Browse Standards

Identify/describe/understand the relationships between personal health behaviors and individual well being;

Identify examples of mental, emotional, social, and physical health during childhood;

Describe the basic structure and functions of the human body systems;

Describe how physical, social, and emotional environments influence personal health;

Identify common health issues of children; and

Identify health problems that should be detected and treated early; and explain how childhood injuries and illnesses can be prevented and/or treated.

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 environments and personal health are interrelated;

Describe ways to reduce risks related to adolescent health issues;

Explain how health care can prevent premature death and disability; and

Describe how lifestyle, pathogens, family history, and other risk factors are related to the prevention or cause of disease and other health problems.

Analyze how behavior can impact health maintenance and disease prevention;

Describe the interrelationships of mental, emotional, social, and physical health throughout adulthood;

Explain the impact of personal health behaviors on the functioning of body systems;

Analyze how the environment influences the health of the community;

Describe how to delay onset and reduce risks of potential health problems during adulthood;

Analyze how public health policies and government regulations influence health promotion and disease prevention; and

Analyze how the family, peers, and community influence the health of individuals;

Analyze how the prevention and control of health problems are influenced by research and medical advances.

Identify characteristics of calid health information and health-promoting producs and services;

Demonstrate the ability to locate resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information;

Explain how the media influences the selection of health information, products, and services; and

Demonstrate that ability to locate school and community health helpers.

Analyze the availability and 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 the media influences the selection of health and information and products;

Demonstrate the ability to locate health products and services;

Compare the costs and validity of health products; and

Describe situations requiring professional health services.

Evaluate the availability and validity of health information, products, and services;

Demonstrate the ability to evaluate resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information;

Evaluate factors that influence personal selection of health products and services;

Demonstrate the ability to access school and community health services for self and others;

Analyze the cost and accessibility of health care services; and

Analyze situations requiring professional health services.

Identify responsible health behaviors;

Identify personal health needs;

Compare behaviors that are safe to those that are risky or harmful;

Demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal health;

Develop injury prevention and management strategies for personal health;

Demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening situations; and

Apply skills to manage stress.

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 behavior in relationships;

Demonstrate strategies to improve of maintain personal and family health;

Develop injury prevention and management strategies for personal and family health;

Demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening situations; and

Demonstrate strategies to manage stress.

Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health;

Evaluate a personal health assessment to determine strategies for health enhancement and risk reduction;

Analyze the short-term and long-term consequences of safe, risky, and harmful behaviors;

Develop management strategies to improve or maintain personal, family, peer, and community health;

Develop injury prevention strategies for personal, family, peer, and community health;

Demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening situations; and

Evaluate strategies to manage stress.

Describe how cultures within the local community influence personal health behaviors;

Explain how media influence thoughts, feelings, and health behaviors;

Describe ways technology can influence personal health; and

Explain how information from school and family influences 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; and

Analyze how information from peers influence health.

Analyze how cultural diversity enriches and challenges health behaviors;

Evaluate the effect of media and other factors on personal, family, peer, and community health; and

Evaluate the impact of technology on personal, family, peer, and community health.

Distinguish between verbal and nonverbal communication;

Describe characteristics needed to be a responsible friend and family member;

Demonstrate positive ways to express needs, wants, and feelings;

Demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration, and respect of self and others;

Demonstrate attentive listening skills to build and maintain health-enhancing relationships;

Demonstrate refusal skills and why they are important to enhance health;

Differentiate between negative and positive behaviors used in conflict situations; and

Demonstrate nonviolent strategies to resolve conflicts.

Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to maintain health-enhancing relationships;

Describe how the behavior of family and peers affects interpersonal communication;

Demonstrate positive 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 relationships;

Demonstrate refusal and negotiation skills to enhance health;

Analyze the possible causes of conflict among youth in schools and communities; and

Demonstrate strategies to manage conflict in positive ways.

Demonstrate skills for communicating effectively with family, peers, and others;

Analyze how interpersonal communication affects relationships;

Demonstrate positive ways to express needs, wants, and feelings;

Demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration, and respect of self and others;

Demonstrate strategies for solving interpersonal conflicts without harming self or others;

Demonstrate refusal, negotiation, and collaboration skills to avoid potentially harmful situations;

Analyze the possible causes of conflict in schools, families, and communities; and

Demonstrate strategies used to prevent conflict.

Demonstrate the ability to apply a decision-making process to health issues and problems;

Explain when to ask for assistance in making health-related decisions and setting health goals;

Predict outcomes of positive health decisions; and

Set a personal health goal and track progress toward achievement.

Demonstrate the ability to apply decision-making process to health issues and problems individually and collaboratively;

Analyze how health-related decisions are influenced by individuals, family, peers, and community values;

Predict how decisions regarding health behaviors have consequence 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; and

Develop a plan that addresses personal strengths, needs, and health risks.

Demonstrate the ability to utilize various strategies when making decisions related to health needs and risks of young adults;

Analyze health concerns that require collaborative decision making;

Predict immediate and long-term impact of health decisions on the individual, family, peers, and community;

Implement a plan for attaining a personal health goal;

Evaluate progress toward achieving personal health goals; and

Formulate an effective plan for lifelong health.

Describe a variety of methods to convey accurate health information and ideas;

Express information and opinions about health issues;

Identify community agencies/ resources that advocate for healthy individuals, families, peers, and communities; and

Demonstrate the ability to influence and support others in making health-enhancing choices.

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 health-enhancing choices; and

Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively when advocating for healthy individuals, families, and schools.

Evaluate the effectiveness of communication methods for accurately expressing health information and ideas;

Express information and opinions about health issues;

Utilize strategies to overcome barriers when communicating information, ideas, feelings, and opinions about health issues;

Demonstrate the ability to influence and support others in making health-enhancing choices;

Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively when advocating for healthy communities; and

Demonstrate the ability to adapt health messages and communication techniques to the characteristics of a particular audience.