Matagaluega o Aoga a le Setete o Hawaii

Ka 'Oihana Ho'ona'auao o le Malo o Hawai'i

Nutrition, Health & Wellness

Health education supports students’ 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. Health literacy is essential to students’ social, emotional, mental, physical, and cognitive development.

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.

A'oa'oga fa'alesoifua maloloina i aso nei e atagia ai le tuputupu aʻe o suʻesuʻega e faʻamamafa:

  • Lagolagoina le soifua maloloina, maufetuuna'i ma le manuia atoatoa o le tamaitiiti atoa (fa'ata'ita'iga, atina'e agafesootai, lagona, mafaufau, faaletino ma le mafaufau).
  • Atia'e tomai fa'alesoifua maloloina e fa'atatau ile National Health Education Standards.
  • Fausia le poto fa'atino fa'atasi ai ma fa'amatalaga talafeagai ma fa'atino e fa'atatau i Autu Tulaga Fa'amuamua.
  • Faamalosia sootaga ma aiga ma nuu.
  • Fa'afeiloa'i mana'oga ma mea e fiafia i ai tamaiti a'oga e ala i a'oa'oga fegalegaleai ma agafesootai.
  • Fa'afaileleina uiga, aga fa'atauaina ma talitonuga e lagolagoina ai amioga lelei fa'alesoifua maloloina e ala i fe'au saogalemu, fa'atasi ma le alofa ma si'osi'omaga a'oa'oga.

O le National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence (NHES) are fused on developing students’ health literacy skills to proficiency within and across grade levels:

  • Tulaga 1: Malamalama i Manatu – Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. 
  • Tulaga 2: Iloiloina o Aafiaga – Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology and other factors on health behavior.
  • Tulaga 3: Mauaina o Fa'amatalaga, Oloa, ma Au'aunaga – Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products and services.
  • Tulaga 4: Feso'ota'iga Feso'ota'i – Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
  • Tulaga 5: Fa'ai'uga – Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
  • Tulaga 6: Fa'atulagaina o Sini – Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
  • Tulaga 7: Puleaina e le Tagata Lava Ia – Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
  • Tulaga 8: Fautuaga – Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.

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:

  • Mental and Emotional Health.
  • Healthy Eating and Physical Activity.
  • Personal Health and Wellness.
  • Safety (Unintentional Injury Prevention).
  • Violence Prevention.
  • Tobacco Use Prevention.
  • Alcohol and Other Drug Use Prevention.
  • Sexual Health and Responsibility.

Note: Health Education in prekindergarten is aligned to the Hawai‘i Early Learning and Development Standards (HELDS).

Course Requirements for Health Education

E mana'omia a'oa'oga fa'alesoifua maloloina i vasega tulagalua uma.

Middle/intermediate schools must offer courses that allow all students to meet Hawaiʻi՚s 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.

In high school, a one-semester course (0.5 credits; 60 hours) in Health Education is required for graduation. 

A variety of Health specialized elective courses (e.g., Peer Education) are available at the secondary school level.

Mo le fa'alauiloaina o a'oga tulagalua ma mana'oga fa'au'u a'oga maualuga, fa'asino ile Board Policy 105-1 Academic Program, Board Policy 102-9 Middle Level Education Promotion Policy, ma Board Policy 102-15 High School Graduation Requirements and Commencement.

Wellness Guidelines for Health Education and Nutrition Promotion

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 Ta'iala mo le Soifua Maloloina.

Guidelines for health education and nutrition promotion are organized around four key components:

  1. O mataupu fa'aa'oa'oga o vasega a'oa'oga fa'alesoifua maloloina e aofia ai le taula'i i le poto ma tomai e lagolago ai le 'ai maloloina ma e ogatusa ma fa'ata'ita'iga a le HIDOE mo a'oa'oga fa'alesoifua maloloina.
  2. O a'oa'oga fa'alesoifua maloloina e tu'uina atu i tamaiti a'oga i vasega tulagalua ia le itiiti ifo i le 45 minute i le vaiaso ma togi maualuga e le itiiti ifo i le 200 minute i le vaiaso.
  3. Nutrition education includes culturally relevant activities that are ‘āina-based and hands-on, such as food preparation, taste-testing, farm visits and school gardens.
  4. O fa'atauga uma a a'oga o mea'ai ma meainu e tatau ona fa'amalieina Nutrition Guidelines. E aofia ai, ae le gata i, lomiga a le aʻoga, fafo o masini faʻatau, pepa lautele, fuʻa, televise a le aʻoga ma laupapa sikoa.

Auala e Fa'alauiloa e A'oga Mea'ai Lelei

  • O fe'au lelei e uiga i mea'ai lelei e fa'aalia i luga o le lotoa.
  • O masini fa'atau mo tamaiti a'oga e fa'atumu na'o vai.
  • O mea'ai a le a'oga e fai mai le ma'ema'ea i le tele e mafai ai, e aofia ai mea fou fa'ato'a tao falaoa.
  • E leai ni mea'ai e iai ga'o fa'aliliu.
  • E avanoa fua le vai inu mo tamaiti aoga i taimi o taumafataga.
  • E vala'aulia vasega e asiasi i le umukuka o le fale'aiga e a'oa'o ai le saunia o mea'ai maloloina.
  • O le malu taeao, aoauli ma meaai mama e fa'alauiloa mo tamaiti aoga ma o latou aiga.
  • O fa'ato'aga fa'aa'oa'oga e fa'aalia ai le fa'atupuina o mea'ai.

Want To Learn More About Health Education?

Additional information may be found in the following resources:

Fa'amatalaga Fa'afeso'ota'i

Polokalame A'oa'oga Soifua Maloloina

Phone: (808) 784-6423

imeli: [email protected] 

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