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General Information
Number: HE.8.P.8
Title: Advocacy - Demonstrate the ability to advocate for individual, peer, school, family, and community health.
Type:
Standard
Subject: Health Education Archived Standards - Archived
Grade: 8
Strand: Health Literacy Promotion
Related Benchmarks
This cluster includes the following benchmarks.
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Independent
HE.8.P.8.In.0
Promote positive health choices with the support of others, such as the promotion of oral health, sexual abstinence, and not using drugs.
HE.8.P.8.In.1
Explain the desirability of a health-enhancing position on a topic using accurate information from selected resources, such as abstinence from unhealthy behaviors, gun-safety laws, or legal-age limits.
HE.8.P.8.In.2
Work with others to advocate for healthy individuals, peers, families, and schools, such as promoting community initiatives, and creating media campaigns.
HE.8.P.8.In.3
Identify ways health messages or communication techniques can be targeted for a particular audience, such as advertisements, media campaigns, and health fairs.
Supported
HE.8.P.8.Su.0
Promote selected positive health choices with the support of others, such as the promotion of oral health, sexual abstinence, and not using drugs.
HE.8.P.8.Su.1
Support a health-enhancing position on a topic using accurate information from a selected source, such as abstinence from unhealthy behaviors, gun-safety laws, or legal-age limits.
HE.8.P.8.Su.2
Work with others to promote healthy practices for healthy individuals, peers, families, or schools, such as promoting community initiatives, and creating media campaigns.
HE.8.P.8.Su.3
Identify a way a health message or communication technique can be targeted for a particular audience, such as in advertisements, media campaigns, and health fairs.
Participatory
HE.8.P.8.Pa.0
Promote a positive health choice with the support of others, such as the promotion of oral health, sexual abstinence, and not using drugs.
HE.8.P.8.Pa.1
Recognize accurate information related to a health-enhancing position on a topic, such as abstinence from unhealthy behaviors, gun-safety laws, or legal-age limits.
HE.8.P.8.Pa.2
Work with others to promote selected healthy practices for individuals, peers, families, or schools, such as promoting community initiatives, and creating media campaigns.
HE.8.P.8.Pa.3
Recognize a way a health message targets a particular audience, such as in advertisements, media campaigns, and health fairs.
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