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Core Concepts in Health, Brief Update

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I used this book to study for the Here's to Your Health DANTE exam. It was an excellent study guide and hit on each and every subject on the test. The practice tests in the back of the book were very helpful. I would recommend this text to anyone studying for a proficiency exam.

I needed this book to study for the Dante DSST test to get three credits towards my graduation. All the information was right there. This was an easy study guide that offered questions and answers in the back of the book. I really appreciated that. Also I got it very quickly from the bookseller surprisingly. I did not think I would get it so fast. thank you.

Core Concepts in Health by Paul Insel and Walton Roth is, quite simply, the best university-level health education textbook on the market. It is available in both brief and expanded editions. I used this book when I taught health education at Stanford in the 1980s and it just keeps getting better and better. I also used it internationally when I taught at the Moscow State Pedagogical University in Russia, also with great success.

The book covers all the key aspects of health, with a special focus on university students. It is well designed and colorful with numerous photographs and explanatory notes. In addition to the textbook there are a number of aids for the teacher, including the Course Integrator Guide which provides learning objectives, classroom activities, internet resources, and other teaching tools. More than 150 transparency masters and handouts are also provided as well as a Test Bank of some 2000 questions. Finally, a set of Wellness Worksheets, which is a student learning aid, is also provided.

The preface of the book includes an outline of the format of the book, entitled "A Guided Tour of Core Concepts in Health." Here both the student and the teacher can get a good understanding of how to use the book to maximum effectiveness. An important aspect of this guide (and the book) is the extent to which the authors focus on behavior change, providing both specific behavior change plans for particular areas of wellness and "Take Charge" boxes which give practical advice to apply the information from the text to the student's own life.

In teaching Core Concepts an instructor can follow the lessons as outlined in the book or take an approach that is more suited to the needs and interests of the students. For example, I began with the first chapter, "Taking Charge of Your Health" because I believe that the most important thing to teach students is that they are the person most responsible for their health, that by their own behaviors they will largely determine their health. I then moved to chapter 10 (Exercise for Health and Fitness) because my course included an exercise component as well as a lecture class. I followed with Chapter 9 (Nutrition Basics) and chapter 3 (psychological health) because I believe that these three topics (exercise, diet and stress management) make up the core of healthy living. The next topic I chose is chapter 4 which has to do with Intimate Relationships and Communication because this issue is particularly important to university students. At Stanford cigarette smoking was not a problem, while alcohol use was, thus I covered these topics accordingly. If I were teaching there now I would also put Environmental Health high on the list. Weight Management can be included in the dietary component. Finally chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer are important topics because young people need to realize that these diseases begin early in life. Depending on time, other topics can be covered as well. For example, The Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Drugs may be a topic of interest and concern on some campuses.

If you can save money by buying the looseleaf version of this text, then do it. I rarely used it for class, but I was taking an online course. I also am a biology major, so most of this information was stuff I'd learned a long time ago in intro to bio, or anatomy and physiology. There is also not much of a difference between this text, and the next edition, so whichever one you can get in the looseleaf version, do that.

I only purchased this for HEALTH class at school. So I guess it was helpful for this particular class.

book was greatly priced. didn't state that it was customized for the University of Missouri but its ok because the book still works for the purpose of my class.

This is just a brief update and therefore is of little use. I recommend just purchasing the regular 10th edition or the 11th edition. I actually bought the wrong book! Oy!

this was a great book for a cheap cost and give yourself 2 weeks before you need this book. In great condition.

The book is in great shape, and it came overnight as I had requested. Awesome service! Thanks Amazon!!

i ordered the book for school and sent an email to see if they could deliver the book a little earlier since it was due for a later date (too late for me to have for school). The sender sent me an email a few hours later stating they will ship it out the next day, sure enough they did and i received my book in 1 and a half day later. I was so happy. The book is in good condition, way better than they described it, this was the best and fastest transaction i have ever made. I would definitely buy again from this person.