Health 3.6

Influencing factors. The student understands factors that influence individual and community health. The student is expected to:

• (1) relate how protecting the environment promotes individual and community health;
  • (A) identify common health problems that result from unhealthy environments such as skin cancer, poisoning, and respiratory illness;
  • (B) identify ways to protect personal health from environmental hazards such as lead removal and no-smoking laws; and
  • (C) describe roles and responsibilities of family members in promoting and practicing health behaviors.