Andi Arellano EDH 115

Kayla Fabi November 9, 2018

Health Plan

ITEM: Sunblock
HEALTH CONTENT AREAS
- Personal Health: Putting on sunblock everyday should be a habit for students to protect
themselves from harmful effects of the sun’s rays - especially since students are very
active and have activities under the sun
- Consumer Health: Learning which type of sunblock best suits them, which ingredients
could add more harm, and proper application should also be taught to students; this
involves looking at the ingredients of sunblock, researching about specific brands,
researching about harmful chemicals and following the instructions for application

OBJECTIVES
1. To encourage individuals to wear sunblock everyday
2. To enhance awareness on the need to wear sunblock

INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK
- Health Belief Model
- Perceived seriousness: People change their behavior based on perception of
threat.
- The major threats that the sun’s rays pose are skin cancer and sun
damage.
- Perceived benefits: People tend to adopt healthier behavior when they believe
the new behavior will decrease their chances of developing a disease.
- Wearing sunscreen shields from harmful UV rays, prevents premature
aging, prevents sunburns, lowers skin damage risk, and decreases the
risk of skin cancer.
- Perceived barriers: An individual’s opinions as to what will stop him or her from
adopting the new behavior.
- Some students could be too lazy to put on sunblock, only put sunblock in
the beach, think it’s an extra step to the morning routine, think it might
cause breakouts, and think that their skin is too sensitive.

STRATEGIES
1. Health Talk
a. Purpose: To show students the effects of sun damage and effects of not wearing
sunblock; To demonstrate and show different types of sunblock available in the
market today
b. Procedure:
i. Invite a dermatologist or professional expert
ii. Include a question and answer portion for students
 iii. Include demonstration and exhibit different types of sunblock
2. Values voting
a. Purpose: Allows students to make a public affirmation on a variety of issues
b. Procedure:
i. Teacher will ask questions (e.g. if sunblock is important, when they
should put on sunblock, why they don’t wear sunblock and the difficulties
of wearing sunblock)
ii. Students respond through gestures
iii. Discussion follows
3. Habit Tracker and Morning Routine Timeline
a. Purpose: To help students in forming putting on sunblock every morning into a
habit
b. Procedure:
i. Have the students make a list of events that they do in the morning
ii. Decide how much time they should allot for each event
iii. Draw a line, label dates, and illustrate the events
iv. They must make sure to include putting on sunblock in their routine
v. Have them include a habit tracker in the output (e.g. waking up on time,
eating breakfast, putting on sunblock, drinking a glass of water)
4. Fun Under the Sun
a. Purpose: To incorporate the habit of putting on sunblock and physical activity; To
allow students to simulate the experience; To further reiterate the importance of
protecting oneself from the sun’s harmful rays
b. Procedure:
i. Have the students bring their own sunblock
ii. Ask them to be in proper PE attire
iii. Do physical activities (e.g. team building, zumba, yoga, stretching)
iv. Discussion and synthesis follows