California State University Northridge Health Education in Schools Discussion

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California state university Northridge

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The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of health-related behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including:

  • Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence.
  • Sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection.
  • Alcohol and other drug use.
  • Tobacco use.
  • Unhealthy dietary behaviors.
  • Inadequate physical activity.

YRBSS Main site: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm (Links to an external site.)

YRBSS 2019 full report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/su/pdfs/su6901-H.pdf (Links to an external site.)

At this link you can find topic specific reports as well as trend reports: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/reports_factsheet_publications.htm#anchor_1596725930 (Links to an external site.)

Prompt

Let’s say your school district is considering eliminating health as a required course in the curriculum. As a public health educator you have been asked to prepare a 5 minute statement (about 2 full pages, double spaced) to help advocate for health education in schools. Using data from the YRBSS, consider the following questions or topics in your statement:

  • Introduce yourself and the purpose of your statement
  • Should health education be required in schools? Why?
  • When and how frequently should health education take place?
  • What are some topics that should be included? Why? What does the data say about this issue?

Important: Use the YRBSS data to support your responses. For example, the following is an argument without evidence to support your point:

"Health education in high school should include sex education because the YRBSS data shows that the percent of sexually active teens increases with grade level."

By adding evidence/data, the statement is more powerful, more accurate, and evidence-based. Such as:

"Health education in high school should include sex education because the YRBSS 2019 data shows that "the prevalence of having ever had sexual intercourse was higher among 10th-grade (33.6%), 11th-grade (46.5%), and 12th-grade (56.7%) than 9th-grade (19.2%) students."

You may approach this topic advocating for a full range of health topics (such as the 6 topics covered in the YRBSS) or you can advocate for the inclusion of one particular topic in the health curriculum. you are NOT required to have a references page.

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Running head: HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Institutional Affiliation
Name
Date

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HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

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Health Education in Schools
As a public health educator, I will always advocate for massive health education lessons
in the schools. I believe that school-based health education is significant in obtaining the various
health knowledge among adolescents and increases the attitude level, beliefs, and conduct skills
that are required for adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviors in their entire lives. Schools
play a significant role in the reduction of health risks among adolescents. According to the Youth
Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), there are six main categories of health-related
behaviors that re...


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