Appendix
California Department of Education Health Education Content Standards, March 2008
1.1.A Describe the health benefits of abstaining from or discontinuing use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. We will address this when students do power points on the effects of drugs on the liver.
1.7.A Analyze the consequences of binge drinking and its relationship to cancer; to liver, pancreatic, and cardiovascular diseases; and to a variety of gastrointestinal problems, neurological disorders, and reproductive system disorders. We will look at the effects of alcohol use on liver.
2.1.A Evaluate strategies for managing the impact of internal and external influences on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. We will look at impacts of the use of various drugs on the liver.
3.1.A Access information, products, and services related to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. We will look closely at information about the use of these drugs.
3.2.A Evaluate prevention, intervention, and treatment resources and programs concerning alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. We will look at prevention through knowledge about the effects of drugs on the body.
6.1.A Predict how a drug-free lifestyle will support the achievement of short- and long-term goals. This will be implied in the functions of a normal liver.
8.2.A Present a persuasive solution to the problem of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youths. Hopefully, the physical effects of drugs on their organs will be persuasive.
1.3.P Identify symptoms that should prompt individuals to seek health care. Symptoms of liver disease will be studied.
1.4.P Identify types of pathogens that cause disease. We will focus on HBV and HCV, both contagious pathogens.
1.5.P Investigate the causes and symptoms of communicable and non-communicable diseases. We will be looking closely at many liver diseases.
1.10.P Explain how public health policies and government regulations influence health promotion and disease prevention. We will discuss at length the problems of the medical system in the USA and how policy makers affect the cost and denial rate of medical care.
2.1.P Discuss influences that affect positive health practices. We will cover this throughout the unit, discussing effects of unprotected sex (HBV), piercing and tattoos (HCV), and various drugs that affect the liver.
2.6.P Evaluate the benefits of informed health choices. Covered throughout this unit in the effects on the body of poor health choices.
5.1.P Apply a decision-making process to a personal health issue or problem. We will discuss negative consequences of many things common among teens.
5.2.P Explain how decisions regarding health behaviors have consequences for oneself and others. The money involved in transplants is a major consequence for preventable disease.
5.3.P Apply a decision-making process to a community or environmental health issue. We will discuss the ethics of transplant.
5.4.P Analyze how using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs influences health and other behaviors. We will study the direct effects on health.
5.5.P Analyze the possible consequences of risky hygienic and health behaviors and fads (e.g., tattooing, body piercing, sun exposure, and sound volume). Tattooing and body piercing are part of our HCV study.
6.1.P Develop a plan of preventive health management. We will focus on drugs and risky behavior, but also discuss what responsibility we have for our own behavior as it relates to transplant eligibility.
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