A school nurse planned a health promotion program on character development for a group of seventh-graders. Which behavior most likely prompted the school nurse to develop the program?
a. Increased teacher involvement
b. Manifestations of students' trust of each other
c. Students' increasing use of sexual language while walking down the halls
d. Decrease in sexual activity among teens
ANS: C
A deterioration in language and increasingly self-destructive behavior, such as premature sexual activity, indicate a need for character development.
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