Health Education II (9-12)
Educational Links

Strand 3: SAFETY AND DISEASE PREVENTION (SDP)

Students will apply practical knowledge and skills to develop lifelong behaviors for personal and community well-being.

• American Heart Association
  Fighting heart disease and stroke, striving to save and improve lives.
• Cancer Risks
  This lesson is designed to help students describe environmental and hereditary factors that increase the chance of developing cancer.
• Center for Disease Control
  As the nations health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health, safety, and security threats.
• Psychology: Eating Disorders Shared Awareness
  Information about eating disorders.
• Utah Cancer Action Network
  Information about the Utah Cancer Action Network, and preventing and treating cancer.
• VCU Life Sciences
  Free videos on DNA, diseases, heredity obesity, mental illness, sleeping, smoking and other topics.

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