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Results From SHPPS 1994

Health Education

Percentage of States and Districts Requiring That Each Health Education Topic Be Taught and Percentage of Schools Including Each Topic

Topic	States	Districts	Schools
	%	%	%
Alcohol and other drug use prevention	75	86	90
Violence prevention	39	61	58
Dietary behaviors and nutrition	69	80	84
HIV prevention	79	83	86
Human Sexuality	49	76	80
Physical activity and fitness	65	82	78
Pregnancy prevention	44	72	69
Suicide prevention	38	67	58
Tobacco use prevention	72	83	86

Percentage of Health Education Teachers in Health Education Classes* and in Other Subjects † Who Teach and Have Students Practice Risk-Reduction Skills

Skill	Teach	Practice	Teach	Practice
	Health Education Classes		Other Subjects
	%	%	%	%
Communication	87	63	72	54
Decision-making	90	77	82	60
Goal-setting	80	59	72	45
Conflict resolution	73	44	65	34
Resisting social pressure	90	61	74	40
Stress management	82	52	60	27

* Teachers of courses that focus primarily on health education topics.
†Teachers of courses that include health education content but focus primarily on another subject.

This bar graph displays the percentage of districts specifying how health education must be offered, by type of delivery and grade level. A text version of this bar graph is available from the link below.

Note: A text version of this bar graph is available.

* Course divided between health education and one other subject, such as physical education.
† Health education units or lessons integrated into other subjects.

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