High School Health Michigan Standards

Demonstrate the ability to establish positive relationships, communicate caring and love without sexual intercourse, and communicate personal, sexual limits and values to a girlfriend or boyfriend.

Social Skills

Apply decision-making skills to avoid situations that are high risk for pregnancy, HIV, and other STIs.

Decision Making

Develop personal goals and a specific plan for using the best contraceptive or disease-prevention method, including abstinence, for individual circumstances.

Goal Setting

Evaluate the physical, social, emotional, legal, and economic impacts of teen pregnancy, teen parenting, HIV infection, or other STIs on personal lifestyle, goal achievement, friends, and family members.

Explain how stereotypes, norms, peer influence, alcohol and other drug use, media, and personal responsibility can impact sexual decision making and the consequences of such decisions.

Influences

Apply strategies, including refusal and assertiveness skills to avoid, manage, and escape situations that are high risk for pregnancy, HIV, and other STIs.

Health Behaviors

Identify resources that provide information, counseling, and testing related to relationships, sexual violence, pregnancy, and contraception, including options for teens who are unable to care for a baby; analyze the validity of these resources; and describe how to access valid resources.

Access Information

Describe routine medical screening and examinations for maintaining reproductive health, and medical tests for pregnancy, HIV, and other STIs: who should be tested, the procedures used, and the importance of early detection and care.

Compare and contrast the pros and cons of methods used for pregnancy and disease prevention, including abstinence and use of contraception.

Summarize and explain laws related to the sexual behavior of young people.

Core Concepts

Sexuality Education

Demonstrate acceptance for individuals living with HIV.

Social Skills

Recommended

Demonstrate communication, negotiation, and refusal skills to protect oneself from situations that could transmit HIV or other STIs.

Social Skills

Evaluate one's personal perception of risk for HIV and other STIs.

Analyze common behaviors and situations to eliminate or reduce risks related to HIV and other STIs.

Health Behaviors

Identify services and trustworthy adults that provide health information and testing regarding HIV and other STIs, analyze the validity of such resources, and describe how to access valid services.

Access Information

Summarize the criteria for who should be tested and the advantages of early diagnosis and treatment of HIV and other STIs.

Summarize the symptoms, modes of transmission, consequences, and methods to prevent HIV and other STIs, and conclude that abstinence is the most effective way to avoid HIV or other STIs.

Analyze the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among teens.

Core Concepts

HIV Prevention

Analyze the influence of media on selection of personal health care products.

Influences

Demonstrate basic first aid skills (i.e., controlling bleeding, Heimlich maneuver).

Health Behaviors

Describe the dangers of exposure to UV light, lead, asbestos, pesticides, and unclean air and water, and strategies for avoiding exposure.

Core Concepts

Recommended

Assess personal rest and sleep practices and create a personal plan to incorporate rest and sleep in daily routines.

Goal Setting

Analyze the social influences that encourage or discourage a person to practice sun safety.

Influences

Describe personal strategies for minimizing potential harm from exposure to the sun.

Apply knowledge about symptoms of illness to determine whether medical care is required.

Describe health practices that can prevent the spread of illness.

Health Behaviors

Demonstrate the ability to access accurate information about personal health products.

Demonstrate the ability to access valid information and resources in one's community and on the Internet related to personal health issues and concerns.

Access Information

Analyze the importance of rest and sleep for personal health.

Explain the importance of regular health screenings or exams.

Describe how common infectious diseases are transmitted.

Core Concepts

Personal Health and Wellness

Evaluate the effectiveness of health-related decisions.

Decision Making

Develop a personal plan for maintaining or improving one's demonstration of character traits.

Goal Setting

Assess one's personal behavior and how one demonstrates character traits.

Health Behaviors

Describe the impact of showing empathy for another person's emotions and point of view.

Core Concepts

Recommended

Demonstrate how to respond constructively to the anger of others.

Demonstrate the ability to apply listening and assertive communication skills in situations that may involve parents, family members, other trusted adults, peers, boyfriends/girlfriends, and health professionals.

Social Skills

Predict the potential short- and long-term effects of each alternative on self and others, and defend the healthy choice(s).

