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WSDJSC Elective Programs

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Health Education
 

 
Objective: To provide knowledge to the detainees on how to live a healthy lifestyle through health promotion and disease prevention. Some of the topics discussed are: healthy nutrition and eating disorders, exercise, safety issues, sexuality, hygiene, stress reduction, social interaction, and healthy and unhealthy habits.
 
Skills Acquired: The detainees will know what constitutes health and wellness by having knowledge of the benefits of exercise, nutritional meal planning, methods to establish an environment for open communication, how to improve listening skills, steps to manage stress, distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy coping styles, the symptoms, treatments, and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, what is AIDS and HIV and prevention of those diseases, methods of birth controls, pregnancy and reproductive issues for teenagers.
 

 
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