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Eight Components of a Coordinated School Health Program, Benefits of Coordinated School Health Programs, What Schools Will Need to Develop and Sustain a Coordinated School Health Program, Working Toward Coordinated School Health Programs, HIV/AIDS Content Notice, Training Modules

Six Preventable Behaviors

Today most health risks have their roots in social or behavioral conditions. The CDC has identified six preventable behaviors that account for most of the serious illnesses and premature deaths in the United States.

Tobacco use
Poor eating habits
Abuse of alcohol and other drugs
Behaviors that result in intentional or unintentional injury
Physical inactivity
Sexual behaviors that result in HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), or unintended pregnancy

The following materials were used with permission to create this section: Health Is Academic; A Guide to Coordinated School Health Programs. Edited by Eva Marks and Susan Frelick Wooley, with Daphne Northrop. New York: Teachers College Press, 1998.
Talking About Health Is Academic; Six Workshop Modules For Promoting A Coordinated Approach To School Health. Copyright © 1999, Education Development Center, Inc.

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