1. Standards... Smandards... WHAT DO THEY MEAN????

2. The National Health Education Standards Standards that specify what students should know and be able to do. They involve the knowledge and skills essential to the development of health literacy. Those “skills” include the ways of communicating, reasoning, and investigating which characterize health education (Joint Committee on Health Education Standards, 2006)

3. 8 National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence (ACS, 2007) (Georgia Standards 2009) Students will... 1. Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention

4. 2. Analyze the influence of culture, media, and other health factors

5. 3. Demonstrate the ability to access information, products, and services to enhance health

6. 4. Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health

7. 5. Demonstrate the ability to use decision- making skills that enhance health

8. 6. Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health

9. 7. Demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks

10. 8. Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health