This gives a very brief overview of health for freshmen students.

2. TOPICS
• Concepts of Health
• School Health Services
• Stages of Growth and
Development
• Factors and Problems Affecting
Growth and Development

3. CONCEPTS
OF
HEALTH

4. What is HEALTH?
A state of physical,
mental, and social well-
being and not merely the
absence of disease or
infirmity.

5. What is HEALTH?
A state of physical and mental
integrity that allows one
person to perform different
roles and deal with stress . It
also pertains to freedom from
disease and untimely death.

6. Therefore, HEALTH is…
1. The total well-being
of an individual.

7. 2. The efficiency provided by
both physical and mental
well-being that help the
person be emotionally
steady, socially and morally
sound.

8. Why is HEALTH important?
1. A healthy
person can be
more
productive and
happy in life.

9. 2. A person who is healthy can
deal positively with the
challenges of life.

10. 3. A healthy individual is more
likely to live longer.

11. Dimensions of HEALTH
PHYSICAL
MENTAL HEALTH EMOTIONAL
SOCIAL

12. TRIANGLE OF HEALTH

13. COLLAGE PROJECT

14. SCHOOL
HEALTH
SERVICES

15. The health of a person is a
cooperative effort of the
individual, members of the
family, school, and the
community.

16. The school has a very
important role for it is
responsible in promoting,
improving, and
maintaining the desired
health level of its students.

17. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES are
programs and activities
designed to promote, protect,
improve, and maintain the
health and well-being of
every student.

18. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
1. Health Appraisal
- A process of determining
the current health status
of the student for
proper intervention.

19. 1. Health Appraisal includes:
a. Complete analysis of the
student’s health history
(past records, family health
background and current
status)

20. b. Health Screening
c. Behavior and
Performance
Observation
d. Physical Examination

21. HEALTH APPRAISAL includes:
1. Arms, hands, and
fingernails
2. Eyes 5. Mouth and
3. Nose Throat
4. Teeth 6. Ears

22. 7. Neck and Chest
8. Hair
9. Feet and Legs
10. Skin
11. Height and Weight

23. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
1. Physical Screening
a. Height-taking
b. Weight-taking
c. Vision-testing
d. Hearing testing

24. Presentation and Control of
Communicable Diseases
Proper education about diseases is
important for their prevention.
Students should learn the signs and
symptoms of any disease in order to
prevent its onset and avoid
complications.

25. Health and Nutrition Counseling,
Follow-Through, and Referral
These are the activities designed to
help you achieve and maintain
your desired health level and
must be administered by the
Guidance Counselor.

26. If a student failed in the physical
screening, a referral is made to:
1. School Physician
2. Rural Health Unit
3. Provincial Health Hospital
4. Private Health Practitioner

27. 5. DSWD
6. Other Cooperating Agencies or
Organizations
7. Safety and First Aide Emergency
Care Centers

28. Safety and Emergency Care
This refers to the measures
undertaken by the school
authorities to prevent injury
or even death.

29. Care of exceptional children or children
who deviate from average children
School health programs should be
properly delivered through
effort of teachers, school
physician, nurse, dentist,
health coordinator, and other
allied health professionals.

30. Lesson 3: STAGES OF GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT

31. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
This refers to the area of health that
focuses on caring for the body
systems, recognizing changes
during growth periods and
accepting maleness or femaleness,
appearance and one’s learning
styles.

32. It also concerns in …
1. Achieving appropriate
development tasks
2. Learning about the beginning of life
3. Recognizing the needs of people of
different ages
4. Preparing for aging
5. Sharing feelings about dying and death
(Meeks and Heit, 1996)

33. The period from the first year of life
through your teenage years is the
time of rapid growth.

34. STAGES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
ERIK ERIKSON organized growth
and development into eight
stages that extended from birth
to death. He is a developmental
psychologist who studied the
social and emotional
developments of individuals
from infancy to old age.