Health: The Basics

The Seventh Edition of Donatelle’s text provides readers with the tools they need to make healthy, lifelong behavior changes and become savvy consumers of health information. This current and user-friendly text holds readers’ interest by covering health topics of primary concern to them. Promoting Healthy Behavior Change; Psychosocial Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well; Managing Coping with Life’s Challenges; Violence and Creating Healthy Environments; Healthy Relationships and Making Commitments; Birth Control, Pregnancy, and Managing Your Fertility; Licit and Illicit Use, Misuse, and Abuse; Alcohol, Tobacco, and Daily Pleasure, Daily Challenges; Eating for Optimum Health; Managing Your Finding a Healthy Balance; Personal Improving Health through Exercise; Cardiovascular Reducing Your Risk; Reducing Your Risk; Infectious and Noninfectious Risks and Responsibilities; Life’s The Aging Process; Environmental Thinking Globally, Acting Locally; Selecting Health Care Products and Services; Complementary and Alternative New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise Consumers For all readers interested in making healthy,lifelong behavior changes.