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This study aimed at measuring the effect of using PDEODE in teaching home economics on developing some health concepts and economic behavior of female secondary first graders. To achieve this aim, a content analysis of first year secondary school home economics textbook was carried out, an inventory of health concepts and needed economic behavior was developed based on the PDEODE strategy. The sample of the study consisted of 150 females secondary first graders, divided into two groups; a control in Fatma Al Zahraa secondary school and an experimental in Sayyeda Zeinab secondary school. Tools of the study included: a test in health concepts and a scale for economic behavior (both developed by the researcher). Results showed the following: 1) There are statistically significant mean differences at 0.01 level between the scores of the two groups in the test of health concepts favoring the scores of the experimental group. 2) There are statistically significant mean differences at 0.01 level between the scores of the two groups in scale of economic behavior favoring the scores of the experimental group. In the light of these results, a number of recommendations and suggestions were presented. (Published abstract)