Access to Health

by Rebecca J. Donatelle

Teacher and mentor Rebecca J. Donatelle helps readers make wise decisions about their health using the most current information available. Along with insightful self-assessments and behavior change commitments, Access to Health , Eighth Edition also includes a comprehensive supplements package. Access to Health is comprehensive, readable, and generously illustrated, making it the book of choice for todayUs health and wellness enthusiasts. KEY TOPICS The Eighth Edition includes the latest research and statistics, as well as hot topics of interest and importance to readers such as body art, fast food, club drugs, alternative medicine, and safer sex. For college instructors, students, or anyone interested in health and wellness.

Genres: Nonfiction

736 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1988

Reviews

[Micah · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a terrible health book. It is designed only to make the reader feel bad about themselves and it does nothing but reinforce cultural beauty norms and ideas on race/class/gender/sex/sexuality/mental health on and on. It's also just factually incorrect in many areas. Maybe the biggest flaw with the book is that most of it is "these things are bad. Don't do it" Very rarely does it talk to you about proper ways to change the behaviors it deems poor. It doesn't provide options for many things. It's such a bad and broken book. It also does this thing where it shows pictures of really troubling things (self mutilation, domestic violence, sexual assault) and it does them in bad history channel reenactment ways. Some of the models are even smiling in these scenes. It's a fucking joke. The book needs taken off the market.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whew! As much as I enjoy reading about human sexual anatomy, infectious diseases, illicit drug use and abortion options, I'm stoked to be finished with this book and my first quarter of school:)