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Focus on Health offers an exciting and practical approach to the teaching of the traditional content areas of personal health. Its two key themes - the six dimensions of health and the five developmental tasks - help students apply the text's content to their own lives, by improving... Read Full Overview

This text offers an exciting and practical approach to the teaching of the traditional content areas of personal health. Its two key themes--the six dimensions of health and the five developmental tasks--help students apply the text's content to their own lives, by improving... Read Full Overview

From the latest on food labelling, to the controversy over breast implants, this book provides up-to-date information on areas of health. Recognizing that cultural diversity represents a key issue for the future, the authors incorporate a comprehensive multicultural approach... Read Full Overview

This edition of the text introducing all aspects of personal health includes six dimensions of health and five developmental tasks for the young adult. It places emphasis on behaviour change in the adolescent and also includes a new chapter on violence and personal safety. Personal... Read Full Overview

Features information and statistics in the areas of nutrition, alcohol and other drugs, AIDS, emerging infectious diseases, cancer, birth control, health-care consumer issues, violence and the environment.