Health Education Course Outline
Unit I: Wellness & Making Healthy Choices
(Chapter 1)
Unit II: Mental Health
(Chapters 2, 3, 4 & 7)
- Personality, self-concept and self-esteem
- Recognizing stress, stress response, managing stress
- Coping with depression, personality disorders
- Treating mental disorders
- Suicide
- Crime prevention, avoiding violence, abduction, sexual assault
crimes, date rape
Unit III: Human Growth and development and Reproduction
(Chapters 18 & 19)
- Reproductive systems male and female
- Hormones and puberty
- Pregnancy and birth process
- Family planning, parenthood, birth control
Unit IV: Infectious Diseases
(Chapters 21 & 22)
- Pathogens and transmission
- Body defenses to fight disease and prevention HIV & AIDS
- Sexually transmitted diseases
Unit V: Chronic Diseases and Disabilities
(Chapter 23)
- Cardiovascular disease: types, prevention, cause & treatment
- Cancer: causes, types, early detection and treatment
- Diabetes & Arthritis
Unit VI: First Aid & Preventing Injuries
(Chapter 26 & �First Aid� Appendix)
- Important first aid and first aid priorities
- Wounds, control of bleeding
- Burns, seizures, treating shock
- Safety control
Unit VII: Substance Abuse
(Chapters 15, 16 & 17)
- Legal &illegal drugs
- Risk factors and preventing drug abuse
- Alcohol and its effects on the body, addiction and alcoholism
- Tobacco use and our health
- Alternative to drug use
Unit VIII: Nutrition
(Chapters 8 & 9)
- Nutrition and Nutritional needs
- Reading food Labels and making good choices
- Dieting and Balance Diet
- Eating Disorders
