Health--6-8

GOAL 22: Understand principles of health promotion and the prevention and treatment of illness and injury.

Explain the basic principles of health promotion, illness prevention and safety. Explain the principles of health promotion, illness prevention and safety emphasizing mind, body and spirit.

Describe and explain the factors that influence health among individuals, groups and communities.Describe, explain and advocate factors that influence health among individuals, groups and world communities.

Explain how the environment can affect health. Explain how being a steward of the environment makes us a steward of our own health.

 Identify and describe ways to reduce health risks common to adolescents (e.g., exercise, diet, refusal of harmful substances).

Identify how positive health practices and relevant health care can help reduce health risks (e.g., proper diet and exercise reduce risks of cancer and heart disease).

Explain routine safety precautions in practical situations (e.g., in motor vehicles, on bicycles, in and near water, as a pedestrian).

Identify various careers involved in health promotion, health care and injury prevention.

 Describe how the individual influences the health and well-being of the workplace and the community (e.g., volunteerism, disaster preparedness, proper care to prevent the spread of illness).

Identify potential environmental conditions that may affect the health of the local community (e.g., pollution, land fill, lead-based paint).

Develop potential solutions to address environmental problems that affect the local community’s health.

Describe emergency procedures. 

Describe different types of stress.

Distinguish between communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

Practice personal hygiene.

Know basic first aid and life saving practices.

Recognize abusive behaviors. 

Practice methods to be followed when abusive behavior is suspected or discovered.

Apply information learned in Religion, Safe Environment (“touching safety”) and other community safety programs.

Discuss importance of proper hygiene.

Formulate a plan for making the school a safer place.

Discuss how peers influence health-related choices/behaviors

Discuss how to evaluate health-related information.

Advocate ways to help others through Christian service. 

Recognize possible sources of pollution in specific environments (your home, your school, your community). 

Research waste disposal and how it may affect the environment and future generations.

Describe how elements of the environment affect personal health.

Identify ways to take care of the environment God created (e.g., reduce, reuse, recycle).

Identify ways to take care of the environment God created (e.g., reduce, reuse, recycle).