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1. Developing Health Skills: Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors
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By Suzanne Schrag | September 5, 2019
Editor/Project Manager, ETRAn insight from a recent training: I’ve been writing a series of blog posts on the key skills for health literacy outlined in the National Health Education Standards (NHES). I’ve looked at how ETR’s HealthSmart program addresses six of these skills: Analyzing Influences, Accessing Resources, Interpersonal Communication, Decision Making, Goal Setting and Advocacy.
But, for some reason, a post around skill number seven—Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors—has been harder for me to conceptualize and write. A recent experience suddenly gave me a new perspective on how to think and talk about this important component of a comprehensive health education program.
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2. Building Health Skills: Interpersonal Communication
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By Suzanne Schrag | March 27, 2019
Editor/Project Manager, ETRIf you’re an educator, you know that children and youth communicate all the time. Most classrooms and school grounds present an absolute flurry of communication. It’s no wonder the National Health Education Standards expressly include interpersonal communication as an essential element of effective health education.
This is because communicating about health, and knowing how to communicate in ways that build relationships, are distinctive skills that take practice to master.
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3. Building Health Skills: Accessing Resources
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By Suzanne Schrag | February 20, 2018
Editor/Project Manager, ETRWhere do young people get health information? Health educators hope their students understand how to find accurate answers to their questions from reliable resources. Such children and youth are in the best position to increase their knowledge in ways that will empower them to practice healthy behaviors and reduce their health risks.
- By Suzanne Schrag
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