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1 ) Identify procedures for making consumer health complaints.
Examples: speaking with a store manager, calling the Better Business Bureau, contacting a patient-relations representative
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2 ) Describe health advocacy strategies.
Examples: writing and recording public service announcements for school or community broadcasts, writing letters to editors of local newspapers, implementing a school health improvement project
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3 ) Identify public environmental laws that protect personal health.
Examples: dumping, polluting, littering
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4 ) Recognize cultural influences that impact health behaviors.
Examples: family perceptions of health care professionals, family perceptions of healthy body image, societal expectations of remaining abstinent until married
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5 ) Describe behaviors that may prevent personal injury.
Examples: wearing protective gear, using seat belts, handling flammable materials properly
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6 ) Describe personal responsibility for reducing hazards and avoiding accidents.
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7 ) Identify barriers to communication regarding health-related issues.
Examples: fear, embarrassment, lack of vocabulary
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8 ) Identify strategies for controlling impulsive behaviors.
Examples:
- strategies—seeking mental health resources, utilizing conflict resolution
techniques
- behaviors—self-mutilation, aggressive outbursts
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9 ) Describe common eating disorders.
Examples: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating
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10 ) Identify possible consequences of poor nutrition.
Example: increased risk for heart disease, obesity, cancer, fatigue, poor academic performance, osteoporosis
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11 ) Explain benefits, limitations, and misuse of dietary supplements.
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12 ) Describe types of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
• Explaining benefits of abstinence
• Identifying physical, social, and emotional effects of STIs
• Describing long-term effects of HIV and AIDS on the human body
Examples: destruction of the immune system, contraction of opportunistic infections
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13 ) Explain why mixing drugs can cause injury, illness, and death.
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