Health Promotion Session Plan
Deidre Dillman
Overall Health Content targeted: Carbohydrates Specific Component targeted: Good/Bad Carbs
Client or Group Profile: Anyone (18 and older) interested in learning more about how to eat a healthy diet and the difference
between good and bad carbohydrates
Opening activity – ice breaker or content related attention grabber
Activity Objective:
After completing the ‘Good/Bad’ Carbs worksheet and discussing our answers, the adults will develop a sense of what good and bad carbohydrates
are so they can become aware of what they are consuming on a daily basis.
Time frame: 10 minutes
Activity Description: I will hand out the list of random food items. The individuals will write whether a particular carb is good or bad. After the
individuals complete the worksheet, we will discuss our answers aloud with the entire class.
Materials needed: Worksheet, Pen/Pencil
Standards: 1, 4, 5, 7
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Main activity – identification of content to be addressed
Activity Objective:
After lecturing about carbs, the individuals will have developed a keener knowledge on the topic of carbohydrate nutrition.
Time frame: 10 minutes
Activity Description: The individuals will listen as I ‘lecture’ about carbohydrates using a power point presentation.
Materials needed: power point, over-head projector
Additional activity – (optional)
Activity Objective: Talking/discussing in groups will help the individuals comfortably discuss aloud, what they learned throughout the power point
presentation. This will even allow the individuals to discuss ideas/topics that they may have missed through the presentation.
Time frame: 10 minutes
Activity Description: The individuals will form small groups to discuss what new and/or interesting facts they learned throughout the presentation.
Materials needed: Paper/pen
Standards: 1, 4, 5, 7
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Closure: Questions and Answers
Question # 1: How are each of you going to incorporate more good carbs into your diet, and eliminate the bad carbs?
Desired Client Response: Start journaling or looking more closely at nutritional labels for things such as ‘whole wheat.’
Question # 2: What is the main function of carbohydrates?
Desired Client Response: Your body’s main energy source; carbs are very important to your diet.
Description of additional supporting activities for individual to perform on their own:
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Health Promotion Reflection
Please answer the following reflective questions.
1. As I reflect on the activity, to what extent will / were clients productively engaged? (Brief description of how they were or were not
productively engaged.)
The individuals were very interested in my presentation. They were also very engaged in the opening activity.
2. How and when will I know if the clients learn what I intended them to learn? (list objective)
If the clients leave my presentation, with few questions/concerns I will know that they have learned something.