National Standards for Health Education

Standards

Performance Indicators
1:  Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention. Students will identify what good health is, recognizing health problems, and ways in which lifestyle, the environment, and public policies can promote health
2:  Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health health information and health-promoting products and services. Students will identify a valid health information, products, and services including advertisements, health insurance and treatment options, and food labels.
3:  Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks. Students will identify responsible and harmful behaviors, developing health-enhancing strategies, and managing stress.
4:  Students will analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health. Students will describe and analyzing how one's cultural background, messages from the media, technology, and one's friends, influence health.
5:  Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health. Students will use Interpersonal communication, refusal, and negotiation skills, and conflict resolution.
6:  Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health. Students will make reasonable and attainable goals and developing positive decision-making skills.
Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health. Students will identify community resources, accurately communicating health information and ideas, and working cooperatively to promote health.