Health Education and Recreation

Health has become one of the major important aspects of human life. Until and unless we are physically, mentally, socially and emotional well we cannot be said healthy. This course will give valuable information about various health and recreational matters covering topics like health and health education, dimensions of health, determinants of health, aims, objectives and scopes of health education and methods of communication in health education, communicable and non-communicable diseases, organizational and administrative set up of health and planning of health education programme. Other issues concerning environmental hygiene, importance of rest, sleep and exercise, housing, water supply, sewage, school health services and first aid and emergency care, Nutrition, classification of food, balanced diet, malnutrition and adulteration of food will also be taken up in the course.

COURSE LAYOUT

WEEK 1

1. CONCEPT OF HEALTH AND DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH

2. SPECTRUM OF HEALTH, POSITIVE HEALTH AND DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

3. CONCEPT, AIMS, OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND PRINCIPLE OF HEALTH EDUCATION

WEEK 2

4. METHODS OF COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH EDUCATION

5. COMMUNICABLE AND NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

6. NUTRITION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION

WEEK 3

7. MEDICAL CARE AND POPULATION

8. ORGANISATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP OF HEALTH SYSTEM IN INDIA AT NATIONAL LEVEL

9. ORGANISATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP OF HEALTH SYSTEM IN INDIA AT DISTRICT AND STATE LEVEL

10. STEPS OF PLANNING OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME

WEEK 4

11. CARE OF SKIN, MOUTH, NAILS, CLOTHING, BATHING, ETC

12. IMPORTANCE OF REST, SLEEP AND EXERCISE

13. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HOUSING, WATER SUPPLY, SEWAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL

WEEK 5

14. COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS AND OBJECTIVES OF SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE

15. HEALTH APPRAISAL, PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REMEDIAL MEASURES AND FOLLOW-UP

16. FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY CARE

17. EYE HEALTH CARE

18. NUTRITION

WEEK 6

19. CLASSIFICATION OF FOODS AND PROXIMATE PRINCIPLES AND ROLE OF VARIOUS NUTRIENTS

20. BALANCED DIET FOR INDIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MALNUTRITION, ADULTERATION OF FOOD

21. STEPS OF PLANNING OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME

22. CONCEPT, NEED AND IMPORTANCE AND ROLE OF HEALTH EDUCATION IN FAMILY

WEEK 7

23. CONCEPT NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION AT SCHOOL LEVEL

24. NMEP (NATIONAL MALARIA ERADICATION PROGRAMME). DDCP (DIARRHOEAL DISEASES CONTROL PROGRAMME) NATIONAL TB CONTROL PROGRAMME

25. STD CONTROL PROGRAMME

26. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES: WHO, UNICEF, UNDP

WEEK 8

27. MEANING, DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF RECREATION

28. IMPORTANCE AND SCOPE OF RECREATION

29. MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT RECREATION

30. FAMILY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS

31. PLANNING CRITERIA AND OBJECTIVE OF RECREATION FACILITIES

32. OPERATION AND MAINTAINANCE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECREATION

WEEK 9

33. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES AND CRITRIA AND PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM

34. NATURE AND OUTING OF SOCIAL EVENTS AND ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES

35. HOBBIES

36. LEADERSHIP: MEANING, CLASSIFICATION OF LEADERS

WEEK 10

37. ORGANISATION, AIM, OBJECTIVES AND IMPORTANCE OF TYPES OF CAMPING

38. SELECTION AND LAYOUT OF CAMP SITE AND CAMPING LEADERSHIP

39. TYPES OF FUNCTIONS OF RECREATION LEADERS

40. QUALIFICATION, QUANTITIES AND TRAINING AND RECREATIONAL LEADERS.