Health 2: Substance Use, Injury Prevention, Environmental Factors, Social & Sexual Health

• Subject:  Health
• Audience:  High School
• Credits:  .5
• Prerequisites:  None
• SCED:  08051 G

Description:

Health literacy is “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” (Nielsen-Bohlman, 2004). In this course, students will take an in-depth look at how peer and environmental factors influence the health decisions that they make every day.  This course will challenge students to evaluate their feelings towards different health issues, and make personal decisions about the topics presented. Students develop communication skills that allow them to demonstrate healthy choices with respect for self, family and others. This course is designed to help students develop the knowledge and skills needed to make appropriate health decisions throughout their lifespan.

Iowa Core Skills or Standards:

Topics in Health 2 are aligned with Iowa Code 12.5 and include Consumer Health, Substance Abuse and Nonuse, Injury Prevention and Safety, Social and Sexual Health, and Personal, Community, and Environmental Health.

Required Materials:

View a list of required materials and technology for all ILO online courses.

Additional Notes:

• ILO Health courses may be taken in any order.
• General CPR and first aid information is provided in this course but CPR certification is not. Students will need to obtain CPR certification through their local school.
• This course explores sexual health content for which parents may wish their student to have an alternative option.

• As per Iowa Code, 279.50 (5), a student may be provided an alternative curriculum for human growth and development content upon written request by the student’s parent or guardian.
• The alternate curriculum’s abstinence-only focus will be established in collaboration with the ILO curriculum consultant, ILO’s Health teacher, a representative of the local school district and parents in video meetings and/or phone conferences.
• The protocol for exemption will be shared with school contacts at the start of the course. Contact Monica.Rouse@iowa.gov with questions about this exemption and alternate curriculum.

Major Topics and Concepts:

Unit 1: Building Skills for Health

• What is Health?
• The Seven Skills
• Unit Assessment: Building Skills for Health

Unit 5: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

• Alcohol
• Tobacco
• Other Drugs
• Unit Assessment: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Unit 6: Injury Prevention and Safety

• Injuries and Taking Risks
• Be Safe, Think Safe
• Preventing Violence
• Save a Life or a Limb
• Unit Assessment: Injury Prevention and Safety

Unit 7: Social and Sexual Health

• Relationships
• Marriage and Parenthood
• The Reproductive Systems*
• Pregnancy and Birth*
• Making Decisions About Sex*
• Preventing Pregnancy*
• Vaccines*
• Unit Assessment: Social and Sexual Health
• *Alternative sexual health curriculum available upon request

Unit 8: Personal, Community and Environmental Health

• Causes of Diseases and Disorders
• Community Health
• You and the Environment
• Unit Assessment: Personal, Community and Environmental Health