Grades 9, 10
Other Rhode Island Health Education sets
Other Rhode Island Health Education sets
Students will understand the concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention as a foundation for a healthy life.
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Analyze how behavior can impact health maintenance and disease prevention.
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Describe the interrelationships of mental, emotional, social and physical health throughout young adulthood.
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Analyze the impact of personal health behaviors on the functioning of body systems.
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Analyze how the family, peers, community and environment influence the health of individuals.
Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health promoting products and services.
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Evaluate the validity of health information, products and services.
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Analyze resources from home school and community that provide valid health information.
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Evaluate media influences on the selection of health information and products.
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Access school and community health services for self and others.
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Analyze the cost and availability of health care products and services for individuals.
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Analyze situations requiring professional health services.
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Explain requirements for entering and pursuing specific health careers.
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.
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Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health.
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Evaluate personal health habits to determine strategies for health enhancement and risk reduction.
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Analyze the short-term and long-term consequences of safe, risky and harmful behaviors.
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Demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal, family and community health.
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Develop injury prevention and management strategies for personal, family and community health.
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Identify and demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening situations.
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Research and evaluate strategies to manage stress in individuals.
Students will analyze the influence of culture, media, technology and other factors on health.
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Analyze how cultural diversity enriches and challenges health behaviors.
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Evaluate the effect of media and other factors on personal, family and community health.
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Evaluate the impact of technology on personal, family and community health.
- 4.
Analyze how information from the community influences health.
Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.
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Demonstrate skills for communicating effectively with family, peers and others.
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Analyze how interpersonal communication affects relationships.
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Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants and feelings.
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Demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration and respect of self and others.
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Demonstrate strategies for solving interpersonal conflicts without harming self or others.
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Demonstrate refusal, negotiation and collaboration skills needed to avoid potentially-harmful situations.
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Analyze the possible causes of conflict in schools, families and communities.
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Demonstrate healthy strategies used to prevent conflict.
Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.
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Analyze the ability to use different strategies when making decisions related to health needs and risks of young adults.
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Analyze health concerns that require individuals to work together.
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Predict immediate and long-term impact of health decisions on the individual family and community.
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Describe how personal health goals are influenced by changes in information, abilities, priorities and responsibilities.
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Compare and contrast a variety of plans that address personal strengths, needs and health risks.
Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, community and environmental health.
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Discuss accurate information and express opinions about health issues.
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Design methods for accurately expressing health information and ideas.
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Utilize strategies to overcome barriers when communicating information, ideas, feelings and opinions about health issues.
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Influence and support others in making positive health choices.
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Work cooperatively when advocating for healthy communities.
Frequently asked questions
- What grade levels do these standards cover?
- Grade 9 and Grade 10
- When were these standards adopted?
- 2010
- Where can I read the official document?
- Rhode Island Health Education Framework
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