School Health Education
Comprehensive School Health Education, taught by a certified
health
education teacher, is the school’s instructional program that provides the opportunity for
all students to understand and practice concepts related to health promotion and disease
prevention.
component promotes:
- Access to valid health information and health
promotion products and services - The practice of health enhancing behaviors and
reduction of health risks - The ability to analyze the influence of culture,
media, technology, and other factors on health - The use of interpersonal communication skills to
enhance health - The use of goal setting and decision making skills
- Advocacy for personal, family, and community health.
Goal: Develop students’ commitment
to life-long health through a school/community which values and promotes
interdisciplinary, sequential, skill-based health education.
Successfully
Teaching Middle School Health
The new and improved Manual
is packed with exciting teaching ideas and student activities. The Manual
contains six step lesson plans for each 6th, 7th, and 8th grade health
objective in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Healthful
Living Edcuation. A new chapter on health related fitness has been added
along with engaging student handouts, and black line masters. A CD is
packaged with the Manual which allows teachers the flexibility to
personalize the lessons, adapt lessons to meet individual classroom needs,
and update statistics and materials as needed. Interactive games and
creative PowerPoint presentations are also available on the CD which will
enhance instruction and student learning.
Healthful Living Curriculum
Today, health status is determined more by
one’s own behaviors than by advances in medical technology, availability of health
services, or other factors; and research demonstrates education in schools can make a
difference in the health-related behaviors of students.
The Healthful Living Education program promotes
behaviors that contribute to a healthful lifestyle and improved quality of life for all
students. The Healthful Living Education curriculum, when fully integrated, supports and
reinforces the goals and objectives of its two major components health and physical
education. When the concepts of these two areas are integrated, learning is enhanced to
its maximum.
NC Institute of Medicine’s
Comprehensive Child Health Plan
Improving school health
education is one of the top priorities established in the Comprehensive
Child Health Plan. Comprehensive Child Health Plan: 2000-2005. Task Force Report to the North
Carolina Department and Human Services. Executive Summary. May 2000.
Download pdf version.
Download Executive Summary.
Chartered in 1983 by the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Institute of
Medicine (NC•IOM) is an independent, nonprofit organization that serves as a non-political
source of analysis and advice on issues of relevance to the health of North Carolina’s
population.
CDC Guidelines for School Health Programs
National guidelines for school
health programs were developed on the basis of an exhaustive review of
published research and input from academic experts and national, federal,
and voluntary organizations interested in child and adolescent health. The
guidelines include specific recommendations to help states, districts, and
schools implement health
programs and policies that have been found to be most effective in
promoting healthy behaviors among youth. Recommendations cover topics such
as policy development, curriculum development and selection, instructional
strategies, staff training, family and community involvement, evaluation,
and linkages between different
components of the coordinated school health program. School Health Program
Guidelines are currently available on the following topics.
Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and
Violence
Guidelines
to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity
Guidelines
to Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating
Guidelines
to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction
Guidelines
for Effective School Health Education
To Prevent the Spread of AIDS
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NC
Association for the Advancement of Health Education
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