Internet Activities
(ww) Indicates an Internet Activity that is also found in the Wellness Worksheets.Chapter 1 Taking Charge of Your Health
1. Explore a Web Site and Use a Search Engine (ww)Learn more about using the Internet by exploring a health-related Web site and using a search engine to locate information on a specific health topic of your choice; guidelines for evaluating the reliability of health-related Web sites are included.
2. Online Wellness Assessments
Choose and take an online wellness assessment, and assess its usefulness for behavior change.
Visit the Web site of the Healthy People 2010 report, and do a search for objectives that relate to your target behaviors.
Chapter 2 Stress: The Constant Challenge
4. Building Social Support (ww)Locate online resources for organizations and people who share your hobbies and interests.
5. Sleep
Visit sleep-related Web sites, and identify strategies for obtaining adequate sleep.
Search for a site providing information on a relaxation technique, and assess the site’s usefulness and reliability.
Chapter 3 Psychological Health
7. Challenges to Emotional and Psychological Wellness (ww)8. Depression (ww)Locate strategies for coping with common challenges to emotional and psychological wellness.
Use the Internet to learn more about the causes, symptoms, risks, and treatment of depression.
Chapter 4 Intimate Relationships
9. Compare Your Family with the Average U.S. Family (ww)Visit the Web site for the Census Bureau, and discover how characteristics of your family compare to the national average.
Chapter 5 Sex and Your Body
10. Online Sexual Disorders Screening
Review a sexual disorders screening test, and assess the pros and cons of anonymous online screenings for sensitive areas of health.
Chapter 6 Contraception
11. Contraceptive Methods (ww)Research a contraceptive method to determine whether or not it would be appropriate for you.
Chapter 7 Abortion
12. Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Positions on Abortion (ww)Use online resources to learn more about the arguments used by pro-life and pro-choice groups.
Chapter 8 Pregnancy and Childbirth
13. Inherited Disorders and Birth Defects
Select an inherited disorder or genetic or chromosomal birth defect, and locate information about its causes, symptoms, and treatment.
14. Stages of Fetal Development
Discover more about fetal development by researching a particular stage.
Chapter 9 The Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Drugs
15. Psychoactive Drugs (ww)Research a psychoactive drug to learn more about its short- and long-term effects.
Chapter 10 The Responsible Use of Alcohol
16. Preventing Drunk Driving (ww)Identify strategies for preventing injuries from drunk driving.
17. College Students and Alcohol
Identify problems associated with alcohol use among college students, and research possible strategies for preventing alcohol-associated problems on campus.
Chapter 11 Toward a Tobacco-Free Society
18. For Smokers: Resources for Quitting (ww)19. Health Effects of Cigars or Spit Tobacco (ww)Visit and evaluate a Web site that contains resources for smokers who want to quit.
20. Online Tobacco Activism (ww)Research the health effects of either cigar smoking or spit tobacco use.
Visit Web sites for tobacco advocacy groups, and identify opportunities for online anti-tobacco activism.
Chapter 12 Nutrition Basics
21. Alternate Food Pyramids (ww)Locate and describe one of the many variations on the basic USDA Food Guide Pyramid.
Use an online food composition analysis tool to learn more about the nutrients found in one of your favorite foods.
23. Strategies for Improving Your Diet
24. Daily Calcium Intake for Osteoporosis Prevention (ww)Choose an area of special concern relating to your diet, and research strategies for improving your eating habits.
25. Dietary Supplements (ww)Calculate your daily calcium intake, and compare it to the recommended total for your age and sex.
Learn more about a particular dietary supplement by locating and describing a pertinent research study and by searching for reports of adverse effects.
Chapter 13 Exercise for Health and Fitness
26. Information on Fitness Activities (ww)Search for and evaluate online resources for one of the activities in your personal fitness program.
27. Fitness Assessment and Program Planning
Evaluate an online resource for assessing current fitness levels and planning a fitness program.
Chapter 14 Weight Management
(ww)28. Determining Body Mass Index (BMI)
Determine your current BMI, and describe online weight management resources.
Research how diet and exercise can be used to manage diabetes, and identify some of the ways you would have to change your lifestyle if you were diagnosed with diabetes.
30. Body Image/Eating Disorders
Assess your current body image, and locate resources for preventing the development of eating disorders or helping a friend or family member who has an eating disorder.
Chapter 15 Cardiovascular Health
(ww)31. Online Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment
Take an online CVD or stroke risk assessment, and describe recommendations to reduce your risk.
Research lifestyle strategies for preventing or controlling a CVD risk factor.
33. Forms of Cardiovascular Disease
Search for information about a particular form of CVD—its risk factors, effects/symptoms, and treatments.
Chapter 16 Cancer
34. Research a Type of Cancer or a Risk Factor (ww)Locate Web sites that provide information about a particular type of cancer or a specific cancer risk factor.
35. UV Index
Determine the current UV index and the yearly UV index pattern for your area.
36. Diet and Cancer: Five a Day—For Better Health
Identify strategies for increasing your daily consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Chapter 17 Immunity and Infection
37. Emerging Infectious Diseases (ww)38. Pollen Counts and Allergies (ww)Search for information about an emerging infectious disease—causes, transmission, and prevention.
Look up the current pollen counts and yearly pollen patterns for your area, and determine if you have related allergy symptoms.
Chapter 18 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
(ww)39. Online STDs Risk Assessment
Take an anonymous online HIV/STDs screening test, and assess its usefulness.
Search for information on either safer sex strategies or a recent development in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, or testing.
Chapter 19 Aging: A Vital Process
Identify strategies for preventing and coping with a wellness-related challenge of aging such as arthritis or Alzheimer’s disease.
Chapter 20 Dying and Death
42. Advance Directives/Organ Donation
Locate and review the advance directive appropriate for your state, or explore resources related to organ donation.
Chapter 21 Medical Self-Care: Skills for the Health Care Consumer
43. Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications
Research a prescription or OTC drug to learn more about how to use it safely and effectively.
Chapter 22 The Health Care System
44. Information on Physicians and Hospitals (ww)45. Alternative Therapies (ww)Locate information on a local physician or hospital, and determine if any local medical facility sponsors a Web site.
Learn more about a particular alternative therapy by locating and describing a pertinent research study and by searching other resources for consumer-oriented advice.
Chapter 23 Personal Safety: Protecting Yourself from Unintentional Injuries and Violence
(ww)
Take an online assessment to determine if you are an aggressive driver, and identify strategies for reducing road rage and avoiding aggressive drivers.
Investigate the prevalence, risk factors, and prevention strategies for a specific type of unintentional injury.
48. Locating Resources for Date Rape or Domestic Violence
(ww)Locate and describe online resources related to date rape or domestic violence.
49. Violence: Trends and Risk Factors
(ww)Research and describe current trends and risk factors for a particular type of violence.
Chapter 24 Environmental Health
(ww)
Locate the e-mail address of one of your elected representatives.
51. Environmental Health Puzzles
Complete an online puzzle or quiz related to environmental health, and assess its usefulness as a learning tool.
52. Environmental Health Problems
Search for information about a specific environmental health problem, and identify key causes and practical prevention strategies.
53. Environmental Health in Your Community
Search for information about pollution and other environmental health concerns in your local community.
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