Health education supports students\u2019 health, resilience, total well-being and academic success so they may reach their aspirations, from early learning through college, career and citizenship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Providing students with a high-quality, comprehensive health education equips and empowers them with the skills, knowledge and attitudes to address their current and future health needs and challenges. Health literacy is essential to students\u2019 social, emotional, mental, physical, and cognitive development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health literate individuals are able to find, understand and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. This contributes to resilience, well-being, healthy relationships and a positive quality of life as well as prevents and reduces the risk of disease, injury and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La educaci\u00f3n sanitaria actual<\/a> refleja el creciente cuerpo de investigaci\u00f3n que enfatiza:<\/p>\n\n\n\n El National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence (NHES)<\/a> are fused on developing students\u2019 health literacy skills to proficiency within and across grade levels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the primary focus of Health Education is the development of health skills, these skills must be addressed in conjunction with functional information in the context of priority risk topics. Standards-based health education must be age and developmentally appropriate, medically accurate and provide factual information in all priority risk topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note: Health Education in prekindergarten is aligned to the Hawai\u2018i Early Learning and Development Standards (HELDS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La educaci\u00f3n para la salud es obligatoria en todos los grados primarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Middle\/intermediate schools must offer courses that allow all students to meet Hawai\u02bbi\u055as Health Education standards and performance indicators for Grades 6-8. One semester (0.5 credits; 60 hours) of Health Education in each middle\/intermediate school grade is strongly recommended but not required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In high school, a one-semester course (0.5 credits; 60 hours) in Health Education is required for graduation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A variety of Health specialized elective courses (e.g., Peer Education) are available at the secondary school level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Para conocer los requisitos de promoci\u00f3n de la escuela intermedia y graduaci\u00f3n de la escuela secundaria, consulte Board Policy 105-1 Academic Program<\/a>, Board Policy 102-9 Middle Level Education Promotion Policy<\/a>, y Board Policy 102-15 High School Graduation Requirements and Commencement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Health education and nutrition promotion provide the instructional foundation that is necessary to prepare students to make lifelong healthy decisions and practice healthy behaviors. This component area of the Wellness Guidelines includes school-wide promotion of nutritious meals and snacks as well as quality health education. Click for more information about our Pautas de bienestar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guidelines for health education and nutrition promotion are organized around four key components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional information may be found in the following resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Programa de Educaci\u00f3n para la Salud<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: (808) 784-6423<\/p>\n\n\n\n Correo electr\u00f3nico: health.education@k12.hi.us<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Health education supports students\u2019 health, resilience, total well-being and academic success so they may reach their aspirations, from early learning through college, career and citizenship. Providing students with a high-quality, comprehensive health education equips and empowers them with the skills, knowledge and attitudes to address their current and future health needs and challenges. 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Course Requirements for Health Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Wellness Guidelines for Health Education and Nutrition Promotion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Formas en que las escuelas promueven una buena nutrici\u00f3n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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