This document discusses community health and wellness. It defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Wellness is described as a state of complete spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, and social attributes. The document outlines the objectives and components of health screenings in schools, including examinations of appearance, height/weight, vision/hearing, and psychological/dental health. It provides details on screening tools and techniques.

1. Health Analysis and
COMMUNITY
HEALTH

2. HEALTH
 Health is a state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or
 health is a positive concept
emphasizing social and personal
resources, as well as physical capacities
(WHO)

3. HEALTH
 Physical
 Mental
 Social (environmental)
 Spiritual
 Emotional
• occupational

4. Health
 ability to have either physical,
social, mental, emotional,
spiritual, environmental, or
occupational

5. Health Continuum
good poor

6. WELLNESS
It is a state of complete spiritual ,
physical, mental, emotional,
and, social attributes
(environmental and
occupational are included)

7. Wellness Wheel (Dr. Bill Hettler)

8. Wellness and Health
wellness
HEALTH

9. Health Screening: Objectives
 check the health status of the students
 counsel students, parents, and persons
involved
 correct defects
 help prevent and control diseases
 provide emergency care and first aid
for the sick and injured

10. Health Screening: Objectives
 identify nutritional problems of
the students
 help students achieve optimum
growth
 help parents understand the
health status of the students

11. Health Screening
Health Screening
• Examination
• Screening for vision and hearing
• Teacher’s observation
• health Records or history

12. EXAMINATION
A. Health Examinations
- Appearance
- Height and weight
- Head, neck, nose, throat
- vision and hearing
- Skin
- Posture

13. EXAMINATION
B. Psychological Examination
- IQ and EQ tests
C. Dental Examination

14. Screening for Vision and Hearing
VISION
- Color acuity
- Snellen eye chart
Hearing
- Audiometer
- wrist watch

15. Snellen Eye Chart

16. Environmental Noise
Weakest sound heard 0dB
Whisper Quiet Library 30dB
Normal conversation (3-5') 60-70dB
Telephone dial tone 80dB
City Traffic (inside car) 85dB
Train whistle at 500', Truck Traffic 90dB
Subway train at 200'95dB
Level at which sustained exposure may
result in hearing loss90 - 95dB,

17. Power mower at 3‘ 107dB
Snowmobile, Motorcycle 100dB
Power saw at 3‘ 110dB
Sandblasting Loud Rock
Concert115dB
Pain begins 125dB
Pneumatic riveter at 4‘ 125dB

18. Even short term exposure can cause
permanent damage - Loudest
recommended exposure WITH hearing
protection 140dB
Jet engine at 100',
Gun Blast 140dB
Death of hearing tissue 180dB
Loudest sound possible 194dB

19. NOISE EXPOSURE
Hours per day
8- 90 dB 1.5- 102 dB
6- 92 dB 1.0- 105 dB
4- 95 dB .5- 110 dB
3- 97 dB .25- 115 dB
2- 100 dB

20. Normal piano practice60 -70dB
Fortissimo Singer, 3'70dB
Chamber music, small auditorium75 - 85dB
Piano Fortissimo84 - 103dB
Violin82 - 92dB
Cello85 -111dB
Oboe95-112dB
Flute 92 -103dB
Piccolo90 -106dB

21. Clarinet85 - 114dB
French horn90 - 106dB
Trombone85 - 114dB
Tympani & bass drum106dB
Walkman on 5/1094dB
Symphonic music peak120 - 137dB
Amplifier rock, 4-6'120dB
Rock music peak150dB

22. Teachers’ Observation
 teachers play an important role
whenever the doctors and nurses
are not around
 teacher’s should observe the
student’s general behavior and
appearance

23. Health Records
 health history
 teacher’s/doctors’/nurses’
observation
 accidents and illnesses
 allergies