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HealthTeacher Lesson Title |
| 1. Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention. (C, PH, CH, H) |
a. Analyze how health education and promotion benefits individuals (i.e., reduces number of doctor visits, premature deaths, and chronic diseases). |
Using Health Care Services Wisely |
| b. Theorize ways health promotion reduces healthcare costs. |
It Makes No Cents |
| c. Describe the benefits and threats of technological advances to healthy living. |
Using Health Care Services Wisely |
| d. Discuss how body hygiene, posture and one's self image affect overall health. |
Hygiene and Adolescence |
| 2. Demonstrate the ability to obtain valid health information and health-promoting products and services. (C, CH, PH, N) |
a. Identify ways natural resources can impact human health. |
Conserving Natural Resources |
| b. Research current health promoting products and services. |
Selecting and Using Health-care Products |
| 3. Demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks. (CH, PH, F, D) |
a. Express personal feelings associated with making good or poor health related decisions. |
Making Healthful Decisions about Tobacco |
| b. Explain and give examples of the use, misuse and abuse of substances. |
Use, Misuse or Abuse? |
| c. Discuss the responsibilities of the community that are necessary to obtain and maintain good health. |
Accessing Community Health Resources |
| 4. Analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health. (H, CH, C, PH, M) |
a. Explain how advances in communication services have improved healthcare. |
Using Health Care Services Wisely |
| b. Analyze how collaboration among different entities is necessary for individuals to receive proper healthcare. |
Selecting and Using Health-care Products |
| c. Relate how information presented in the news media affects the attitude of our population toward health related issues. |
Reducing Health Risks |
| 5. Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health. (M, PH, D, S, D) |
a. Demonstrate strategies to manage conflict in healthy ways. |
Causes of Conflict |
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Avoiding Conflicts |
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Resolving Conflicts |
| b. Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy ways of expressing emotions. |
Talking Skills |
| c. Examine how to handle difficult interpersonal situations through effective communication. |
Problems in Relationships |
| 6. Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health. (PH, N, H, F, D) |
a. Understand positive and negative reinforcement and how they relate to decision- making. |
All Choices Have Consequences |
| b. Compare and contrast various diet plans and how they relate to personal health. |
Pulling It All Together - Planning a Healthy Menu |
| 7. Demonstrate the ability to advocate personal, family, and community health. (C, PH, F, H, S) |
a. Analyze various communication methods that accurately express health opinions and issues. |
Styles of Communication |
| b. Evaluate the services your school and community provide for individuals with special needs. |
NA |
| c. Employ the ability to encourage and support others in making healthy choices. |
Be Smart - Don't Start! |
