HE19.6.7.2
Describe practices to avoid to reduce health risks to self and others.
Describe practices to avoid to reduce health risks to self and others.
Each day, America’s teenagers are bombarded with misleading messages about drugs. Glamorized by media and endorsed by peers, the consequences of drug use and experimentation are dangerously disguised, and often hidden altogether. The reality is that drug use can alter a teen’s life forever. That’s why every student should be given the tools to make a decision against using drugs - and the best place to give them those tools is your classroom.
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Describe practices to avoid to reduce health risks to self and others.
Predict the risk of injury or illness if engaging in unhealthy behaviors.
Discuss how risky choices influence the likelihood of unhealthy behaviors, including tobacco use increasing the risk of using other drugs and peer pressure to consume alcohol.
Analyze the influence of external factors on health beliefs and behaviors.
Develop a thoughtful decision-making process in health-related situations.
Analyze how health risk behaviors in the local school and community are influenced by family, peers and other factors.
Identify decision-making skills used in situations that put adolescents and teens at risk.