Standards - Health Education

Analyze the influences of technology on personal and family health.

Explain how societal perceptions influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

Give examples of how substance abuse can increase the likelihood of other health risk behaviors.

Analyze the validity of health claims made concerning health products and services.

Identify situations that may require professional health services, including self-harm, suicidal thoughts, substance abuse, sexual abuse, and harm toward others.

Analyze how strategies using verbal and nonverbal communication effectively can enhance health.

Demonstrate negotiation skills which help resolve conflict in bullying situations.

Demonstrate effective communication when confronted with mental or emotional problems in others.

Predict the impact on self and others when making a health-related decision.

Analyze options as well as outcomes, when pressured by peers to perform illegal acts.

Critique the positive and negative outcomes of a health-related decision.

Apply strategies and skills needed to attain a personal health goal.

Analyze how keeping an activity record will help an individual to attain a personal health goal.

Perform overall self-assessments and identify behaviors that will impact personal health.

Document healthy practices and behaviors that will improve the health of self and others.

Demonstrate ways to influence and support others in making positive health choices.

Work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools.

Predict how health literacy and behaviors can affect health status.

Describe the interrelationships of emotional, mental, physical, social, spiritual, and environmental health.

Identify symptoms and methods of treatment of mental health disorders, including depression, and stress.

Identify warning signs and prevention strategies for suicide.

Analyze how genetics and family history can impact personal health.

Propose ways to prevent, reduce, and treat injuries and other health problems.

Determine when professional health services may be required for injury or disease.

Perform CPR, AED techniques, and First Aid procedures, including the principles of RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation).

Analyze the relationship between access to health care and health status.

Compare and contrast the benefits of and barriers to practicing a variety of healthy behaviors.

Identify factors that impact nutritional choices.

Analyze the potential susceptibility to and severity of injury or illness if engaging in unhealthy behaviors.

Explain the progression of HIV and AIDS.

Explain the progression of Type II diabetes.

Analyze the influence of external factors on health beliefs and behaviors.

Analyze how family, culture, school, and community influence the health practice and behaviors of individuals.

Examine how peers influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

Critique the effect of media on personal and family health.