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Health & Human Performance
- Biomechanics of Human MovementThis is an introductory resource for students to learn basic concepts related to human biomechanics.
- Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology: An Open Access TextbookThis text represents the collaboration of more than 70 authors from multiple countries. Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology: An Open Access Textbook brings this diverse set of experts together to provide a free, open, accessible textbook for students studying exercise and sport psychology.
- KIN 4370: Exercise Testing and Prescription Lab ManualThis book is a lab manual to accompany the KIN 4370 course: Exercise Testing and Prescription at the University of Houston. The chapter for each lab activity includes background information, protocol description, comprehension questions, and tables to help with test interpretation (as required).
Health Studies
- Medical Terminology for Healthcare ProfessionsThis resource focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.
- Medical TerminologyFocuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms. There is also a student study companion for this text.
- Medical Terminology: An Interactive ApproachThis textbook is designed to teach medical terminology, the language of medicine, in an engaging and meaningful way. While learning medical terms in this course, the learner will also learn basic anatomy and physiology, as well as basic diseases and professions dealing with each body system.
- Foundations of EpidemiologyThis book is intended to provide a basic introduction to epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic thinking. After reading this book, you should be able to read an epidemiologic study, understand what the authors did and why, and identify what they found. You will also have the tools to assess the quality of that study—how good is the evidence? What are potential sources of bias, and how might those have affected the results?
- Accessible Appalachia: An Open-Access Introduction to Appalachian StudiesIncludes a section on health in Appalachia
Wellness
- The Basics of Health, Wellness, and FitnessThis book is written for anyone who could benefit from learning more about health, wellness, and fitness. Throughout the text, readers will learn about health and wellness, setting goals, physical activity and exercise, cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and endurance, body composition, flexibility, nutrition, stress management, as well as self-care and sleep.
- Concepts of Fitness and WellnessIncludes topics from healthy behaviors, fitness principles, & nutrition to weight management & stress management.
- Introduction to Health - 2nd editionProvides a broad overview of information pertaining to human health and opportunities for improving health and wellness throughout life. The intended goal of the book is to equip the learners with important information needed to better understand their own health and how their daily choices may impact both their quantity and quality of life.
- A Guide to Physical ActivityIncludes physical activity foundations, benefits, and nutrition
Related Topics
- An Intuitive, Interactive, Introduction to Biostatistics"An Intuitive, Interactive Introduction to Biostatistics" is an introductory statistics textbook oriented towards towards undergraduate students in the health sciences.
- Basic Foundation of Nutrition for Sports Performance (Libretexts)This text covers digestion and absorption, metabolism and energy, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals, hydration and more.
- Introduction to Exercise Science for Fitness ProfessionalsThis textbook supplies key components of a background in anatomy, biomechanics, human physiology, fitness program components, and strategies for performance adaptations and progression used for developing and optimizing fitness for health and performance.
- Health EducationReaders will learn about the nature of health, health education, health promotion and related concepts. This will help to understand the social, psychological and physical components of health.
- The Science of SleepThe Science of Sleep teaches us the vital importance of sleep and how it determines our mental and physical health. It explores the neuroscience of sleep and cultural, social, and political aspects of how people view sleep and are affected by sleep.
- "Overweight" Bodies, Real and ImaginedThis compilation gathers OER sources on body weight, nutrition, and movement, and it also problematizes the cultural meaning of these readings. Roughly, this anthology is divided into two parts--informational and theoretical--in depicting how medical research and journalism influence and are influenced by social stereotypes, constructed ideas about bodies, food, and individual choices within social systems.
- Introduction to Human SexualityThis is an introductory human sexuality textbook.
- Introduction to GolfAn open textbook composed of eight chapters covering etiquette, rules, clubs, types of shots, and body mechanical skills needed for success. Includes photos and videos.
- Introduction to VolleyballAn open textbook with chapters covering etiquette, rules, serving, passing, attacking, blocking, strategies and equipment. There are photos and instructional videos.
