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Health Education

Readers will learn about the nature of health, health education, health promotion and related concepts. This will help to understand the social, psychological and physical components of health.

Author
Garrett Rieck & Justin Lundin
Publisher
College of the Canyons
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY
Language
EN
Contents· 152 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to Health
  2. 1.01: Levels of Disease Prevention
  3. 1.02: Behavior Change and Goal Setting
  4. 1.03: SMART Goal Setting
  5. 1.04: Definition and Concepts of Health
  6. 1.05: Narrow Perspectives of Health
  7. 1.06: Broader Perspectives of Health
  8. 1.07: The Six Dimensions of Health
  9. 1.08: Life Expectancy at Birth
  10. 1.09: Leading Causes of Death
  11. 1.10: About Determinants of Health
  12. 1.11: Health Disparities
  13. 1.12: Risk Factors and Levels of Disease Prevention
  14. 02: Psychological Health
  15. 2.01: Intro to Psychological Health
  16. 2.02: Social Health
  17. 2.03: Developing and Protecting Individual Attributes
  18. 2.04: Supporting Families and Communities
  19. 2.05: Supporting Vulnerable Groups in Society
  20. 2.06: Mental Illness
  21. 2.07: Mood Disorders
  22. 2.08: Depression
  23. 2.09: Dysthymic Disorder
  24. 2.10: Bipolar Disorder
  25. 2.11: Factors That Influence Psychological Well-Being
  26. 2.12: Physiological Needs
  27. 2.13: The Causes of Depression (depressive disorders)
  28. 2.14: Treating Depression
  29. 2.15: Coping with Depression
  30. 2.16: 2.23 Anxiety Disorders
  31. 2.17: The Stigma of Mental Illness
  32. 2.18: Safety Needs
  33. 2.19: Social Belonging
  34. 2.20: Esteem
  35. 2.21: Self-Actualization
  36. 2.22: Self-Transcendence
  37. 2.23: Mental Health
  38. 2.24: Emotional Health
  39. 2.25: Spiritual Health
  40. 03: Stress Management
  41. 3.01: Chronic Stress
  42. 3.02: The Effects of Stress on the Body
  43. 3.03: Stress and the Brain
  44. 3.04: Your Bodies Response to Stress
  45. 3.05: General Adaption Syndrome
  46. 3.06: Distress may be Destructive to Health
  47. 3.07: Eustress
  48. 3.08: Burnout and Stress Relateed Illness
  49. 3.09: Common Causes of Stress
  50. 3.10: Common signs and symptoms of stress
  51. 3.11: Do women react to stress differently than men
  52. 3.12: Can Stress Affect My Health
  53. 3.13: The Effect of Stress on the Immune System
  54. 3.14: Does Stress Cause Ulcers
  55. 3.15: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  56. 3.16: Stress is in the Eye of the Beholder
  57. 3.17: Managing Stress
  58. 3.18: Coping with Stress
  59. 3.19: Exercise and Stress
  60. 3.20: Meditation and Health
  61. 3.21: Relaxation Techniques
  62. 3.22: Resilience
  63. 04: Relationships and Communication
  64. 4.01: Intro to Relationships and Communication
  65. 4.02: Theories of Love
  66. 4.03: Theories of Mate Selection
  67. 4.04: Marriage
  68. 4.05: Cohabitation
  69. 4.06: Marrieds and Non-Marrieds
  70. 4.07: Violence in Relationships
  71. 4.08: Sexual Violence
  72. 4.09: Intimate Partner Violence
  73. 05: Gender and Sexuality
  74. 5.01: Sexual Scripts
  75. 5.02: Genital Development
  76. 5.03: The Importance of Sexuality
  77. 5.04: Sexual Anatomy
  78. 5.05: The Sexual Response
  79. 5.06: The Sexual Experience
  80. 5.07: Sex and Gender
  81. 5.08: Sexuality
  82. 06: Sexual Health
  83. 6.01: Sexuality
  84. 6.02: Public Health Approach to Sexual Health
  85. 6.03: Stigma
  86. 6.04: Sexual Dysfunction
  87. 6.05: Sexual Frequency
  88. 6.06: Sex and Health
  89. 6.07: Sexual Happiness
  90. 6.08: Sexual Bias and Misconceptions
  91. 6.09: Reproductive Health
  92. 07: Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections
  93. 7.01: Levels of Disease Prevention
  94. 7.02: Sexually Transmitted Infections
  95. 7.03: STD STI Treatments
  96. 7.04: STD STI Prevention- How to Prevet STI's
  97. 7.05: What are infectious diseases
  98. 7.06: Symptoms and signs of infection
  99. 7.07: What causes infectious diseases
  100. 7.08: Direct person-to-person transmission of pathogens
  101. 7.09: Indirect person-to-person transmission of pathogens
  102. 7.10: Animal-to-human transmission of pathogens
  103. 7.11: Immune Defenses Against Infectious Diseases
  104. 7.12: Risk Factors and Levels of Disease Prevention
  105. 08: Substance Use and Abuse
  106. 8.01: Understanding Drug Use and Addiction
  107. 8.02: Types of Drugs
  108. 8.03: Prescription Drugs
  109. 8.04: Alcohol Abuse
  110. 8.05: Tobacco
  111. 8.06: Myths about Smoking and Cigarettes
  112. 8.07: Drug Addiction
  113. 8.08: Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction
  114. 09: Basic Nutrition and Healthy Eating
  115. 9.01: Nutrition and Health
  116. 9.02: Planning a Diet
  117. 9.03: Popular Diets
  118. 9.04: Food Supplements and Food Replacements
  119. 9.05: Food Safety
  120. 10: Weight Management
  121. 10.01: Weight Management intro
  122. 10.02: Assessing Body Weight and Body Composition
  123. 10.03: Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity
  124. 10.04: Balancing Calories and Eating Healthfully
  125. 10.05: Body Image
  126. 11: Physical Fitness
  127. 11.01: Physical Fitness
  128. 11.02: Health Benefits Associated with Regular Physical Activity
  129. 11.03: Health Related Components of Physical Fitness
  130. 11.04: Adding Physical Activity to Your Life
  131. 11.05: Implementing Your Fitness Plan
  132. 12: Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes and Cancer
  133. 12.01: Cardiovascular Disease Intro
  134. 12.02: Stroke
  135. 12.03: Metabolic Syndrome
  136. 12.04: Diabetes
  137. 12.05: Cancer
  138. 13: Environmental Health
  139. 13.01: Intro to Environmental Health
  140. 13.02: Overpopulation
  141. 13.03: Air Pollution
  142. 13.04: Climate Change
  143. 13.05: Water
  144. 13.06: Waste Management
  145. 14: Health Care Choices
  146. 14.01: Understanding your Health Care Choices
  147. 14.02: How to Read Health News
  148. 14.03: Health Care Choices - The Affordable Health Care Act (ACA)
  149. 14.04: Health Insurance - Key Terms
  150. 14.05: Choices in Medical Care
  151. 14.06: Alternative Medical Practices
  152. 14.07: Health Disparity