Comprehensive School Health Education, third edition continues to be the most thorough textbook and resource for helping elementary, middle, and secondary teachers teach health. It is the most widely used health education methods textbook and Teacher Resource Book for Health Education. Students who use this in a methods class keep it and use it when they student teach and when they secure a teaching position. They rely on the reliable, practical strategies and methods that the book provides. The 50-page Curriculum Guide at the end of the book is an organized, sequential K-12 plan for teaching students the information and skills they need to become health literate, maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors.

Section 1 Comprehensive School Health Education

1 A Nation At Risk: The Need for Comprehensive School Health Education

2 School Health Services: Promoting and Protecting Student Health

3 Safe and Healthful School Environment: Protecting the Health and Safety of Students, Faculty, and Staff

4 The Comprehensive School Health Education Curriculm: Teaching Life Skills

5 Instructional Strategies and Technologies: Motivating Students to Learn

2 Health Content

6 Mental and Emotional Health

7 Family Living

8 Growth and Development

9 Nutrition

10 Personal Health

11 Alchol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

12 Communicaable and Chronic Diseases

13 Injury Prevention and Safety

14 Consumer and Community Health

15 Environmental Health

3 Totally Awesome Teaching Strategies

16 Using the Totally Awesome Teaching Strategies

4 The Health Resource Guide

17 Using the Health Resource Guide

5 The Curriculum Guide

18 Using the Curriculum Guide

Appendix: The "Opportunity To Learn" Standards