Health Literacy Month Resources for Health & PE

Skills-based health education provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to make health-enhancing choices and lead a healthy lifestyle.

Health literacy is an important measure of the effectiveness of health education and is critical to ensuring that students have the ability to address their own health needs now and in the future.

During Health Literacy Month, we’d like to give a big shout out to our nation’s health education teachers — and HPE teachers — for their work teaching life-changing skills to young people. Thank you!

Health Literacy Month 2023 - Webinar

Health Literacy Month Sponsors

Thank You to Our 2023 Sponsors

SHAPE America – Society of Health and Physical Educators serves as the voice for 200,000+ health and physical education professionals across the United States. The organization’s extensive community includes a diverse membership of health and physical educators, as well as advocates, supporters, and 50+ state affiliate organizations.

Since its founding in 1885, the organization has defined excellence in physical education. For decades, SHAPE America’s National Standards for K-12 Physical Education have served as the foundation for well-designed physical education programs across the country. The organization also collaboratively developed and owns the National Health Education Standards, which provide the framework for effective skills-based health education instruction for all K-12 students.

National Standards Revision Update

SHAPE America task forces are nearing the end of the multiyear collaborative process to update both the National Physical Education Standards and the National Health Education Standards. When completed, both sets of national standards will speak to current best practices and research-informed curriculum. They will be relevant, inclusive and culturally affirming.

Throughout the process, members of the HPE community provided feedback through: