Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention--
- Explain the relationship between positive
health behaviors and the prevention of injury, illness, disease, and premature death.
- Describe the interrelationship of mental, emotional, social, and physical health during adolescence.
- Explain how health is influenced by the interaction of body systems.
- Describe how family and peers influence the health of adolescents.
- Analyze how environment and personal health are interrelated.
- Describe ways to reduce risks related to
adolescent health problems.
- Explain how appropriate
health care can prevent premature death and disability.
- Describe how lifestyle, pathogens, family history,
and other risk factors are related to the cause or
prevention of disease and other health problems.
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Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health-promoting products and services--
- Analyze the validity of health information,
products, and services.
- Demonstrate the ability to
utilize resources from home, school, and community that
provide valid health information.
- Analyze how media influences the selection of health information
and products.
- Demonstrate the ability to locate
health products and services.
- Compare the costs and validity of health products.
- Describe situations requiring professional health
services.
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Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks--
- Explain the importance of
assuming responsibility for personal health behaviors.
- Analyze a personal health assessment to
determine health strengths and risks.
- Distinguish between safe and risky or harmful behaviors in
relationships.
- Demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal and family health.
- Develop injury prevention and management strategies for personal and family health.
- Demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening situations.
- Demonstrate strategies to manage stress.
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Students will analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health--
- Describe the influence of cultural beliefs on
health behaviors and the use of health services.
- Analyze how messages from media and other sources influence
health behaviors.
- Analyze the influence of technology on personal and family health.
- Analyze how information from peers influences
health.
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NPH-H.5-8.5 USING COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO PROMOTE HEALTH
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Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health--
- Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal
communication skills to enhance health.
- Describe how the behavior of family and peers affects
interpersonal communication.
- Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants and feelings.
- Demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration,
and respect of self and others.
- Demonstrate communication skills to build and maintain healthy
relationships.
- Demonstrate refusal and negotiation skills to enhance health.
- Analyze the possible causes of conflict among; youth in schools and
communities.
- Demonstrate strategies to manage conflict in healthy ways.
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Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health--
- Demonstrate the ability to apply a decision- making
process to health issues and problems individually and
collaboratively.
- Analyze how health-related
decisions are influenced by individuals, family, and community values.
- Predict how decisions
regarding health behaviors have consequences for self
and others.
- Apply strategies and skills needed to
attain personal health goals.
- Describe how personal health goals are influenced by changing
information, abilities, priorities, and
responsibilities.
- Develop a plan that addresses
personal strengths, needs, and health risks.
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Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health--
- Analyze various communication methods to accurately
express health information and ideas.
- Express information and opinions about health issues.
- Identify barriers to effective communication of
information, ideas, feelings, and opinions about health
issues.
- Demonstrate the ability to influence and support others in making positive health choices.
- Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively
when advocating for healthy individuals, families, and
schools.
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