  • Chapter 21 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 21 Skills Assessment
• Chapter 22 Health Across the Life Span
• • Lesson 22.1 Understanding Development
  • Lesson 22.2 Health During the Childhood Years
  • Lesson 22.3 Adolescence and Puberty
  • Lesson 22.4 Adulthood and the Nature of Aging
  • Chapter 22 Review and Assessment
  • Chapter 22 Skills Assessment
• 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 2.1 Caring for Your Skin
  • Background Lesson 2.2 Caring for Your Hair
  • Background Lesson 2.3 Caring for Your Nails
  • Background Lesson 2.4 Caring for Your Teeth
  • Background Lesson 2.5 Caring for Your Eyes
  • Background Lesson 2.6 Caring for Your Ears
• Background Lesson 3 Sleep
• • Background Lesson 3.1 Understanding Sleep
  • Background Lesson 3.2 Getting Enough Sleep
• Glossary/Glosario
• Index
• • A
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