Health Education Curriculum

 

​​​​​​​Students can benefit greatly from health education while in Job Corps. PRH Chapter 3: 3.4 R21 requires that students receive education in health education and good decision-making models*; emotional and social well-being; depression, grief and suicide; relationships and sexuality, including relationship aggr​ession; reproduction and birth control; sexually transmitted diseases; consumer health; nutrition and fitness; alcohol and other drugs of abuse; relationship of a healthy lifestyle to successful job retention; sexual assault; sleep hygiene (guidelines to achieve restful sleep); and oral disease prevention and oral hygiene instruction.

To meet this requirement, centers may use activities of their choosing and may delegate a suitable staff member or multiple staff members to teach this information. The attached curricula were designed as a tool for staff to utilize. Centers may choose to use all, some, or none of the activities provided. Sections include:​

• Emotional and Soci​al Well Being: Psychoeducational Group Activities — April 2024 Updated
• Depression, Grief, and Suicide — August 2023​
• Relationships and Sexuality, Reproduction and Birth Control, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) — May 2015
• Gender Roles and Relationships (MS PowerPoint)
• Equal Access to the Job Corps Program for Transgender Applicants and Students
• Alcohol and Other Drugs of Abuse — November 2013
• Relationship of a Healthy Lifestyle to Successful Job Retention and Consumer Health — November 2013​
  May also be utilized during the Career Transition Period
• Nutrition and Fitness — November 2013
  Aavailable, with additional resources, on the HEALs website

*Health education a​nd the decision-making model are incorporated throughout the health topics.