Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Identify resources to address individual needs, for present and future concerns and questions.
Indicators Materials Used
4 The materials include resources beyond the textbook or
handout including, but not limited to, help lines, websites,
and ideas for obtaining local support.
Resources are balanced, comprehensive, and objective
2 At least one external resource is listed beyond the textbook
or handout.
Resources are balanced, comprehensive, and objective.
0 No online, national, or local references are listed or
suggested in the material.
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2. Enlighten young people to develop and apply healthpromoting behaviors.
Indicators Materials Used
4 Educates young people how to develop and apply health
promoting behaviors
References how to access accurate health information
Is age appropriate
2 Somewhat educates young people how to develop and
apply healthpromoting behaviors
References how to access accurate health information
Is age appropriate
0 Does not educate young people how to develop and apply
healthpromoting behaviors
Does not reference how to access accurate health
information
Is not age appropriate.
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Decision Making
3. Promote the development of healthy choices (decision making), through intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to reduce health risk
and to choose healthy behaviors.
Indicators Materials Used
4 Significant activities for discussing and practicing
intrapersonal and interpersonal skills.
Multiple references to communication skills and strategies.
Practical guidance on decision making, assertiveness, and
refusal skills.
2 Some activities for discussing and practicing
intra/interpersonal skills.
Some guidance on decision making, assertiveness, and
refusal skills.
0 No coverage of communication, decision making or
assertiveness skills.
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4. Teach youth that learning about healthy choices (decision making) is a lifelong process as their needs and circumstances change.
Indicators Materials Used
4 Indicates that learning about decision making is a lifelong
process.
Presents material that is ageappropriate and indicates that
decision making becomes more complex over time.
2 Indicates that more learning will occur later as their needs
and circumstances change.
0 Indicates that learning about decision making can be done
all at once, using only the material at hand.
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Age, Culture, and Communication
5. Material is age appropriate.
Indicators Materials
4 Material provides information and skills practice that
corrects the myths, misconceptions, and misinformation and
correlates with the needs, risks, and behaviors of target
audience age.
Material has appropriate level of detail based on grade level.
2 Material has appropriate level of detail based on grade level.
0 Information presented is far below or above the maturity
level of the intended audience.
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6. Is culturally appropriate
Indicators Materials
4 Pictures, diagrams, and stories show youth with different
races, cultural backgrounds…etc.
Material acknowledges that culture is an important factor in
young peoples’ lives, and that culture influences their
decision making.
Material respectfully references a wide variety of cultural
norms.
Strategies are developed to address needs of specific
populations, as appropriate, including people with
disabilities.
2 Multiple cultures are acknowledged; with moderate detail
on more than one culture.
0 Pictures, diagrams, and stories show primarily a single
culture or race.
Material negatively stereotypes some cultures, ethnicities,
races…etc..
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7. Encourages and improves communication with parents/guardians and other trusted adults.
Indicators Materials
4 The materials encourages youth to communicate with
parents, guardians, or other trusted adults.
Communication skills and practice examples or tools are
provided to spur opportunities for youth to communicate
with parents and trusted adults.
2 There are several references throughout the material
encouraging youth to communicate with parents or trusted
adults.
The material contains some ideas on how to initiate a
conversation on key topics.
0 Few or no references are made to communicating with
parents or trusted adults.
Material does not include examples of how to open dialogue
on health related topics.
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8. Recognize and respect people with differing personal and family values
Indicators Materials
4 Material respectfully acknowledges and reinforces that a
wide range of personal and family values exist.
Pictures and stories highlight situations that show a range of
personal/family values.
Material provides examples of how to identify and
communicate about personal values.
Responses to valuesbased questions acknowledge a wide
range of values.
2 Acknowledges that a wide range of personal and/or family
values exist.
Respectfully references differing values systems.
0 Promotes a single values system as the only acceptable one.
Has no reference to values systems.
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9. Addresses the impact of media and peer messages on thoughts, feelings, cultural norms, and behaviors related to healthy choices
and a healthy lifestyle.
Indicators Materials
4 Shows examples of media and peer messages and provides
opportunities for discussion.
Engages in selfdiscovery exercises to build awareness of
social pressures related to healthy choices and healthy
lifestyles.
Provides opportunities to practice analyzing, and
responding to peer and media pressures.
2 Indicates that the media or peer messages have an impact
on thoughts, feelings, cultural norms, and behaviors.
Addresses social pressures related to healthy choices and
healthy lifestyles.
0 Has no reference to media images or peer messages.
Does not address how media and/or peers have an impact
on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
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10. Encourage community support and reinforcement of key messages by other adults and information sources.
Indicators Materials
4 Material uses multiple sources to deliver key messages,
including other adults and information sources.
Material incorporates multiple opportunities for
community involvement
2 Material encourages youth to seek out community support.
Material incorporates some opportunities for community
involvement.
0 Does not involve community in the health education
curriculum.
Provides an insular and singular source of information,
with no opportunity to reinforce key messages through
other people or venues.
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Scientific and Medically Accurate and Evidenced Based
11. Use information and materials that are medically and scientifically accurate and objective.
Indicators Materials
4 All terminology includes standard medical terms.
Material has comprehensive, medically, and scientifically
accurate (and ageappropriate) information.
Pictures and drawings are medically accurate.
Material is objective and has no subjective judgment.
2 Terminology is medically and scientifically accurate when
used.
Material is comprehensive and somewhat scientifically
accurate information
Material is comprehensive for the intended age level.
Material is objective.
Material refrains from sing slang.
0 Terminology is not medically accurate or substantially
incomplete.
Material has incomplete or inaccurate information.
Material reinforces negative stereotypes.
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12.Use information and materials that are evidenced based.
Indicators Materials
4 Material is proven to be successful through research
methodology and have produced consistently positive
patterns of results that include reputable organizations such
as the United States Food and Drug Administration, Center
for Drug Evaluation and Research…etc.
Materials have shown the greatest levels of effectiveness
because thy have established generalizability through
research studies.
2 Materials have a researchbased methodology.
Materials have shown they are effective through references
to research.
0 Materials are not researchedbased.
The effectiveness of the material is unknown or
unpublished.
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