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General Information
Number: HE.8.C.2
Title: Internal and External Influence - Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
Type:
Standard
Subject: Health Education Archived Standards - Archived
Grade: 8
Strand: Health Literacy Concepts
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This cluster includes the following benchmarks.
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Independent
HE.8.C.2.In.a
Describe the role of family health beliefs on the health of adolescents, such as beliefs about alternative-medical care, family religious beliefs, and the importance of physical activity.
HE.8.C.2.In.b
Describe how the health beliefs of peers may influence adolescent health, such as myths about drug use, perception of healthy body composition, and fear of getting a friend in trouble or losing a friend.
HE.8.C.2.In.c
Describe how the school and community may influence adolescent health, such as providing drug-abuse education programs and volunteering opportunities, and the availability of recreational facilities or programs.
HE.8.C.2.In.d
Describe a school or public health policy that influences health promotion and disease prevention, such as speed-limit laws, immunization requirements, or universal precautions.
HE.8.C.2.In.e
Examine selected marketing strategies behind health-related media messages using selected resources, such as social acceptance of alcohol use, promotion of thinness as the best body type, and using sexual images to sell products.
HE.8.C.2.In.f
Describe ways technology influences personal and family health, such as the use of personal electronic devices, television, and headphones.
HE.8.C.2.In.g
Identify the influence of culture on health beliefs, practices, and behaviors, such as medical procedures, sexual abstinence, and prescription-drug use.
HE.8.C.2.In.h
Describe how the perception of common social norms may influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors, such as sexual abstinence, prescription-drug use, and marijuana use.
HE.8.C.2.In.i
Identify how personal values, attitudes, and beliefs influence individual health practices and behaviors.
Supported
HE.8.C.2.Su.a
Identify the role of family health beliefs on the health of adolescents, such as beliefs about alternative-medical care, family religious beliefs, and the importance of physical activity.
HE.8.C.2.Su.b
Describe how the health beliefs of peers may influence adolescent health, such as myths about drug use, perception of healthy body composition, and fear of getting a friend in trouble or losing a friend.
HE.8.C.2.Su.c
Identify how the school and community may influence adolescent health, such as providing drug-abuse education programs and volunteering opportunities, and the availability of recreational facilities or programs.
HE.8.C.2.Su.d
Recognize school and public-health policies that can influence health promotion and disease prevention, such as having immunization requirements and universal precautions.
HE.8.C.2.Su.e
Identify a marketing strategy used in a selected media message, such as social acceptance of alcohol use, promotion of thinness as the best body type, or sexual images to sell products.
HE.8.C.2.Su.f
Identify ways technology impacts personal and family health, such as the use of personal electronic devices, television, and headphones.
HE.8.C.2.Su.g
Recognize an influence of culture on health beliefs, practices, and behaviors regarding matters such as medical procedures, sexual abstinence, and prescription-drug use.
HE.8.C.2.Su.h
Identify how the perceptions of selected social norms may influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors, such as sexual abstinence, prescription-drug use, and marijuana use.
HE.8.C.2.Su.i
Identify how a personal value, attitudes, or belief influences an individual health practice or behavior.
Participatory
HE.8.C.2.Pa.a
Recognize a way family health beliefs may influence the health of adolescents, such as beliefs about alternative-medical care, family religious beliefs, or the importance of physical activity.
HE.8.C.2.Pa.b
Recognize selected ways the beliefs of peers may influence the health of adolescents, such as myths about drug use, perception of healthy body composition, and fear of getting a friend in trouble or losing a friend.
HE.8.C.2.Pa.c
Recognize how the school may influence the health behaviors of adolescents, such as providing drug-abuse education programs and volunteering opportunities, and the availability of recreational facilities or programs.
HE.8.C.2.Pa.d
Recognize a school and a public-health policy that influences health promotion and disease prevention, such as having immunization requirements or universal precautions.
HE.8.C.2.Pa.e
Recognize a marketing strategy used in a health-related media message, such as social acceptance of alcohol use, promotion of thinness as the best body type, or sexual images to sell products.
HE.8.C.2.Pa.f
Recognize a way that technology impacts personal and family health, such as the use of personal electronic devices, television, and headphones.
HE.8.C.2.Pa.g
Recognize a way the perception of a common social practice (norm) relates to healthy and unhealthy behaviors, such as sexual abstinence, prescription-drug use, or marijuana use.
HE.8.C.2.Pa.h
Recognize a way the perception of a common social practice (norm) relates to healthy and unhealthy behaviors, such as sexual abstinence, prescription-drug use, or marijuana use.
HE.8.C.2.Pa.i
Identify how likes and dislikes influence choice-making.
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