CC-103 HEALTH EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

 

CC-103 HEALTH EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Unit – I Health Education

o Concept, Dimensions, Spectrum and Determinants of Health

o Definition of Health, Health Education, Health Instruction, Health Supervision

o Aim, objective and Principles of Health Education

o Health Service and guidance instruction in personal hygiene

Unit – II Health Problems in India

o Communicable and Non Communicable Diseases

o Obesity, Malnutrition, Adulteration in food, Environmental sanitation, Explosive

Population,

o Personal and Environmental Hygiene for schools

o Objective of school health service, Role of health education in schools

o Health Services – Care of skin, Nails, Eye health service, Nutritional service, Health

appraisal, Health record, Healthful school environment, first- aid and emergency care etc.

Unit – III Environmental Science

o Definition, Scope, Need and Importance of environmental studies.

o Concept of environmental education, Historical background of environmental education,

o Celebration of various days in relation with environment.

o Plastic recycling & probation of plastic bag / cover.

o Role of school in environmental conservation and sustainable development.

Unit – IV Natural Resources and related environmental issues:

o Water resources, food resources and Land resources

o Definition, effects and control measures of:

o Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Soil Pollution, Noise Pollution, Thermal Pollution

o Management of environment and Govt. policies , Role of pollution control board.

References:

Agrawal, K.C. (2001). Environmental biology.Bikaner: Nidhi publishers Ltd.

Frank, H. &Walter, H., (1976). Turners school health education. Saint Louis: The C.V.

Mosby Company.

Nemir, A. (n.d.). The school health education. New York:Harber and Brothers.

Odum, E.P. (1971). Fundamental of ecology. U.S.A.: W.B. Saunders Co.