Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)
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The Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) can help school districts, schools, and others conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of health education curricula based on the National Health Education Standards and CDC’s Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum.
Results of the HECAT results can help schools select or develop appropriate and effective health education curricula and improve the delivery of health education. The HECAT can be customized to meet local community needs and conform to the curriculum requirements of the state or school district.
The HECAT features:
- Guidance on using the HECAT to review curricula and using the HECAT results to make health education curriculum decisions
- Templates for recording important descriptive curriculum information for use in the curriculum review process
- Preliminary curriculum considerations, such as accuracy, acceptability, feasibility, and affordability analyses
- Curriculum fundamentals, such as teacher materials, instructional design, and instructional strategies and materials analyses
- Specific health-topic concept and skills analyses
- Customizable templates for state or local use
- Summary score forms for consolidating scores from the review of a single curriculum and for comparing scores across multiple curricula
HECAT Cover [pdf 522K]
Table of Contents and Acknowledgments [pdf 32K]
- Overview [pdf 72K]
- Chapter 1: General Instructions [pdf 60K]
- Chapter 2: General Curriculum Information [pdf 57K]
- Chapter 3: Overall Summary Forms [pdf 46K]
- Chapter 4: Preliminary Curriculum Considerations [pdf 315K]
- Chapter 5: Curriculum Fundamentals [pdf 101K]
- Chapter 6: Curriculum Modules Introduction [pdf 18K]
Modules
- Alcohol and Other Drugs [pdf 230K]
- Healthy Eating [pdf 251K]
- Mental and Emotional Health [pdf 274K]
- Personal Health and Wellness [pdf 264K]
- Physical Activity [pdf 246K]
- Safety [pdf 246K]
- Sexual Health [pdf 267K]
- Tobacco [pdf 222K]
- Violence Prevention [pdf 272K]
Additional modules will be added as they are completed.
Appendices
- Appendix 1: HECAT Contributors [pdf 30K]
- Appendix 2: Federal Agencies’ Lists of Programs Considered Exemplary, Promising, or Effective [pdf 25K]
- Appendix 3: Using the HECAT for the Review of Health Education Resources [pdf 16K]
- Appendix 4: Using the HECAT to Develop a Scope-and-Sequence for Health Education [pdf 39K]
- Appendix 5: Using the HECAT to Analyze Curricula for Early Childhood Programs [pdf 32K]
- Appendix 6: Understanding Health Education Assessment [pdf 21K]
- Glossary [pdf 38K]
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