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Disease Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles | Simple Book Production

Reviewed:

Oct 10, 2025 by Health Sciences
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 5.0 stars
Content Quality: 5.0 stars
Effectiveness: 4.8 stars
Ease of Use: 5.0 stars
Overview:

Disease Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles, by Judy Baker, Ph.D., provides health-related content for students. Topics include

  • Personal Health
  • Disease, influence of family & community
  • Levels of health promotion/disease prevention
  • Beliefs, attitudes, bias, stereotyping
  • Consumer Health Types of health care professionals
  • Personal Relationships 
  • Diseases and Disorders
  • Physical Activity & Health Benefits
  • Substance Abuse & Addictions Drugs Alcohol Tobacco Codependency & dependency problems
  • Aging, Dying, and Death 
  • Stress
  • Personality and Emotional Health
  • Disease Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles
Type of Material:

Online Course

Recommended Uses:

  • The online course can be used as a supplement to in-class work, and it can be self-paced.
  • Individual/team
Technical Requirements:

  • Internet Access
  • Web Browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:

The student will be able to:

  1. Appraise and assess public attitudes and behavior regarding health and disease.
  2. Recognize, examine, and formulate the importance of immunizations.
  3. Recognize and assess public bias towards aging, diabetes, epilepsy, STDs, etc.
  4. Differentiate the major classifications of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
  5. Examine and discuss the role of epidemiology in Public Health.
  6. Assess and analyze nutritional behavior.
  7. Identify the major means of transmission for communicable diseases.
  8. Identify and examine immunizations in relationship to immunity.
  9. Examine the three levels of Health Promotion/Disease Prevention.
  10. Identify, compare, and discuss normal versus abnormal patterns of behavior.
  11. Identify and compare the major classifications of drugs.
  12. Examine and appraise patterns of drug abuse.
  13. Compare cultural health behaviors and suggest associated consequences.
Target Student Population:

  • College Lower Division
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

  • Basic computer skills to navigate to the website.
  • A background in the nursing prerequisites would be helpful.

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The content is accurate, valid, reliable, and organized by overall topic.
  • The material presents learning chapters that depict reality.
  • The chapters include important factors for new nurses or those aspiring to become nurses.
  • The chapters are up to date.
  • The content is general and is needed for every nurse involved in patient care.
  • Chapters are organized with consistency; content is easy to click through and is easy to understand

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:

  • Each chapter has introductory information, supplemental YouTube videos to enhance content for visual learners, and has learning activities related to the content.
  • The material is presented with clarity, focus, and organization.
  • This material is concise enough not to be overwhelming for learners.
  • The subject matter is a good supplement for nurses.
  • Concepts are clearly presented.

 

Concerns:

  • Images, diagrams, and tables could improve the presentation on the content.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The course is easy to access and has colorful videos for visual learners.
  • Videos include closed captioning.
  • The content is easy to understand and very thorough.
  • Learners can apply the material within their work or to supplement their education.
  • The information is presented in clear, organized chapters, which are familiar to educators.
  • The material is easy to navigate.
  • The presentation of each concept is clear without distractions.
  • New terms are defined and explained.
  • Text is selectable.
  • Headings are set for screen readers.
Other Issues and Comments:

What an excellent resource for disease prevention and health. MERLOT  appreciates the opportunity to review it!

Thank you for your scholarship! :)

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