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     Health Promotion and Prevention Through an Integrated Health and Wellness Approach In Primary Care

Edited By Dr. Kim L. Paxton

Revised 2/2026

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Nutrition: A Key to Health

Author: Dr. Kim Paxton DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, LHIT-C, IHM-C


Section 1: Introduction Nutritional Basics
Section 2: Energy and Energy need calculation
Section 3: Nutrition and its role in health
Section 4: Nutritional balances and diets


 


Chapter 2 : Supplements in our toolbox

Author: Dr. Monika Nuffer Pharm D, CCA (Certified Clinical Aromatherapist)
Section 1: Introduction
  • Definition and statistics
  • Why patients use integrative medicine
  • Different integrative health and medicine modalities
Section 2: Top Ten Herbals Products used in the United States
  • Brief history
  • Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act (DSHEA) 1994
  • Adverse Event Reporting
  • Quality of Supplements
  • Top ten commonly used herbs
Section 3: Culinary Herbs
  • Classification of herbs 
  • Evaluate the appropriate gardening environment for herbs
  • Common culinary herbs


 
Chapter 3: Physical Activity and Exercise for Health and Wellness

Author: Dr. Catherine Jankowski PhD
 
Section 1: Physical activity overview
  • Introduction
  • Physical activity guidelines
  • Current state of physical activity in the US
Section 2: Defining exercise
  • Difference between physical activity and Exercise
  • Walking and steps
  • Aerobic exercise
  • HIIT
  • Prescribing exercise as an intervention
  • The sedentary person
  • Resistance training
  • Bone loading exercise
Section 3: Exercise as Medicine
  • Impact of exercise on health
  • Summary