Access to health / Rebecca Donatelle.

Contents;

Part one: 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

Part two: 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 choices

Part three: Building healthy lifestyles
8. Nutrition: Eating for optimum health
9. Managing your weight: Finding a healthy balance
10. Personal fitness: Improving health through exercise

Part four: 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

Part five: Preventing and fighting diseases
15. Cardiovascular disease: Reducing your risk
16. Cancer: Reducing your risk
17. Infectious diseases and sexually transmitted infections: Risks and responsibilities
18. Non-infectious conditions: The modern maladies

Part six: Facing life's challenges
19. Healthy aging: A lifelong process
20. Dying and death: The final transition
21. Environmental health: Thinking globally
22. Consumerism: Selecting health care products and services
23. Complementary and alternative medicine: New choices and responsibilities for healthwise consumers

Includes bibliographical references and index.