Chapter 7
HEALTH EDUCATION
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
1. Define health and other terms related to it.
2. Discuss the importance of studying health and the principles
underlying it.
3. Define food and its basic elements.
4. Develop physical fitness and well-being.
Health education is a social science that draws from the biological,
environmental, psychological, physical and medical sciences to
promote health and prevent disease, disability and premature death
through education-driven voluntary behavior change activities.
Health education is a profession of educating people about health. Areas within
this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health,
emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health, as well as sexual
and reproductive health [Link] education is any combination of
learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve
their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes.
Definition of Health:
Health can be defined as physical, mental, and social wellbeing,
and as a resource for living a full life. It refers not only to the
absence of disease, but the ability to recover and bounce back from
illness and other problems. Factors for good health include
genetics, the environment, relationships, and education.
Why do we have to study health?
The following are the reasons why we have study health:
1. Medical health records show that current health practices are
poor.
2. People’s attitude toward health does not lead to hygienic living.
3. People lack basic information regarding health matters.
4. Habits affects health and the school can develop health habits.
Principles underlying health:
1. The student’s health is a joint responsibility of the home, the
school as well as the community.
2. Teaching health in the school is principally in the hands of the
health teacher.
3. Health education is included in the curriculum starting from
kindergarten up to college.
4. The promotion of the teacher’s health is important to the health
education program as well as to the quality and cost of
education.
5. It is very essential to develop the health practices of the student
starting from kindergarten until he becomes old enough to
understand the scientific reasons upon which practices rest.
The following terms have to be considered in the study of health:
1. Health education- it is the sum total of the experiences which favorably
influence habits, attitudes and knowledge relating to the individual and
the community.
2. Hygiene- it is the science of promoting and prolonging health.
3. Public health- it is the science and art of preventing disease and
promoting and prolonging life through organized effort.
4. Sanitation- it refers to the establishment of the environmental
conditions favorable to health.
5. School health- it includes all the acts carried on in a school system in
the interest of the student’s health.
Basic elements in food:
1. Food- is a substance put together by nature into plant or anima’s life
there are two general groups of food; (1) those that give energy for life.
Growth and repair are known as energy-growth giving foods, (2) those
that are needed by the body to help do its work are known as regulating
foods. This work of the body is done by different organs.
2. Carbohydrates- such as starch and sugar are rich in carbon, oxygen,
and hydrogen are energy giving foods.
3. Fats- are needed by the tissues, specially the nerves. They give heat to
the body, serve as pads to the body organs and nerves and give the body
its rounded shape.
4. Protein- foods are said to be the most important of all foods because
they keep the work of the different parts of the body well balanced.
Proteins come from both animal and vegetable sources.
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5. Minerals- are regulating foods. They are taken in by growing plants and
become part of the roots, leaves, stems and fruit. Animals eat the plants
and, in this way, get the minerals which they need.
6. Calcium- helps in developing the bony tissue. If calcium is lacking in the
diet, the bones may be soft and poorly formed, and the teeth may decay
easily.
Balance diet:
Fitness and healthy living:
Fitness relates to physical activity- perhaps a rigorous daily exercise regimen.
Other may think of fitness simply as being free from disease and other health
problems. Yet the true definition of fitness is far broader and more personal. It
refers to your own optimal health and overall-well-being. Fitness is your good
health.
Being fit relates to every aspect of your health – physical, emotional, and
mental. All the three are interconnected. And, nutrition and physical activities
are fundamental to each one.
When you are fit, if you have;
1. Stamina and are optimistic in dealing with everyday emotional-ups- and
downs as well as the different mental challenges that are often
encountered;
2. Reduce risk for many health problems, including serious diseases, e.g.,
hearth disease, cancer, diabetes;
3. An attitude of looking and feeling the best;
4. Physical strength and endurance to handle yourself in case of an
emergency;
5. A better future to become an asset to your country; and a
6. Chance for a better quality of life, and ready to face challenges.
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forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purpose. It differs from the
transplantation of larger trees in arboriculture, and from the lower cost but
slower and less reliable distribution of tree seeds.
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