Planning for Success Ask students to brainstorm factors that help people change personal behavior. List student responses on the board. Review goal-setting steps. Review steps for setting and achieving a goal. See Goal Setting .
Students plan to improve personal health.
Ask students to develop short-term goals for improving their health or reducing their risk for disease. Ask students to choose a specific primary prevention action. Then divide class into groups of three. Have students work with their groups to identify motivating, enabling and reinforcing factors that will help them achieve their individual goals. Also have groups determine ways they can help each other achieve their goals.