HE19.7.2.3
Describe how the media can send mixed messages about health.
Describe how the media can send mixed messages about health.
Students will combine a study of facts regarding tobacco with a survey of their peers' attitudes and experiences to create a schoolwide smoking prevention campaign. The objective is to understand facts about smoking and use those facts to impact the entire school population.
Describe how the media can send mixed messages about health.
Explain how societal perceptions influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
Give examples of how substance abuse can increase the likelihood of other health risk behaviors.
Analyze the influence of external factors on health beliefs and behaviors.
Analyze how the perceptions of norms influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
Analyze valid resources from home, school, and community that provide health information.
Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health.
Adapt health messages and communication techniques to a specific target audience.
Identify decision-making skills used in situations that put adolescents and teens at risk.