HEALTH PROMOTION: LIFESTYLE CHOICES FOR WELLNESS

Gary Arthur

ISBN-13: 978-1-935987-76-5

# pages: 329

 

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Description

Seeking a better quality of life, good health, and well-being are things all of us should strive for in this modern age that presents challenges to the overall state of individual health. The condition of physical well-being must contend with an array of influences while implementing strategies and solutions to those areas that threaten good health. A definition of the many dimensions of health and their interactive nature is a starting point to assist in the attainment of good personal health. While promoting self-care with checklists and personal assessments, this manual presents challenges and, based on research, offers solutions for achieving and maintaining individual good health.

Table of Contents

UNIT 1: WELLNESS: AWARENESS, ENHANCEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 1  PERSONAL HEALTH

CHAPTER 2  STRESS

  

UNIT 2: PSYCHOSOCIAL CONDITIONS

CHAPTER 3  MENTAL HEALTH

CHAPTER 4  EMOTIONAL HEALTH

 

UNIT 3: HUMAN CONNECTIONS

CHAPTER 5  SOCIAL HEALTH

CHAPTER 6 RELATIONSHIPS

 

UNIT 4: REST, HEALTH, AND SUCCESSFUL AGING

CHAPTER 7  SLEEP

CHAPTER 8  LONGEVITY

 

UNIT 5: SUBSTANCE CONTROL

CHAPTER 9  TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL

CHAPTER 10  DRUGS

 

UNIT 6: SAFETY AND PROMOTION

CHAPTER 11  VIOLENCE AND INJURY

CHAPTER 12  FITNESS AND NUTRITION

 

UNIT 7: ILLNESS PREVENTION

CHAPTER 13  DISEASE

CHAPTER 14  CANCER

 

UNIT 8: REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY/FAMILY PLANNING

CHAPTER 15  SEXUAL HEALTH

CHAPTER 16  REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES

 

UNIT 9: ADJUSTMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVING CONDITIONS: CHOOSING CARE

CHAPTER 17  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

CHAPTER 18  HEALTH CARE/COMPLEMENTARY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

 

 

About the Author(s): Gary Arthur

Gary Arthur (BA, Carroll College––Helena, MT, and MA, California State Dominguez Hills) has been a health/fitness instructor and coach at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, WA, for the last 25 years. A recipient of the GHC Faculty Excellence Award (2012 and 2014), his service has included Social Science Division Chair, Interim Athletic Director, Athletic Commissioner delegate and board member to the Northwest Community College Athletic Association, and active member of SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Education) America as well as adjunct instruction with City University and The Evergreen State College. Besides fitness and health instruction, current duties also involve coordinating the Grays Harbor College Reservation-based online degree and onsite coordinator for the Native Cases Institute, an organization that promotes the use of case studies in the classroom through an affiliation with The Evergreen State College. Prior college experience includes 15 years teaching and coaching at the secondary level of education in Montana and Alaska.

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