Standard(s):
[HE] (6) 4 : 6.1.4) Examine how personal health and wellness are affected positively or negatively by an individual's surroundings.
[HE] (7) 7 : 7.2.2) Explain how communities can affect personal health practices and behaviors.
Examples: public policies regarding water pollution, air quality, tobacco use
[HE] (8) 2 : 8.1.2) Analyze how the environment, family history, personal behaviors, and health care can affect individual healthful living.
a. Describe ways to reduce or prevent injuries and illness in adolescents as it pertains to family history, personal behaviors, and health care.
[HE] HED (9-12) 29 : HE.7.1) Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health.
a. Describe healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others.
Examples: effective communication skills and safety techniques, reading and understanding medicine labels, immunizations, wellness checkups and compliance
b. Identify negative behaviors that increase health risks to self and others.
Examples: distracted driving, drinking and driving, illegal drug use, vaping, smoking, unprotected sex, behaviors resulting in intentional or unintentional injuries, poor eating habits, physical inactivity
c. Compare and contrast the responsibilities of both parents in teen parenting.
Examples: shared responsibilities; social, financial and educational challenges