Home > States > Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) > Chapter 115. Health Education > (c) Knowledge and skills.

§115.33. Advanced Health

 Source: The provisions of this §115.33 adopted to be effective September 1, 1998, 22 TexReg 7740.

(c) Knowledge and skills.

  • (1) Health information. The student applies technology to analyze and appraise personal health. The student is expected to:
    1. generate a personal-health profile using appropriate technology such as stress reduction, body fat composition, and nutritional analysis; and
    2. explain how technology can influence health.
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  • (2) Health information. The student researches and analyzes information in the management of health promotion and disease prevention. The student is expected to:
    1. investigate various sources in the community that promote health and prevent disease; and
    2. design health promotion materials.
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  • (3) Health information. The student investigates the importance and significance of the reproductive process as it relates to the health of future generations. The student is expected to:
    1. analyze problems during various stages of fetal development;
    2. investigate the role of prenatal care and proper nutrition in promoting optimal health for both the baby and the mother such as breast feeding;
    3. describe the harmful effects of certain substances on the fetus such as alcohol, tobacco, environmental hazards such as lead, and other drugs;
    4. analyze roles of relationships and responsibilities relating to marriage; and
    5. analyze behavior in romantic relationships that enhance dignity, respect, and responsibility.
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  • (4) Health information. The student evaluates the validity of health information. The student is expected to:
    1. research current health-related standards related to health information and products from valid sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration;
    2. analyze health information based on health-related standards; and
    3. evaluate the impact of laws relating to the use of medication, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs/substances.
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  • (5) Health information. The student describes the effect of marketing and advertising on health behavior. The student is expected to:
    1. analyze marketing and advertising techniques in health-product and service promotion; and
    2. apply marketing and advertising techniques to health promotion.
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  • (6) Health information. The student evaluates and utilizes communication skills in building and maintaining healthy relationships. The student is expected to:
    1. apply effective communication skills for building and maintaining healthy relationships;
    2. design strategies for implementing effective conflict resolution/mediation strategies; and
    3. present a model for effective communication skills.
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  • (7) Health behaviors. The student generates strategies that address health-risk behaviors. The student is expected to:
    1. participate in school-related efforts to address health-risk behaviors;
    2. develop a plan to participate in community efforts to address health-risk behaviors;
    3. develop educational-safety models for children and adults for use at home, school, and in the community;
    4. evaluate the impact of laws relating to tobacco, alcohol, drugs and other substances;
    5. investigate treatment plans for drug addiction; and
    6. describe the interrelatedness of alcohol and other drugs to health problems such as drugs and date rape, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), and drinking and driving.
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  • (8) Influencing factors. The student researches and evaluates a variety of environmental factors that impact personal and community health. The student is expected to:
    1. analyze the impact of environmental factors such as air, water, or noise on the health of the community such as air pollution affecting asthma and drought conditions affecting water supplies;
    2. formulate strategies for combating environmental factors that have a detrimental effect on the health of a community; and
    3. develop strategies for aiding in the implementation of a community environmental health plan.
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  • (9) Influencing factors. The student assesses the impact of the economy on community and world health. The student is expected to:
    1. relate economic status to availability of health services within the community; and
    2. analyze health care costs of various health services in different countries.
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  • (10) Influencing factors. The student recognizes the importance of personal contributions to the health of the community. The student is expected to:
    1. research and/or participate in community health programs that benefit various populations such as volunteering for teen health lines and volunteering in nursing homes; and
    2. participate in a presentation to educate others about a variety of health issues such as panel discussions and role plays or skits to inform younger students about the dangers of drug use or smoking.
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  • (11) Influencing factors. The student understands issues related to community health services. The student is expected to:
    1. analyze how the cost, availability, and accessibility of health-care services affects the community; and
    2. evaluate how the selection of health care services, products, and information affects the community.
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  • (12) Influencing factors. The student investigates technological advances in the community that impact the health of individuals, families, and communities. The student is expected to:
    1. describe technological advances available in the community that treat health problems such as medical procedures at local hospitals for treating heart disease and cancer; and
    2. locate health care facilities at which members of the community can obtain medical care.
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  • (13) Personal/interpersonal skills. The student analyzes, designs, and evaluates strategies for expressing needs, wants, and emotions in healthy ways. The student is expected to:
    1. create and apply strategies for communicating emotions, needs, and wants;
    2. demonstrate leadership skills for advocating health;
    3. investigate and summarize current laws relating to unacceptable behaviors such as harassment, acquaintance and statutory rape, and sexual abuse; and
    4. create strategies that promote the advantages of abstinence.
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  • (14) Personal/interpersonal skills. The student evaluates communication skills that show consideration and respect for self, family, friends, and others. The student is expected to:
    1. appraise effective communication skills that demonstrate consideration and respect for self, family, and others;
    2. associate effective communication with success in school and the workplace;
    3. explain the detrimental effects of inconsiderate and disrespectful behavior;
    4. apply criteria for using passive, aggressive, and assertive communication in relationships;
    5. analyze the importance of abstinence from sexual activity as the preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all sexual activity for unmarried persons of school age; and
    6. discuss abstinence from sexual activity as the only method that is 100% effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and the sexual transmission of HIV or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and the emotional trauma associated with adolescent sexual activity.
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  • (15) Personal/interpersonal skills. The student synthesizes information and applies strategies for making health-promoting decisions. The student is expected to:
    1. apply decision-making skills to health-promoting decisions;
    2. interpret information provided by parents and other adults; and
    3. determine causal connections that promote health in relationships.
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  • (16) Personal/interpersonal skills. The student applies strategies for advocating and evaluating outcomes for health issues. The student is expected to:
    1. research information regarding personal and family health concerns;
    2. design materials for health advocacy; and
    3. apply the concept of research and evaluation for determining health information for special populations.
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