ON
TOPIC: DEVELOPMENTS OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM
BY
NAME: ETTE, JOSEPHINE DONATUS
MATRIC NO.: EDV/M.Ed/10/016
DEPARTMENT: HUMAN KINETICS & HEALTH EDUCATION
COURSE TITLE: CURRENT TREND IN PHE
COURSE CODE: EDH 5002
TO
PROFESSOR O. O. OMOTAYO
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR
CALABAR
MARCH, 2012
CONTENT OF CONTENTS
Introduction - - - - - - - - -2
Definition of Health - - - - - - - -5
Factors that influence health - - - - - - -6
Aims/Objectives of Health Education - - - - - -8
Component of School Health Program - - - - -9
Why Health Education - - - - - - - -10
Scope of School Health Services - - - - - -11
Screening Test - - - - - - - - -12
First Aid - - - - - - - - - -14
Selection of Marriage Partner - - - - - - -14
Family Planning - - - - - - - - -14
Overview of School Health Education Program - - - -15
Conclusion - - - - - - - - - -16
References - - - - - - - - - -17
DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION
School health programs can play a critical role in promoting healthy behaviours while inhancing academic performance. Many of the challenges facing young people today are different from those medications and vaccines have largely reduced the illnesses, disability, and death that common infectious diseases once caused among children (contres for Disease control and prevention 2000).
Today, the health of young people, and the adults they will become, is critically linked to the health-related behaviours they choose to adopt. Certain behavious that are often established during youth contribute markedly to today’s major causes of death. These behaviours include: using tobacco, eating unhealthy foods, using alcohol and other drugs, engaging in sexual behaviours that can result in HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancies. Others are engaging in behaviours that can result in violence or intentional injuries, and not being physically active.