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SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
C1. Understanding Health Concepts
By the end of this course, students will:
Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
C1.1 demonstrate an understanding of factors that enhance mental health and emotional and spiritual well-being [PS, IS]
Teacher prompt: “Being mentally healthy requires finding balance in life, and includes things like being able to engage in productive daily activities, maintain fulfilling relation- ships, adapt, and cope with stress. Mental health and emotional and spiritual well-being are enhanced by both external factors and internal factors. External factors include social, economic, and cultural factors such as having a supportive network, including family, other trusted adults, and friends; being given boundaries and expectations; and being able to develop a sense of empowerment, which comes from things like feeling safe and having a sense of purpose. Having a clean environment with access to green spaces can also be beneficial to our mental health and well-being. Internal factors include personal charac- teristics, such as having a clear sense of self, the ability to use coping and self-monitoring skills, and social competence, which includes being able to make healthy choices and hav- ing cultural pride. For many First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples, understanding one’s culture and identity is an important component of spiritual health. How does having these factors help you to become healthy, successful adults?”
Students: “These factors help build our self-esteem and self-confidence. Along with self- discipline and effective problem-solving and decision-making skills, they help us cope with negative influences, make wiser choices, and avoid getting involved in things that can lead to injury or harm.” “Not having financial worries can make it easier to cope day to day; however, being financially stable doesn’t ensure mental and emotional well-being.” “I am finding out more and more about my Métis heritage. I attended a memorial feast for the first time and saw how it helped people deal with their grief in a very supportive environment. I really knew then I had an extended family larger than I realized. I know
I can go to them when I need support, and that will help me make healthy choices.”
Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours
C1.2 demonstrate an understanding of the impact of substance use and addictive behaviours on all aspects (e.g., physical, emotional, cognitive, spiritual, social, economic) of a person’s health and well-being [PS]
Teacher prompt: “Substance misuse is the use of substances in ways that are illegal or not recommended medically. Substance abuse refers to excessive use of substances, despite the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, legal, or economic harm that this may cause to oneself or others. Give examples of different ways in which substance misuse or abuse and addictive behaviours can affect a person’s health and well-being.”
Students: “Misuse of alcohol and other substances impairs your judgement, so you can easily make mistakes that lead to serious injury or death or that get you in trouble with the law. Alcohol can be a factor in car crashes and drownings, fights, criminal activities, antisocial behaviour, and behaviour that could lead to injury or harm.” “Alcohol abuse can harm relationships. It can also create serious medical problems, such as alcohol poisoning from binge drinking or liver and kidney disease later in life as a result of long-term abuse.” “Drinking alcohol while pregnant can lead to the baby being born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).” “Drug abuse can limit your ability to interact socially, do your schoolwork, or keep a part-time job. The financial costs of drug use could lead to other problems, including some with potential for conflict and violence.” “Someone with
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