Health education - Communicable Diseases

A disease disturbs the structure or functioning of a living thing.

• True

• False

A disease can be communicable or noncommunicable. Noncommunicable diseases happen when something goes wrong in our bodies, such as in the case of an allergy or most cancers. Diseases that can be "caught," like a cold, are communicable diseases.

• True

• False

A _____ is a living or nonliving thing that is passed between hosts and causes disease.

• Pathogen

• Cold

• Risk factor

• All of the above

Communicable diseases include:

• Colds

• Flu

• diseases from Animals (mosquitos)

• All of the above

To survive, a pathogen must continuously move from one host to the next. There are several ways pathogens are able to do this

• True

• False

Pathogens cannot spread from person to person through touch.

• True

• False

You should not avoid close contact with others when trying to prevent the spread of diseases

• True

• False

When Preventing the Spread of Disease you should:

• Avoid Direct contact with others

• Avoid Contaminated objects

• Avoid disease carrying animals

• All of the above

Uncontrollable factors of Communicable Diseases include:

• Climate

• Age

• Poverty

• All of the above

Noncommunicable diseases can be chronic diseases.

• True

• False