Maryland State Curriculum Content Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to use consumer knowledge, skills, and strategies to develop sound personal health practices involving the use of health care products, services, and community resources.
| A. Personal Health Maintenance | |
| 3.5.A.1. | Identify and practice health-enhancing behavior to reduce health risks for safer, healthier lives. |
3.5.A.1.a. |
Identify personal health needs. |
3.5.A.1.b. |
Demonstrate skills and strategies to improve and maintain personal health. |
3.5.A.1.c. |
Describe how conditions of the environment affect personal health. |
3.5.A.1.d. |
Explain the importance of assuming responsibility for personal health behaviors. |
| B. Information, Products, and Services | |
| 3.5.B.1. | Locate resources from home and school that provide valid health information concerning consumer health issues and services. |
3.5.B.1.a. |
Identify current health care issues and the health services available in the school. |