Friday, February 25, 2011

Health literacy


Health Literacy - Grades K-2

Understand and use basic health concepts to enhance personal, family, and community health.
Understand and use interactive literacy and social skills to enhance personal, family, and community health.
Recognize critical literacy/thinking skills related to personal, family and community wellness
Identify influences that affect personal health and the health of others.
Demonstrate behaviors that foster healthy, active lifestyles for individuals and the benefit of society.

Grades 3-5

Obtain, interpret, understand and use basic health concepts to enhance personal, family, and community health.
Utilize interactive literacy and social skills to establish personal family, and community health goals.
Demonstrate critical literacy/thinking skills related to personal, family, and community wellness.
Recognize that media and other influences affect personal, family and community health.
Demonstrate behaviors that foster healthy, active lifestyles for individuals and the benefit of society.

Health Literacy - Grades 6-8

Demonstrate functional health literacy skills to obtain, interpret, understand and use basic health concepts to enhance personal, family and community health.
Utilize interactive literacy and social skills to establish personal, family, and community health goals.
Apply critical literacy/thinking skills related to personal, family and community wellness.
Employ media literacy skills to analyze media and other influences to effectively manage personal, family and community health situations.
Demonstrate behaviors that foster healthy, active lifestyles for individuals and the benefit of society.

Health Literacy - Grades 9-12

Demonstrate functional health literacy skills to obtain, interpret, understand and use basic health concepts to enhance personal, family, and community health.
Synthesize interactive literacy and social skills to establish and monitor personal, family and community goals related to all aspects of health.
Apply critical literacy/thinking skills related to personal, family and community wellness.
Use media literacy skills to analyze media and other influences to effectively manage health risk situations and advocate for self and others.
Demonstrate behaviors that foster healthy, active lifestyles for individuals and the benefit of society.