High School Health Kansas Standards

Substance Use and Abuse & Addiction

Prevention & Control of Disease

Personal Health

Nutrition

Mental and Emotional Health

Injury Prevention and Safety

Human Sexuality and Relationships

Environmental Health

Consumer Health

Community Health

The students will know, comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate:

Effects and consequences of nicotine use (all forms)

Disease prevention skills

Major body systems, anatomy, functions, relationships between systems and connection to disease

Nutritional needs through stages of development

Importance of expressing emotions in a productive and healthy manner

Basic first aid skills

Adapting to changes associated with puberty

Personal responsibility for community environmental issues

Availability and accessibility of health-care services

Local community needs/issues/events

Rules and laws for medicines and drugs

Performance enhancing beverages/supplements

Consequences of violence (school policies, laws, etc.)

Safe alternatives to medicine

Impact of food choices

Government policies and global issues in drug trends

Effects and consequences of alcohol use

Common causes of diseases, illness and disorders

Proper adolescent hygiene habits

Meal planning and budgeting

Mental illnesses

Demonstrate and perform CPR/AED procedures according to current and nationally recognized guidelines

Adapting to change within the family

Reduce, reuse, recycle and alternatives

Adolescent health-care products and services

Local/state laws, ordinances, and policies for a healthy community

Effects and consequences of illegal drug use

Influence of heredity and diseases

Leading causes of death and risk behaviors

Food safety

Stigmas associated with mental illness

Resources to prevent and avoid violence

Changing responsibilities from adolescence to adulthood

Relationship between environment, disease, and health

Interpersonal and intrapersonal influences on health choices (budgeting, culture, SES, etc.)

Value of community interactions

Categories of drugs (ex. stimulants, opiates, depressants, hallucinogens, etc.)

Medical resources, health screenings and treatment methods for disease

Traits and skills of lifelong learners

Nutritional value of foods

Avoiding negative self-talk, self-harm, and suicide

Prevention and response to physical violence (guns and/or weapons and bullying)

Responsible behaviors within relationships (communication, abstinence, etc.)

Local, state, and global environmental issues

Characteristics of informed consumers

Strategies to maintain a healthy community

Cumulative risk behaviors (patterns, gateway drugs, etc.)

Relationship between lifestyle choices and disease prevention

Components of wellness

Cultural and ethnic food choices

Coping skills (grief, stress, depression, bullying, anxiety, etc.)

Prevention and response to mental violence (bullying and abuse)

Potential outcomes of sexual activity (STIs, pregnancy, etc.)

Laws, ordinances, and policies

Seek reliable advice regarding consumer health choices

Personal service for the betterment of the community

Unsafe situations involving drugs, including alcohol

Current healthcare issues

Food labels

Characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships

Prevention and response to social violence (relationships, conflict resolution, and cyber)

Impact of media and technology on sexual behaviors

Role of media in disseminating health information

Global health issues

Helpful and harmful use of prescription and non-prescription drugs

Eating disorders/dysfunctions

Healthy versus unhealthy body image

Prevention and response to sexual violence (harassment, assault, rape, and abuse)

Laws associated with sexual behaviors (consent, harassment, assault, rape, human trafficking, etc.)

Basic health insurance terminology

Strategies to resist peer pressure to engage in substance abuse

Healthy eating patterns

Media safety (social media, cyber, TV, music, advertising, etc.)

Differences between individual, family, culture, community, and global values

Media, social influences, and societal pressure of drug usage

Essential nutrients

Causes of conflict and non-violent conflict resolutions