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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. |