Apply decision-making and problem-solving steps to generate alternative solutions regarding social situations that could place one's health or safety at risk.

Decision Making

Develop short-term and long-term personal goals and aspirations.

Goal Setting

Demonstrate the ability to express emotions constructively, including use of anger management skills.

Health Behaviors

Demonstrate how to seek help for self or others when suicide may be a risk.

Locate resources in one's community and on the Internet for information and services regarding depression and suicide prevention; and analyze the validity of these resources.

Access Information

Describe the warning signs, risk factors, and protective factors for depression and suicide.

Identify the characteristics of positive relationships, and analyze their impact on personal, family, and community health.

Core Concepts

Social and Emotional Health

Apply strategies to hypothetical situations involving abusive relationships.

Apply strategies to stop or de-escalate a conflict.

Social Skills

Evaluate the impact of media on the prevalence of violence.

Influences

Evaluate the characteristics of a conflict which must be managed rather than resolved.

Core Concepts

Recommended

Demonstrate the ability to use conflict resolution skills.

Social Skills

Analyze the role of friends and peers in the escalation of conflicts and the promotion of violence.

Analyze social pressures to refrain from telling on others or reporting dangerous situations.

Influences

Assess characteristics of hypothetical relationships for warning signs of harm or abuse.

Apply skills and strategies for avoiding and dealing with sexual harassment and exploitation, including when using the Internet.

Demonstrate strategies to stay safe in a violent situation.

Apply strategies to avoid and report dangerous situations, including conflicts involving weapons and gangs.

Health Behaviors

Apply strategies to access and get help for self or others.

Locate resources in one's community and on the Internet for information and services regarding harassment, violence, and abusive relationships; and assess the validity of these resources.

Access Information

Describe the Michigan laws regarding bullying, sexual violence, and sexual harassment.

Define and describe bullying, sexual violence, and sexual harassment, and their effects on individuals and communities.

Describe the characteristics of situations which are dangerous, and those that must be reported to the authorities.

Explain the effects of violence on individuals, families, communities, and our nation.

Core Concepts

Safety

Present a persuasive solution to the problem of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth.

Advocate for ways schools and communities can promote a tobacco-free environment.

Advocacy

Demonstrate ways to support others who want to stop using alcohol or tobacco.

Social Skills

Apply decision-making and problem-solving steps to hypothetical problems related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

Decision Making

Analyze internal and external pressures to use alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Describe financial, political, social, and legal influences regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Influences

Demonstrate skills to avoid tobacco exposure and avoid or resist using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Health Behaviors

Apply strategies to access and get help for self or others.

Locate resources in one's community and on the Internet for information and services regarding alcohol and tobacco use prevention and cessation; and assess the validity of these resources.

Access Information

Clarify myths regarding the scope of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among adolescents.

Describe the short-term and long-term health consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

Core Concepts

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Demonstrate strategies for protection from cold, heat, and sun during physical activity.

Demonstrate proper use of safety gear during physical activity.

Health Behaviors

Describe nutrition practices that are important for the health of a pregnant woman and her baby.

Distinguish between facts and myths regarding nutrition practices, products, and physical performance.

Core Concepts

Recommended:

Advocate for nutritional food choices and physical activity at school.

Advocacy

Predict the health benefits of eating healthy and being physically active; and the potential health consequences of not doing so.

Decision Making

Develop a personal plan for improving one's nutrition, incorporating physical activity into daily routines, and maintaining a healthy weight.

Assess personal barriers to healthy eating and physical activity, and develop practical solutions to remove these barriers.

Assess one's personal preferences regarding healthy eating and physical activity.

Assess one's personal nutrition needs and level of physical activity according to the federal dietary guidelines.

Goal Setting

Prepare meal plans according to the federal dietary guidelines.

Demonstrate the ability to use information on food labels to choose nutrient-dense foods and beverages, and to avoid or limit foods and beverages that are low in nutrients or may impact health conditions.

Health Behaviors

Locate resources in one's community and on the Internet for nutrition information, nutrition services, and help with weight management or unhealthy eating patterns; and assess the validity of the resources.

Access Information

Distinguish between unhealthy and healthy ways to manage weight.

Core Concepts

Nutrition and Physical Activity