Health Education
Definition of Health Education in the Coordinated School Health ModelA planned, sequential, K-12 curriculum that addresses the physical, mental, emotional and social dimensions of health. The curriculum is designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors. It allows students to develop and demonstrate increasingly sophisticated health-related knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices. The comprehensive health education curriculum includes a variety of topics such as personal health, family health, community health, consumer health, environmental health, sexuality education, mental and emotional health, injury prevention and safety, nutrition, prevention and control of disease, and substance use and abuse. Qualified, trained teachers provide health education. (Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/cshp/)
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Tools and Resources
- A grant from University of Missouri Extension helped fund this Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) nutrition class and student-directed video series on the Spring of 2009.
Healthy Choices Makes Healthy Ninjas
Think Your Breakfast
Teens Can Save Money By Preparing Food
Slow Foods vs Go Foods