List of Benchmarks for Health | | Standard 1. | Knows the availability and effective use of health services, products, and information | | | Level Pre-K (Grade Pre-K) | | | 1. | Not appropriate at this level | | | Level I (Grade K-2) | | | 1. | Knows community health service providers and their roles (e.g., paramedics, dentists, nurses, physicians, sanitarians, dietitians) | | | Level II (Grade 3-5) | | | 1. | Knows general characteristics of valid health information and health-promoting products and services (e.g., provided by qualified health-care workers; supported by research) | | | 2. | Knows various community agencies that provide health services to individuals and families (e.g., HMOs, public health clinics, mental health clinics, substance abuse treatment centers) | | | 3. | Knows a variety of consumer influences and how those influences affect decisions regarding health resources, products, and services (e.g., media, information from school and family, peer pressure) | | | Level III (Grade 6-8) | | | 1. | Knows the costs and validity of common health products, services, and information | | | 2. | Knows how to locate and use community health resources, products, and services that provide valid health information | | | 3. | Knows ways to influence the consumer health service system (e.g., assertive consumerism, selecting providers, communicating complaints) | | | 4. | Knows community health consumer organizations and the advocacy services they provide (e.g., American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Diabetes Association) | | | 5. | Knows situations that require professional health services (e.g., management of health conditions such as asthma, diabetes) | | | Level IV (Grade 9-12) | | | 1. | Knows factors that influence personal selection of health-care resources, products, and services (e.g., cost, benefits) | | | 2. | Knows how to determine whether various resources from home, school, and the community present valid health information, products, and services | | | 3. | Knows local, state, federal, and private agencies that protect and/or inform the consumer (e.g., FDA, EPA, OSHA, local prosecutor's office) | | | 4. | Understands the cost and accessibility of a variety of health-care services (e.g., health insurance coverage) | | | 5. | Knows situations that require professional health services in the areas of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation (e.g., persistent depression, prenatal and perinatal care, treatment or management of disease, alcohol- or drug-related problems, neglect and child abuse) |
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