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K12-HEALTH-FOUNDATION

Health Foundation

This course is about “you.” Health focuses on the impact of lifestyle choices on wellness and health. Each chapter in the text deals with topics that are important to you. Subjects ranging from sexuality to drugs and nutrition to exercise will be studied. You will gain knowledge to help identify problems in any of these areas of your own life and learn ways to work through them. This will allow you to move toward a healthier lifestyle. This course will put you in charge of managing your health. During your studies, you will be encouraged to seek help in resolving problems. This help can come from you, your family and friends, or your community.

Course Objectives

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

Develop an appreciation for the importance of well-being in all aspects of health.

Recognize the major health issues and identify the risk factors involved in these issues.

Explain how behavior affects health.

Name several ways that society addresses health issues affecting the entire population.

Course Outline

Semester 1

Lesson 1- Mental Health/Social Health

Chapter 1- Making Healthy Decisions

Chapter 2- Personality, Self-Esteem, and Emotions

Chapter 3- Managing Stress

Chapter 4- Mental Disorders and Suicide

Chapter 5- Family Relationships

Chapter 6- Building Healthy Relationships

Chapter 7- Preventing Violence

Lesson 2- Nutrition

Chapter 8- Food and Nutrition

Chapter 9- Making Healthy Food Choices

Chapter 10- Digestion and Excretion

Lesson 3- Physical Fitness

Chapter 11- Movement and Coordination

Chapter 12- Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health

Chapter 13- Exercise and Lifelong Fitness

Semester 2

Lesson 4- Substance Abuse

Chapter 15- Alcohol

Chapter 16- Tobacco

Chapter 17- Preventing  Drug Abuse

Lesson 5- Human Development

Chapter 18- Reproduction and Heredity

Chapter 19- Pregnancy, Birth, and Childhood

Chapter 20- Adolescence and Adulthood

Lesson 6- Preventing Disease/Community Health & Safety

Chapter 21- Infectious Diseases

Chapter 22- Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS

Chapter 23- Chronic Diseases and Disabilities

Chapter 24- Safeguarding the Public

Chapter 25- Healthy Community and Environment

Chapter 26- Preventing Injuries