3. Health
Health is the level of functional and metabolic
efficiency of a living organism. The World Health
Organization (WHO-2006) defined human health in
its broader sense as “a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity”.
Essentials for Healthy environment
• Think Well
• Eat Well
• Do well
• Keep your surrounding clean
5. Polluted Environment
The contamination of the physical and
biological components of the
earth/atmoshere system to such an extent
that normal environmental processes are
adversely affected.
e.g. Misutilisation of Natural Resources like
petroleum that contributes in Air pollution
Enormous use of plastic packaging products
contributes in land, air and water pollution
simultaneously.
Deforestration in lieu of urbanisation etc.
6. Ensuring healthy environment
The issue of a healthy environment goes
deeper and it’s often pointed out that people
forget the structures in which they live and
which surround them. It is the prime
responsibilty of everyone to ensure healthy
environment because it affected directly to
one and all.
7. How to ensure healthy environment?
Ensuring healthy environment is not a
choice but it is mandatory thing and for this
we should make a habit of practicing 3 R in
life.
•Reduce
•Reuse
•Recycle
8. Reduce
• Reduce all the garbage you can.
• Avoid chemicals which are not essential, so that
adverse effects of those chemicals can be
avoided.
• Soap is essential in our day to day life, to wash
clothes or vessels. In any soap, 90% of
ingredients are actually useless. There is a
commonly held belief that a soap that generates
a good amount of lather is good, but that’s
wrong. Be it cloth, vessels or your body, it is
cleaned by the ‘good’ acids present in soap, and
not by the lather. So use soaps which are
‘natural’.
9. Reduce
• Do not use disposables made of plastic or
equivalent material.
• Though it feels simpler, avoid online
shopping as it increases waste due to the
packing materials used.
• Use reusable diapers instead of
disposable ones. These days, good
comfortable options are available.
• Similarly, use reusable cloth napkins or
menstrual cups instead of the sanitary
napkins available everywhere.
10. Reuse
• Use items which have multiple
applications and can be used multiple
times.
• If you get tired of your clothes, then give it
to the needy instead of throwing them
away.
• Organise cartons received during online
shopping and encourage reusing them.
• Instead of trashing old books or toys,
share them with the needy.
11. Recycle
• If you cannot use one item in one specific form or if it
becomes boring, then change its appearance.
• If you are tired of your old clothes, make curtains,
bags, quilt, handkerchief, towels etc. out of them.
Seek help from your children during such activities. It
helps in two ways. You are not just recycling but also
spending quality time with your child, helping them
do creative things.
• Make it a habit to segregate waste based on its type,
to separate recyclable waste.
12. Hygiene
Hygiene is a set of practices performed to
preserve health. According to the World
Health Organization (WHO), “Hygiene refers
to conditions and practices that help to
maintain health and prevent the spread of
diseases.
Hygiene is a concept related to cleanliness,
health and medicine. It is as well related to
personal and professional care practices.
15. Hygiene Practices
In medicine and everyday life settings,
hygiene practices are employed as
preventative measures to reduce the
incidence and spreading of disease.
Some sites require best hygiene practices
e.g. Plant for manufacturing of food,
pharmaceutical companies, cosmetic and
other products.Good hygiene is a critical
component of quality assurance.
16. Cleaniness is a mean to achieve
Hygiene
The terms cleanliness and hygiene are often
used interchangeably, which can cause
confusion. In general, hygiene refers to
practices that prevent spread of disease-
causing organisms. Cleaning processes
(e.g., hand washing) remove infectious
microbes as well as dirt and soil, and are
thus often the means to achieve hygiene.
17. Hand Washing
Prevention is better than
cure.
Hygiene - specifically hand-
washing with soap - is one
of the most important
interventions for human
health and development
and is a universal necessity.
Fundamental to fighting
under nutrition, reducing
child mortality, overcoming
antibiotic resistance, and
advancing access to
21. School as second home of Child
After the family, schools are most important places
of learning for children.It is a central place in the
community.It provides a stimulating learning
environment for children that brings change in the
behaviour of students. What a student learns in
school is not just confined to the four walls of a
classroom but the whole school environment is a
source of knowledge.
It is a place where we learn,play, enjoy and spend
a large span of our life.
22. School, Health & Hygiene
School plays a very important role to bring
awareness among the students through
Health Education Programmes organised
time to time. National Curriculum Framework
2005 also advocated Health & Physical
Education to be a compulsory subect in
school education.
Habit formation in context of hygiene is also
inculcated among the students from initial
phases of the school e.g. table manners &
washing hand etc in kindergarten classes.
23. Role of School
Schools does not only impart knowledge,
but also play a major role in shaping the
personality of an individual. A student also
learns lessons of discipline, honesty and
cleanliness from school and therefore, it is
important for a school to maintain a hygienic
atmosphere.
Ensuring health and hygine awareness must
be on the highest priority of the school.
24. Hygiene in School
School environment should be cleaned. It
should be ensured by the school authrities
to make the school premises hygienic for the
students.
There are some simple ways to maintain
cleanliness in school.Some of the simple yet
significant steps to maintain cleanliness are
presented here:
25. Health and hygiene related Practices
for Schools
• Organisation of Health Programme
• Regarding Communicable & Non Communicable
disease
• Regarding Do's and Dont's in context of particular
disease
• Arrangements of monthly Health Check Up
• Organisation of Awareness Program in School
• Regarding Personal Hygiene for girls
• Regarding Proper way of hand Washing
• Sensitization through Chart & Pictures and Quotes
• Celebrate Cleaniness week and environment related
days
• Present a model before students
26. Organisation of Health Programme
School must be Integrate with the local
health department for conducting talks and
seminars to make the students and staff
aware of various health issues that can arise
from unhygienic conditions and about
various health practices to be implemented.
