Books : Core Concepts in Health, Brief Update
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 13
EAN: 9780073529646
ISBN: 0073529648
Label: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: February 09, 2007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Sales Rank: 98250
Studio: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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The most reliable and widely used personal health text, Core Concepts in Health utilizes the theme of personal responsibility to teach and motivate students about health and wellness. The Tenth Edition Update provides current, accurate, scientifically based information about a wealth of health and wellness topics and issues. The Brief edition, an affordable alternative to larger health texts, includes a built-in study guide that allows students to test their knowledge of health-related issues and assess their level of wellness.
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As a student in a City University of New York school, I was required to take a course in Health Education. The course and the textbook are both primarily the reiteration of common sense. At least that's what I thought. I was surprised to find that so many of my classmates really did not know this information. So I suppose the course and the book are necessary after all. Like virtually all textbooks these days, there is a great deal of propaganda. Even though I agree with most of the propaganda, ideally a textbook would not be trying to push a social agenda. In that respect the book not only fails, but some people could consider it inflammatory. Those who select textbooks should be aware of the values of their particular community. I would suggest looking at the book carefully and vetting it with supervisors as well as compare it to competitors. I'm not an authority on these things, I'm just a mature student who has returned to college after a 40-year hiatus. I've lived in the real world. I haven't been cloistered in academe all my life. While it may not raise an eyebrow in New York City, it could possibly upset some people in rural or conservative areas.
Although I think it's a visually attractive book with a plethora of nice color photographs, diagrams, and drawings, my major gripe against this book is that it is three times as large and three times as expensive as it ought to be. Virtually EVERYTHING in the book is printed three times. Information ... Read More
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This book was missing all of the study guide sheets from the back. It was received in a timely manner. Price was decent, just wished the seller would have stated missing pages.
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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 ... Read More
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This book has an easy approach to learning the core concepts presented in this book.
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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.
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