A spokesperson for the Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service said Deadly Choices was targeted at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people and it visited Wellington High School on Thursday. 

"The program encourages Indigenous people to be healthy role models for family, friends and their communities," the spokesperson said. 

"The seven keys are leadership, chronic disease, physical activity, nutrition, harmful substances, smoking cessation and Medicare and access to primary healthcare. 

"The sessions are about 1.5 hours each, but can be flexible and tailored to the specific needs of specific groups." 

Deadly Choices has analysed the draft national curriculum being currently finalised. 

Although the Deadly Choices program does not involve examinations (with exemption to the pre/post surveys), the program content matches up to certain content descriptors within the national Health and Physical Education subject the spokesperson said.

The Deadly Choices program hopes that the students who take part in it can take the knowledge gained and apply it both to real life and their schooling life. 

As it is provided to the Indigenous community, the preventative health team sees the importance in the linking of Indigenous history and culture into its teachings. 

The cross-curricular priorities are linked throughout the program, and intertwined into the health and physical activity units. 

The cross-curricular priorities cover a wide range of essential ideas, which will be covered throughout the seven-week, flexible program. 

"The aim of 'Deadly Choices', to support our communities to make a 'Healthy Choice'," the spokesperson said.