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Health Education

Health Education

    Welcome to the Maspeth High School Health Education class. In this class, students will practice using proper health knowledge and skills to reduce high risk behaviors and will also allow students to explore personal attitudes and beliefs about health and well-being.  Students will have the opportunity to learn how to change negative behaviors into positives. Through a welcoming and relaxed, yet challenging atmosphere, students will partake in activities and concepts which will introduce them to strategies aimed to reduce the chances of negative effects and consequences in their lives. We place an emphasis on and believe that all students are capable of making growth in their personal health and community involvement to achieve this goal.
 

 

Below is a list of the 4 major units we will be covering in this class:

  1. Emotional & Mental Health
    1. Improving Health Behaviors
    2. Stress Management Techniques
    3. Communication Skills
    4. Understanding Mental Health Disorders
  2. Nutrition & Physical Activity
    1. Macro and Micronutrients
    2. Food Label Analysis
    3. Influences on Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors
    4. Impact of Family History
  3. Tobacco, Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention 
    1. Effects of Tobacco Use
    2. Effects of Alcohol Use
    3. Effects of Recreational Drug Use
    4. Effects of Prescription Drug Use
    5. Media Influences
  4. Abstinence & Sexual Health
    1. HIV/AIDs
    2.  STD/STIs 
    3.  Pregnancy Prevention