Curriculum: Health Education

Communicable and Chronic Diseases

Focusing on prevention of communicable diseases (including Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B) and identifying behaviors that affect the development of chronic diseases

• HIV/AIDS Bookmark
• HIV/AIDS Instruction for Middle and High School Students (not linked at this time)

Consumer and Community Health

Focusing on the wide range of patterns and rates of physical, mental/emotional, and social development, stages of the life cycle, changes in relationships that accompany social development, and the importance of friendships.

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Presenting information on the effects of substances on the body and developing the skills necessary to resist the negative influences of peers, community, and the media.

• Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 
• Tobacco use Prevention Education
• California Dept. of Education Web Site
• Red Ribbon Week Training
• Healthy Kids

Environmental Health

Raising the awareness of how environmental issues affect personal health and encouraging actions to protect and improve the environment.

Family Living

Promoting the development of positive family relationships and, at appropriate ages, addressing sexuality, the reproductive process, dating relationships, abstinence, marriage, and the responsibilities of parenthood.

Individual Growth and Development

Promoting the development of positive family relationships and, at appropriate ages, addressing sexuality, the reproductive process, dating relationships, abstinence, marriage, and the responsibilities of parenthood.

Injury Prevention and Safety

Focusing on prevention through safe living habits and healthy decisions, addressing violence prevention, and responding to emergencies.

Nutrition

Providing the knowledge, skills, and motivation to make wise food choices.

• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• Dairy Council of California
• LBUSD Nutrition Services

Personal Health

Addressing the interaction of physical, mental/emotional, and social aspects of health, making deliberate choices, and encouraging the commitment to personal health.

Last Updated: September 2015