Standards - Health Education

Cite evidence of how public health policies and government regulations can influence health promotion and disease prevention.

Describe the pros and cons of the use of technology as it affects personal, family, and community health.

Analyze how the perceptions of norms influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

Critique the influence of personal values and beliefs on individual health practices and behaviors.

Analyze how some health risk behaviors can influence the likelihood of engaging in unhealthy behaviors.

Evaluate the accessibility and validity of health information, products, and services.

Analyze valid resources from home, school, and community that provide health information.

Explain laws relating to child pornography, age of consent, and sexual exploitation.

Explain current laws related to underage drinking, distracted driving, and driving under the influence.

Identify the necessity to seek help for mental and emotional health problems.

Locate information on how to cope with and rebuff unwanted physical and verbal exploitation by other persons.

Describe skills for communicating effectively with family, peers, and others to enhance health.

Demonstrate refusal, negotiation, and collaboration skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Develop strategies to prevent, manage, or resolve interpersonal conflicts without harming self or others.

Identify warning signs of unhealthy relationships.

Differentiate between negative and positive behaviors used in conflict situations.

Demonstrate how to ask for and offer assistance to enhance the health of self and others.

Examine barriers that can hinder healthy decision-making.

Develop a thoughtful decision-making process in health-related situations.

Predict the potential short-term and long-term impact of various alternatives on self and others.

Identify warning signs of suicide in self and others and discuss effective coping skills.

Demonstrate refusal skills and explain when to use them in high risk situations.

Justify the appropriateness of individual vs. collaborative decision-making in various situations.

Analyze the benefits of practicing sexual abstinence.

Identify the types, symptoms, and risks of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Assess the consequences of teen pregnancy.

Recommend personal strategies to avoid violence or criminal activities.

Assess personal health status and health practices to establish a baseline for setting health and fitness goals.

Set long-term goals for achieving optimal health and implement short-term steps to reach the goals.

Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health.

Describe healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others.

Identify negative behaviors that increase health risks to self and others.

Compare and contrast the responsibilities of both parents in teen parenting.

Utilize accurate peer and societal norms to formulate a health enhancing message.

Formulate and implement a list of innovative ways to influence and support others in making positive health choices.