1. Taking Charge of Your Health

Wellness: The New Health Goal
Choosing Wellness
How Do You Reach Wellness?
Being Healthy for Life

2. Stress: The Constant Challenge

What is Stress?
Stress and Disease
Common Sources of Stress
Techniques for Managing Stress
Creating a Personal Plan for Managing Stress

3. Psychological Health

What Psychological Health is Not
Defining Psychological Health
Meeting Life's Challenges
Psychological Disorders
Models of Human Nature and Therapeutic Change
Getting Help

4. Intimate Relationships and Communication

Developing Intimate Relationships
Communication
Pairing and Singlehood
Marriage
Family Life

5. Sex and Your Body

Sexual Anatomy
Hormones and the Reproductive Life cycle
Sexual Functioning
Sexual Behavior

6. Contraception

Principles of Contraception
Reversible Contraception
Permanent Contraception: Sterilization
Issues in Contraception
Which Contraceptive Method is Right For You?

7. Abortion

The Abortion Issue
Methods of Abortion
Complications of Abortion
Decision Making and Unintended Pregnancy

8. Pregnancy and Childbirth

Preparation for Parenthood
Understanding Fertility
Pregnancy
childbirth

9. The Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Drugs

Addictive Behavior
Drug use, Abuse, and Dependence
How Drugs Affect the Body
Representative Psychoactive Drugs
Drug Use: The Decades Ahead

10. The Responsible Use of Alcohol

The Nature of Alcohol
Alcohol and Health
Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Drinking Behavior and Responsibility

11. Toward a Tobacco-Free Society

Why People Use Tobacco
Health Hazards
The Effects of Smoking on the Nonsmoker
What Can Be Done?
How a Tobacco User Can Quit

PART IV. GETTING FIT

12. Nutrition Basics

Nutritional Requirements: Components of a Healthy Diet
Nutritional Guidelines: Planning Your Diet
A Personal Plan: Making Informed Choices About Food

13. Exercise for Health and Fitness

What is Physical Fitness?
The Benefits of Exerciwse
Designing Your Exercise program
Getting Started and Staying on Track

14. Weight Management

Basic Concepts of Weight Management
Factors Contributing to Excess Body Fat
Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle for Successful Weight Management
Approaches to Overcoming a Weight problem
Eating Disorders

15. Cardiovascular Health

The Cardiovascular System
Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
Major Forms of Cardiovascular Disease
Protecting Yourself Against Cardiovascular Disease

16. Cancer

What is Cancer?
Common Cancers
The Causes of Cancer
Detecting, Diagnosing, and Treating Cancer
Preventing Cancer

17. Immunity and Infection

The Chain of Infection
The Body's Defense System
The Troublemakers: Pathogens and Disease
Giving Yourself a Fighting Chance: How to Support Your Immune System

18. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The Major STDS
Other STDS
What You Can Do

19. Aging: A Vital Process

Generating Vitality as You Age
Confronting the Changes of Aging
Aging and Life Expectancy
Life in an Aging America

20. Dying and Death

Why Is There Death?
Understanding Death and Dying
Planning For Death
Coping With Dying
Coping With Loss
Coming to Terms With Death

PART VII. MAKING CHOICES IN HEALTH CARE

21. Health Care: Conventional and Complementary Medicine

The Rise of Complementary Medicine In The United States
Conventional Medicine
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Why Do consumers Use Complementary Medicine?
The Future: Conflict, Convergence, or Collaboration?

22. Self-Care: Skills for the Health Care Consumer

Self-Care: Managing Medical Problems
Getting the Most Out of Your Medical Care
Paying for Health Care

23. Personal Safety: Protecting Yourself from Unintentional Injuries and Violence

Unintentional Injuries
Violence and Intentional Injuries
Providing Emergency Care

24. Environmental Health

Classic Environmental Health Concerns
Population Growth
Pollution
Healing the Environment

Appendix A: Nutritional Content of Popular Items from Fast-Food Restaurants
Appendix B: A Self-Care Guide for Common Medical Problems
Appendix C: Resources for Self-Care
Credits
Index
*Each Chapter contains the following sections: Tips for Today / Summary / Take Action / Journal Entry / For More Information / Selected Bibliography