Students learn about:

• Skills in attaining better health
  • Building self concept
  • Developing connectedness and support networks
  • Developing resilience and coping skills
  • Developing health literacy skills
  • Developing communication skills
  • Accessing health services
  • Becoming involved in community service
  • Creating a sense of future
    
    
• Actions targeting health issues relevant to young people
  • Social action
  • Legislation and public policy
  • Health promotion initiatives.

Students learn to:

• Analyse through meaningful and realistic situations how the skills can assist young people to enjoy good health
• Critically reflect on their own personal health and health behaviours including both positive and negative influences and indicate future courses of action for better health
• Evaluate a range of strategies that have been implemented by government and non-government agencies that target TWO major health issues impacting on young people

Extract from PDHPE Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2009 Board of Studies NSW.