Infectious diseases (Part 2)

Topic: Infectious diseases (Part 2)

by Teacher Zue

​Theme 4: Personal Health and the environment

​Steps to Success (S2S):

​Read through the slides and answer the questions to get your marks.

Preventing the spread of diseases​

• Caring for your body​

  • ​We get sick when we do not take good care of ourselves.

  • ​When our body becomes weak, germs can enter and easily make us sick.

How? You need to:

• ​stay clean and healthy.

  wash your body, hair and hands regularly.

  ​get lots of exercise and plenty of sleep.

  do not share personal items.

Multiple Choice

We need to prevent diseases from spreading.

Multiple Select

Which of the followings are ways of preventing the spread of diseases by physical contact?

• Wash hands

• Use disinfectants to clean bathroom, toilets, floors

• Eat a healthy and balanced diet

• Do not share personal items

Open Ended

Give another way to prevent diseases spread by physical contact.

Preventing the spread of diseases​

• Eating clean and healthy food

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​How? You need to:

• ​Eat a healthy and balanced diet.

• Wash fruits and vegetables properly with clean water.

• Eat well cooked food.

• ​Do check the expiry date before you buy any can food.

Preventing the spread of diseases​

• Eating clean and healthy food

• How? You need to:

  • Always cover your food with a food cover.

  • ​Store food in the refrigerator to help keep germs away.

  • ​Do not share your food or drinks with other people.

  • ​Drink boiled water or bottled water that you buy from the supermarket.

Multiple Select

Which of the followings are ways of preventing the spread of diseases by food and drinks?

• Eat well cooked food

• Drink boiled or bottled water

• Wash fruits and vegetables with water before eating them.

• Eat expired and uncooked food.

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

Give another way how to prevent diseases from spreading by food and drinks.

Preventing the spread of diseases​

• Keeping things clean

• It is important to clean your home regularly to prevent spread of diseases.

• How?

  • ​Bathrooms, toilets, floors and tables should be wiped and cleaned with disinfectants. (A disinfectant is a liquid that kills germs)

  • ​Garbage should be sealed properly and stored in rubbish bins.

Preventing the spread of diseases​

• Caring for others

  • Germs can be easily spread from one person to another.

• How? You need to:

  • ​wear a face mask when you are sick.

  • ​cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

What should you do to prevent germs from spreading in the air?

Multiple Choice

BONUS QUESTION

Other than a face mask, we use a ______ to cover our face to prevent ourselves from getting infected by Covid 19.

• face shield

• tissue

• handkerchief

• towel

Preventing diseases spread by mosquitoes

It is important to clean your home regularly to prevent spread of diseases by mosquitoes.

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• How?

  • Empty out or overturn any water containers around your home.

  • ​Change the water in vases regularly.

  • ​Make sure that toilets and bathrooms are kept dry.

  • ​Use insect repellent.

Multiple Choice

Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water and containers containing water.

Multiple Select

What can we do to stop mosquitoes from breeding?

• Empty containers containing water.

• Use insect repellent.

• Always make sure that toilets and bathrooms are kept dry.

• Let the water in vases unchanged.

Open Ended

BONUS QUESTION

What else can we do to prevent the spread of diseases by mosquito?

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