Health Education Standards and Key Elements
AAHPERD/AAHE Standards
Standard I
Candidates assess individual and community needs for health education.
Key Element A:Candidates obtain health-related data about social and cultural environments, growth and development factors, needs, and interests of students.
Key Element B: Candidates distinguish between behaviors that foster and those that binder well-being.
Key Element C: Candidates determine health education needs based on observed and obtained data.
Standard II
Candidates plan effective health education programs.
Key Element A: Candidates recruit school and community representatives to support and assist in program planning.
Key Element B: Candidates develop a logical scope and sequence plan for a health education program.
Key Element C: Candidates formulate appropriate and measurable learner objectives.
Key Element D: Candidates design educational strategies consistent with specified learner objectives.
Standard III
Candidates implement health education programs.
Key Element A: Candidates analyze factors affecting the successful implementation of health education and Coordinated School Health Programs (CSHPs).
Key Element B: Candidates select resources and media best suited to implement program plans for diverse learners.
Key Element C: Candidates exhibit competence in carrying out planned programs.
Key Element D: Candidates monitor educational programs, adjusting objectives and instructional strategies as necessary.
Standard IV
Candidates evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive school health programs.
Key Element A: Candidates develop plans to assess student achievement of program objectives.
Key Element B: Candidates carry out evaluation plans.
Key Element C: Candidates interpret results of program evaluation.
Key Element D: Candidates infer implications of evaluation findings for future program planning.
Standard V
Candidates coordinate provision of health education programs and services.
Key Element A: Candidates develop a plan for coordinating health education with other components of a school health program.
Key Element B: Candidates demonstrate the dispositions and skills to facilitate cooperation among health educators, other teachers, and appropriate school staff.
Key Element C: Candidates formulate practical modes of collaboration among health educators in all settings and other school and community health professionals.
Key Element D: Candidates organize professional development programs for teachers, other school personnel, community members, and other interested individuals.
Standard VI
Candidates act as a resource person In health education.
Key Element A: Candidates utilize computerized health information retrieval systems effectively.
Key Element B: Candidates establish effective consultative relationships with those requesting assistance in solving health-related problems.
Key Element C: Candidates interpret and respond to requests for health information. Key Element D: Candidates select effective educational resource materials for dissemination.
Standard VII
Candidates communicate health and health education needs, concerns, and resources.
Key Element A: Candidates interpret concepts, purposes, and theories of health education.
Key Element B: Candidates predict the impact of societal value systems on health education programs.
Key Element C: Candidates select a variety of communication methods and techniques in providing health information.
Key Element D: Candidates foster communication between hóalth care providers and consumers.
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