Standard 2 : Internal and External Influence



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General Information

Number: HE.7.PHC.2
Title: Internal and External Influence
Type: Standard
Subject: Health Education
Grade: 7
Strand: Personal Health Concepts

Related Benchmarks

This cluster includes the following benchmarks
Code Description
HE.7.PHC.2.1: Interpret the potential impact of media/social media on health behaviors, personal thoughts, and feelings.
Clarifications:

Clarification 1: Instruction includes social media influence, such as targeted ads, “influencers,” challenges, and trends.

Clarification 2: Instruction includes misconception of “friends” online versus friendship in real life.

Clarification 3: Instruction includes the permanence of what a person posts online, and how it may affect them throughout life.

HE.7.PHC.2.2: Analyze how environmental factors affect personal health.
Clarifications:

Clarification 1: Instruction includes safe food handling practices to avoid foodborne illnesses.

Clarification 2: Instruction includes appropriate home heating and cooling, air, and water quality.

HE.7.PHC.2.3: Analyze how friends and peers influence the health of adolescents.
Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Instruction includes how friends and peers can influence self-confidence, behaviors, and relationships.
HE.7.PHC.2.4: Analyze how family and cultural changes influence the health of adolescents.
Clarifications:

Clarification 1: Instruction includes family communication behaviors.

Clarification 2: Instruction includes smoking in home and alcohol consumption by family members.

HE.7.PHC.2.5: Describe how personal health choices can affect hereditary risk factors.
Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Instruction includes healthy choices that reduce the impact of hereditary diseases such as sickle cell disease, diabetes, and acne.
HE.7.PHC.2.6: Analyze personal beliefs as they relate to health practices.
Clarifications:

Clarification 1: Instruction includes weight management through physical activity.

Clarification 2: Instruction includes disease prevention through hand washing.

Clarification 3: Instruction includes knowing when sharing personal information is safe and secure.

HE.7.PHC.2.7: Explain the influence of personal values, attitudes, and beliefs about individual health practices and behaviors.
Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Instruction includes how a healthy level of self-respect deters unhealthy choices and behaviors.
HE.7.PHC.2.8: Describe safe and legal practices when participating in online communities.
Clarifications:

Clarification 1: Instruction includes online communities such as discussion groups, blogs, and social networking websites.

Clarification 2: Instruction includes reporting unsafe activity, reporting dangerous or unwanted activity, reporting cyberbullying, and limiting screen time for personal health.