Access to Health (with Interactive Companion CD-ROM)

Each chapter includes 'Checklists for Change,' 'Summary,' 'Discussion Questions,' 'Application Exercise,' and 'Further Reading.' 1.Promoting Healthy Behavior Change. Putting Health in Perspective. New Directions for Health. Gender Differences and Health Status. Improving Your Health: Benefits of Optimal Health. Preparing for Behavior Change. Choosing a Behavior Change Strategy. Making Behavior Change. Taking Charge: Managing Your Behavior Change Strategies. I.FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE. 2.Psychological Health: Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well. Defining Psychosocial Health. Factors Influencing Psychosocial Health. Enhancing Psychosocial Health. The Mind-Body Connection. Common Psychosocial Problems. Suicide: Giving Up on Life. Seeking Professional Help. Taking Charge: Managing Your Psychosocial Health. 3.Managing Stress: Coping with Lifes Challenges. What Is Stress? Stress and Your Body. Stress and Your Health. Sources of Stress. Stress and the College Student. Stress Management. Taking Charge: Managing Stress Behaviors. 4.Intentional and Unintentional Injuries: Staying Safe in a Violent World. Violence in the United States. Intentional Injuries. Reducing Risks. Unintentional Injuries. Taking Charge: Managing Campus Safety. 5.Communicating Effectively: A Key to Interpersonal Health. Communicating for Health. What Is Communication? Self-Disclosure. Learning to Listen. Improving Your Communication Skills. Gender Differences in Communication Styles. Taking Charge: Managing Your Communication Skills. II.CREATING HEALTHY AND CARING RELATIONSHIPS. 6.Healthy Relationships: Friends, Family, and Significant Others. Characteristics of Intimate Relationships. Forming Intimate Relationships. Gender Issues: Men, Women, and Relationships. Barriers to Intimacy. Committed Relationships. Success in Committed Relationships. Staying Single. Having Children ... or Not? When Relationships Falter. Building Better Relationships. Taking Charge: Developing Relationship Skills. 7.Sexuality: Defining Your Sexual Behavior. Your Sexual Identity. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology. Expressing Your Sexuality. Difficulties That Can Hinder Sexual Functioning. Taking Charge: Managing Your Sexual Behavior. 8.Birth Control, Pregnancy, and Childbirth: Managing Your Fertility. Methods of Fertility Management. Abortion. Planning a Pregnancy. Pregnancy. Childbirth. Infertility. Taking Charge: Managing Your Fertility. III.OVERCOMING HARMFUL HABITS. 9.Addictions and Addictive Behavior: Threats to Wellness. Defining Addiction. The Addictive Process. Types of Addiction. How Addiction Affects Family and Friends. Treatment and Recovery for Addiction. Taking Charge: Confronting Addictive Behaviors. 10.Pharmaceutical Drugs: Safe and Responsible Use. Drug Dynamics. Drug Use, Abuse, and Interactions. Pres