RATIONALES FOR OVERARCHING STANDARDS
HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARD 1:
All students will comprehend essential concepts related to enhancing health.
Rationale
Understanding essential concepts about the relationships between behavior and
health provides the foundation to make informed decisions about health-related
behaviors and to select appropriate health products and services.
HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARD 2:
All students will demonstrate the ability to analyze internal and external
influences that affect health.
Rationale
Health choices are affected by a variety of influences. The ability to
recognize, analyze, and evaluate internal and external influences is essential
to protecting and enhancing health.
HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARD 3:
All students will demonstrate the ability to access and analyze health
information, products, and services.
Rationale
Exposure to information, products, and services comes from a variety of
sources. The ability to access and analyze health information, products, and
services provides a foundation for the practice of health-enhancing behaviors.
HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARD 4:
All students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication
skills to enhance health.
Rationale
Positive relationships support the development of healthy attitudes and
behaviors. The ability to appropriately convey and receive information,
beliefs, and emotions is a skill that enables students to manage risk,
conflict and differences, and promote health.
HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARD 5:
All students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to
enhance health.
Rationale
Managing health behaviors requires critical thinking and problem solving. The
ability to use decision-making skills to guide health behaviors fosters a
sense of control and promotes the acceptance of personal responsibility.
HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARD 6:
All students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to
enhance health.
Rationale
The desire to pursue health is an essential component to building healthy
habits. The ability to use goal-setting skills enables students to transfer
health knowledge into personally meaningful health behaviors.
