Personal Health Self-Assessments and Health Almanac for An Invitation to Health - 2010-2011 Edition

Sep 29, 2026

Personal Health Self-Assessments and Health Almanac for An Invitation to Health - Brief, 2010-2011 Edition provides guidance for completing the Wellness Inventory and using results to reflect on overall wellness. It explains wellness as a dynamic spectrum involving physical, mental, emotional, creative, and spiritual environments. Instructions focus on setting aside quiet time, rating statements with a numerical scale, averaging section scores, and transferring results onto a wellness wheel.

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Personal Health Self-Assessments

Chapter 1: Wellness Inventory

Chapter 2: Well-Being Scale

Chapter 2: Recognizing Depression

Chapter 3: Student Stress Scale

Chapter 4: Are You Ready to Become More Active?

Chapter 5: How Healthful Is Your Diet?

Chapter 6: Are You Ready to Lose Weight?

Chapter 7: Communication and Affection in Your Relationship

Chapter 7: How Much Do You Know About Sex?

Chapter 8: Contraceptive Method Selection

Chapter 9: Cancer Risk Assessment

Chapter 10: STI Risk Assessment

Chapter 11: Substance Use Disorder Screening

Chapter 12: Drinking Problem and Nicotine Addiction

Chapter 13: Campus Safety and Health-Care Consumer Skills

Chapter 14: Contribution to the Planet

Chapter 15: Aging I.Q.

Health Almanac

Health Information on the Internet

Your Health Directory

Emergency!

A Consumer's Guide to Medical Tests

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permissionrequest@cengage.com | | --- | Library of Congress Control Number:2008940400 SBN-13:978-0-495-56097-5 SBN-10:0-495-56097-9 Wadsworth 10 Davis DriveBelmont,CA 94002-3098USA Cengage Learning is a leading provider of customized learning solutions withoffice locations around the globe,including Singapore,the United Kingdom,Australia,Mexico,Brazil,and Japan.Locate your local ofice at www.cengage.com/international. Cengage Learning products are represented in Canada by Nelson Education,Ltd. To learn more about Wadsworth,visit www.cengage.com/wadsworthPurchase any of our products at your local college store or at our preferredonline store www.ichapters.com. Contents Personal Health Self-Assessments Chapter 1:Wellness Inventory 1 Chapter 2:Well-Being Scale 11 Chapter 2:Recognizing Depression 13 Chapter 3:Student Stress Scale 15 Chapter 4:Are You Ready to Become More Active?17 Chapter 5:How Healthful Is Your Diet?19 Chapter 6:Are You Ready to Lose Weight?21 Chapter 7:How Strong Are the Communication and Affection in Your Relationship?23 Chapter 7:How Much Do You Know About Sex?25 Chapter 8:Which Contraceptive Method Is Best for You?27 Chapter 9:Are You at Risk of Cancer?29 Chapter 10:Assessing Your STI Risk 31 Chapter 10:What's Your Infection IQ?33 Chapter 11:Do You Have a Substance Use Disorder?35 Chapter 12:Do You Have a Drinking Problem?37 Chapter 12:Are You Addicted to Nicotine?41 Chapter 13:How Safe Is Your Campus?43 Chapter 13:Are You a Savvy Health-Care Consumer?45 Chapter 14:Are You Doing Your Part for the Planet?47 Chapter 15:What Is Your Aging I.Q.?49 Health Almanac Health Information on the Internet 52 Your Health Directory 54 Emergency!67 A Consumer's Guide to Medical Tests 71 … ……… …… …… …… …………………… SELFSURVEY Wellness Inventory # What Is Wellness?* by John W.Travis,M.D. · Go to CENGAGENOW"for Health for more activities. clear presentation of the balance you have given to the manydimensions of your life. Most of us think in terms of illness and assume that theabsence ofillness indicates wellness.There are actually manydegrees of wellness,just as there are many degrees of illness.TheWellnessInve

FAQs

How should the Wellness Inventory be completed?

Set aside about half an hour in a quiet place. Record responses to statements using the 2=Yes, usually; 1=Sometimes, maybe; 0=No, rarely scale.

What is the Wellness Inventory trying to measure?

It is designed to stimulate thinking about many degrees of wellness, recognizing that wellness is not just the absence of illness but a dynamic state.

How are section scores handled after answering statements?

Compute the average score for each section after responding to the appropriate statements, then transfer that average to the corresponding box around the Wellness Inventory Wheel.

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