|
| Health: The Basics, Second Canadian Edition, 2/E |
|
View Larger Image
|
Rebecca J. Donatelle, Oregon State University
Lorraine G. Davis, University of Oregon
Anne J. Munroe, Sheridan College
Alex Munroe, Wilfrid Laurier University
Publisher: Prentice Hall Canada
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paper; 464 pp
| ISBN-10: | 0205317642 | | | ISBN-13: | 9780205317646 | |
Our Price: £72.50
This title is out of print
Estimated Availability: 15 Jul 2000
This title is not for sale to the US or Canada.
 Not available for purchase at this time.
|
|
|
|
Features
|
- NEW - Consumer Health Box - appears in each chapter and focuses on health issues as they relate to consumer skills.
- NEW - CBC Video Segments - current information from such CBC series as The Nature of Things and The Health Show compliment the text.
- Canadian data updated throughout - current statistics, policy decisions and reforms to Health Care System in Canada.
- Developing health behaviours through wise decision making is introduced in Chapter 1 and reinforced at various points of every chapter. From the “What Do You Think” scenario at the beginning of each chapter and the reflective questions throughout the book to the boxed features and the “Taking Charge” section at the end of each chapter, the book stimulates critical thinking about personal health.
- Multicultural Perspective boxes broaden the student's outlook to include healthy behaviours in Canada as well as for other cultures and countries.
- Building Communication Skills boxes emphasize the importance of developing communication skills as a tool to better health.
- Rate Yourself self-assessment boxes help students examine their own health practices and attitudes. These assessments encourage students to identify strategies for improving their health where necessary.
- Emphasis on building health skills is integrated throughout the text in “Skills for Behaviour Change” and “Building Communication Skills” boxes in the “Taking Charge” section.
- Valuable pedagogical aids including chapter opening critical thinking; chapter objectives; running critical thinking questions; running glossary of key terms; chapter reviews that include summaries of key concepts, discussion questions, and application exercises; boxed features; and a Taking Charge section that provides a critical review of information.
- Self-scoring quiz based on Canadian Health Promotion Survey (Ch.1).
- DECIDE and Stages of Change models of decision making provide students with processes for making healthful decisions.
- Coverage of gender issues in health is integrated throughout the book. Topics include gender bias in mental health treatment, women and heart disease, and how gender roles may affect a person's ultimate health status.
|
| |
|
Print Product Information