Customer Reviews

Glencoe Health: A Guide to Wellness

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I was quite pleased with the scope of topics covered in this book. It will make an excellent homeschool textbook.

This book arrived in great condition for a used book. It arrived earlier than expected and I would certainly recommend the vendor for their authentic description.

This book was in good shape and at a good price. I received the book in a timely manner. I will order from sender again.

As the parent of two teen girls, I was shocked by the lack of information in this book related to safer sex practices. There is a full chapter on abstinence but nothing for those students who are already, or may become, sexually active. While it's true that abstinence is the only 100% effective way to avoid pregnancy and most STDs, it is also true that three-quarters of a million teens between 15 and 19 become pregnant each year in the US. So where is the information that those teens need to prevent AIDs and pregnancy? I don't believe that teen sex should be punishable by death as may be the case if AIDs is contracted. Furthermore, nearly a third of those teen pregnancies terminate in abortion. Abortions are 100% preventable by stopping unwanted pregnacies, yet the word "condom" is not to be found in this text! US rates of teen pregnancy are twice as high as in England and Wales or Canada, and eight times as high as in the Netherlands or Japan. A recent study found that there was a 3% increase in teen pregnacies in 2007. I'll talk to my own children about this issue because studies have shown that kids who can approach their parents about sex are more likely to abstain. To those authors of this text who call themselves health care instructors/providers, but are squeamish about addressing the needs of sexually active teens, I say, GROW UP!!

The book ordered was in perfect condition as stated in its desciption. I would recommend this seller for future buys.

This was a text book for my daughter . It arrived in the best shape of any of her text books I ordered on line. That is all I can rate.

My daughter needed this for school, but they are using the 6th edition. 4th ed must be way out of date.