27. Health topics most relevant to the
student
• Population, such as substance abuse,
sexual abuse, suicide, safety, nutrition,
obesity, eating disorders, sexual activity,
teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted
diseases, mental health, family violence,
risk taking behavior, coping with peer
pressure and stress.
• Communicable & Non Communicable
disease
• Do's and Dont's in context of particular
disease such as COVID-19, Swine Flu etc.
28. Arrangements of monthly Health Check Up
The main goal of school health camp is to
ensure that students are healthy in school,
and ready to learn.
• From childhood only the children should
inherit the habit of health checkup for early
detection and prevention of diseases.
• Educate students to become more healthy
and aware to live healthy living.
Health Check up must be organised by
school every month.
29. Organisation of Awareness Programmes
School should be organised 'Awareness
programme' in context of general information for
all students and specific information for specific
group like girls.
•Regarding Personal Hygiene for girls
•Regarding Proper way of hand Washing
30. Organisation of Awareness Program in School
Washing our hands,
properly with soap is a
good habit as it prevents
the spread of germs and
also their accidental entry
into our own body.
Washing hands before
eating is a must. School
shoud provide Liquid
hand and sanitizer to
students for proper
cleaning.
32. Awareness programme regarding
Personal Hygiene
It should be organised in
school premises for girls
students and parents as
well.
Mostly in rural areas,
personal hygiene is not
given much importance.
Therefore, it is important
for the school authorities
to involve parents while
conducting talks on
hygiene.
33. Sensitization through Chart & Pictures
and Quotes
Learning is classified in to two type i.e.
formal learning and informal learning.
Sometime we planned an awareness
programe for the students it come under
formal learning but some time we place a
chart or some informative picture on bulletin
board in classes. It comes under informal
learning. They learn the things by observing
them intentionally or unintentionally.
36. Celebrate cleanliness Week
Encourage staff and students to celebrate
cleanliness week at least twice a year by
cleaning the classrooms and school
premises, thus making them aware of the
importance of hygiene.
38. Keep dustbin in every room and
outside
Dustbins are used to dump any waste so
that it doesn’t get strewn here and there.
The use of a dustbin makes a place look
neat and tidy. There should be dustbin
placed outside and inside the classrooms
and it should be emptite on daily basis.
39. Dispose the Garbage Properly
We must ensure that the
garbage collected in our
school gets properly
disposed of and doesn’t
reach our streets, water
bodies, and other areas.
Create a garbage pit in
school where all the waste
from class rooms and the
school premises can be
disposed and burnt once in
a week.
40. Avoid Plastic Bags
Plastic Bags are a menace and the greatest
threat to the environment. Our struggle for
cleanliness will be incomplete as long as we
keep on using plastic bags. Due to their
lighter weight and non-biodegradable nature,
plastic bags just linger for centuries in the
environment and degrade its quality. In
school premises plastic bags and packets
should be banned.
41. Do not Litter
Avoiding littering is another essential
aspect of cleanliness in school
premises. A person could only be
tagged as clean when he/she keeps
the standards of personal cleanliness
as also maintain school cleanliness.
Strict discipline must be maintained
regarding littering in the school
premises.
42. What is Sanitation?
Sanitation generally refers to the provision of
facilities and services for the safe disposal of
human urine and feces.
The word ‘sanitation’ also refers to the
maintenance of hygienic conditions, through
services such as garbage collection and
wastewater disposal.(WHO).
43. Cleanliness in toilets
Cleaniness is very serious issue which need
to be considered. 40% of schools in India do
not have toilets. Amongst those schools
which have toilets, majority of the toilets are
not in usable condition. It brings serious
Health issues in students.It should be
cleaned properly. There should be enough in
number of toilets and cleaner to cater the
needs of the students. Water facility should
be available inside and outside the toilets.
44. Way to make toilet Hygiene
Clean toilets
•Ensure the cleanliness and availability of
water in the toilets on a daily basis. Also,
provide facilities for students and staff to
wash hands after using toilets.
Appoint supervisors
•Appoint staff to take care of hygiene issues
in school. The staff should ensure that the
school surroundings are kept clean and the
water and food provided to students are safe.
45. Practicising Cleaniness Programme
in School
Students must be involved
in cleaning their
classrooms ,corridoor after
certain period so they will
inculcate the habit of clean
the surroundings and avoid
littering as well.
46. Advantages of Health Education
Progammes
• Obtain accurate information on health,
illness, and illness prevention.
• Obtain accurate information on health topics
most relevant to the student population,
such as substance abuse, sexual abuse,
suicide, safety, nutrition, obesity, eating
disorders, sexual activity, teenage
pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases,
mental health, family violence, risk taking
behavior, coping with peer pressure and
stress.
47. Advantages of Health Education
Progammes in Schools
Gain understanding of growth and
development from conception through
adulthood. Gain an understanding of family
health history and its impact on one's own
health risks, and learn how one's health
behavior is related to health status.
48. Advantages of Health Education
Progammes in Schools
• Discuss personal attitudes, values and
beliefs relating to health. Discuss the
processes through which social values are
acquired and the ways in which they can
affect health.
• Develop critical thinking and decision-
making skills in terms of health and
sickness evaluation.
49. Advantages of Health Education
Progammes in Schools
• Develop an awareness of the limitations of
medicines and medical science in their
personal care.
• Become interested in assuming
responsibility for personal health.
• Develop a personal life-long health life
style plan, including areas of healthy
eating, exercise, social relationships, and
avoidance of risky behaviors.
50. Advantages of Health Education
Progammes in Schools
• Develop a sense of social responsibility and
participate in promotion of health education
to peers, family and community.
• Through such well-designed programs of
health education, an impact can be made to
improve the environmental and life-style
factors in health in many segments of the
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