Why does the HECAT include both individual health topic modules and a comprehensive health education module?
The HECAT is designed to support analysis of many health education curricula, some that might focus on health outcomes related to a single topic (e.g. violence prevention) and some that address a comprehensive set of health outcomes across multiple health topics. You can choose the module(s) that best matches your needs and the focus of the curriculum under review. If a curriculum clearly focuses on a single topic, such as violence prevention, use the module that addresses that topic. If a curriculum focuses on outcomes related to only two or three topics and it is clear that the curriculum is intentionally limited only to those topics (e.g., only nutrition and physical activity; or only mental and emotional health, sexual health, and violence prevention), use the two or three topic-specific modules that address these topics. If a curriculum addresses numerous health problems, issues, or topics; focuses on more than one grade level; and includes a wide range of learning activities to a
