Understanding the national health standards to promote healthier lifestyles
Hawai'i Personal Health and Wellness is a website for high school students to learn more about how to live a healthier lifestyle. Health, the optimal state of physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental well-being, is the right and responsibility of every single person. Through learning about the National Health Standards, students will better understand how their behaviors and the decisions they make today can shape who they become tomorrow. Students will be able to receive more in-depth information on how the standards are relevant to their lives by using the links provided.
Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services to enhance health.
Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health
Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
My name is Ian Doi. I am a 9th-12th grade Health teacher at James Campbell High School, located in Ewa Beach, HI. I have a license in PE and Health for secondary education. I am currently finishing my last course to receive my Master's of Education degree in Health and Wellness Education from American College of Education.