Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

  • 1.

    Predict how healthy behaviors can affect health status.1.12.1

  • 2.

    Describe the interrelationships of emotional, intellectual, physical, and social health.1.12.2

  • 3.

    Analyze how environment and personal health are interrelated.1.12.3

  • 4.

    Analyze how genetics and family history can impact personal health.1.12.4

  • 5.

    Propose ways to reduce or prevent injuries and health problems.1.12.5

  • 6.

    Analyze the relationship between access to health care and health status.1.12.6

  • 7.

    Compare and contrast the benefits of and barriers to practicing a variety of healthy behaviors.1.12.7

  • 8.

    Analyze personal susceptibility to injury, illness or death if engaging in unhealthy behaviors.1.12.8

  • 9.

    Analyze the potential severity of injury or illness if engaging in unhealthy behaviors.1.12.9

Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology and other factors on health behaviors.

  • 1.

    Analyze how family influences the health of individuals.2.12.1

  • 2.

    Analyze how culture supports and challenges health beliefs, practices and behaviors.2.12.2

  • 3.

    Analyze how peers influence healthy and unhealthy behavior.2.12.3

  • 4.

    Evaluate how the school and community can impact personal health practice and behaviors.2.12.4

  • 5.

    Evaluate the effect of media on personal and family health.2.12.5

  • 6.

    Evaluate the impact of technology on personal, family and community health.2.12.6

  • 7.

    Analyze how the perceptions of norms influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.2.12.7

  • 8.

    Analyze the influence of personal values and beliefs on individual health practices and behaviors.2.12.8

  • 9.

    Analyze how some health risk behaviors can influence the likelihood of engaging in unhealthy behaviors.2.12.9

  • 10.

    Analyze how public health policies and government regulations can influence health promotion and disease prevention.2.12.10

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products and services to enhance health.

  • 1.

    Evaluate the validity of health information, products and services.3.12.1

  • 2.

    Use resources from home, school and community that provide valid health information.3.12.2

  • 3.

    Determine the accessibility of products and services that enhance health.3.12.3

  • 4.

    Determine when professional health services may be required.3.12.4

  • 5.

    Access valid and reliable health products and services.3.12.5

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

  • 1.

    Utilize skills for communicating effectively with family, peers, and others to enhance health.4.12.1

  • 2.

    Demonstrate refusal, negotiation, and collaboration skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.4.12.2

  • 3.

    Demonstrate strategies to prevent, manage or resolve interpersonal conflicts without harming self or others.4.12.3

  • 4.

    Demonstrate how to ask for and offer assistance to enhance the health of self and others.4.12.4

Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

  • 1.

    Examine barriers that can hinder healthy decision-making.5.12.1

  • 2.

    Determine the value of applying decision-making skills in health-related situations.5.12.2

  • 3.

    Justify when individual or collaborative decision-making is appropriate.5.12.3

  • 4.

    Generate alternatives to health-related issues or problems.5.12.4

  • 5.

    Predict the potential short and long-term impact of healthy & unhealthy alternatives to self and others.5.12.5

  • 6.

    Defend the healthy choice when making decisions5.12.6

  • 7.

    Evaluate the effectiveness of health-related decisions.5.12.7

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

  • 1.

    Assess personal health practices and overall health status.6.12.1

  • 2.

    Develop a plan to attain a personal health goal that addresses strengths, needs, and risks.6.12.2

  • 3.

    Implement strategies and monitor progress in achieving a personal health goal.6.12.3

  • 4.

    Formulate an effective long-term personal health plan.6.12.4

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

  • 1.

    Analyze the role of individual responsibility in enhancing health.7.12.1

  • 2.

    Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others.7.12.2

  • 3.

    Demonstrate a variety of behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks to self and others.7.12.3

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.

  • 1.

    Utilize current peer and societal norms to formulate an accurate health-enhancing message.8.12.1

  • 2.

    Demonstrate how to influence and support others to make positive health choices.8.12.2

  • 3.

    Work cooperatively as an advocate for improving personal, family and community health.8.12.3

  • 4.

    Adapt health messages and communication techniques to a specific target audience.8.12.4

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
When were these standards adopted?
2016
Where can I read the official document?
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Health