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An Invitation to Health, 6th Edition |

Dianne Hales, Lara Lauzon

  • Copyright 2021
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An Invitation to Health, sixth Canadian edition, provides students with research-backed information, advice, and recommendations that enable them to take charge of their own health, helping them find and stay on the right track to a healthy lifestyle. From the physical and mental, to social and sexual, all aspects of health affecting mind, body, and spirit are explored. This text offers the most current research from Canada and across the globe in an easy-to-follow format that guarantees you are up-to-date in the field. The skills you acquire, habits you form, choices you make, and the way you live each day will shape your future and your health. This product will help you embrace health and wellness so that you have the opportunity to live a satisfying life and achieve your full potential.

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Dianne Hales

Dianne Hales is a widely published and esteemed journalist and author. In addition to more than 30 editions of college textbooks related to health, she is the author of 16 trade books, including LA PASSIONE: HOW ITALY SEDUCED THE WORLD; MONA LISA: A LIFE DISCOVERED; LA BELLA LINGUA; JUST LIKE A WOMAN; and CARING FOR THE MIND. Her books have been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Korean. Hales is a former contributing editor for Parade, Ladies’ Home Journal, Working Mother, and American Health, and she has written more than 1,000 articles for national publications. She has received writing awards from the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association; an EMMA (Exceptional Media Merit Award) for health reporting from the National Women’s Political Caucus and Radcliffe College; three EDI (Equality, Dignity, Inclusion) awards for print journalism from the National Easter Seal Society; the National Mature Media Award; and awards from the Arthritis Foundation, California Psychiatric Association, CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), Council for the Advancement of Scientific Education, and New York Public Library.

Lara Lauzon

Lara Lauzon is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education at the University of Victoria. Her teaching and research focus is human wellness and potential and active health. She has worked for non-profit, municipal, provincial and private health and fitness agencies. Lara co-produced and hosted a long running internationally syndicated health and fitness show called Body Moves. She has won many awards including a Faculty of Education Teaching Excellence Award, a Graduate Student Award for Teaching Excellence, the Victoria ‘Y’ Women of Distinction of Award for the fitness and health category, the B.C. Promotion Plus Leadership Award for promotion of girls and women in fitness and sport, a B.C. Paraplegic Association Award for the production of two fitness videos for persons with disabilities, and a Community Wellness Award. She has written numerous fitness and health columns for newspapers and magazines and has published a number of fitness and health journal articles. Lara has co-authored a textbook titled An Invitation to Health, First Canadian edition along with Diane Hales, and is also a popular keynote speaker and workshop presenter.

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  • Personal Potential Stories: These special box features, found in every chapter, relate stories about Canadians who have faced challenges and made a difference in the lives of others and help to illustrate the link between health and wellness and human potential.
  • Includes the most up-to-date health research and research on Canadian students in every chapter.
  • The text continues its commitment to First Nations and Aboriginal health and wellness, and we are happy to present a new First Nations Perspective on Health and Wellness model developed by the Frist Nations Health Authority.
  • A new Mental Health Continuum Model that will be beneficial for illustrating how individuals move from a healthy emotional and mental state through reacting, to injury and illness.
  • Updates about impaired driving, drugs and driving, cell phone use and driving, and a significantly expanded section on concussions.

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  • Strategies for Change boxes appear throughout the text and provide practical, checklist-format, behavioural change strategies for achieving better health.
  • Strategies for Prevention boxes appear throughout the text and provide effective, checklist-format strategies for preventing health problems and reducing health risks.
  • Self-Responsibility and Social Responsibility boxes have been designed to help students reflect on the Stages of Change model and determine how positive lifestyle change affects both individuals and society.
  • Self-Surveys at the end of each chapter provide an opportunity for students to assess their knowledge and understanding of course concepts, thereby encouraging personal reflection and increasing student engagement in course material.
  • FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) are found at the beginning of each chapter. These engage students with answers to the most commonly asked health and wellness questions, such as: “What is health?” “How do I overcome a weight problem?” “What causes drug dependence and abuse?” “What can help me relax?” and “What is spirituality?” Page references are included after each question, signaling where the answer can be found.

Table of Contents

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Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors

Chapter 1: An Invitation to Health and Wellness
Chapter 2: Psychosocial Health
Chapter 3: Personal Stress Management
Chapter 4: Physical Activity for Fitness, Health, and Athletic Performance
Chapter 5: Personal Nutrition
Chapter 6: Managing Your Weight – For Health Living
Chapter 7: Personal Relationships and Sexuality
Chapter 8: Birth Control Choices and Pregnancy
Chapter 9: Protecting Yourself from Infectious Diseases
Chapter 10: Lowering Your Risk of Major Diseases
Chapter 11: Drug Use, Misuse, and Abuse
Chapter 12: Alcohol and Tobacco Use, Misuse, and Abuse
Chapter 13: Traditional and Complementary Healthcare Approaches
Chapter 14: Staying Safe: Preventing Injury, Violence, and Victimization
Chapter 15: Healthy Aging
Chapter 16: Working Toward a Healthy Environment
Chapter 17: The Spirit of Health and Wellness

Glossary
References
Index

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ISBN: 9780176910334
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