Health and Safety Education

Paper Code: 
PHE - 201
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
4.00
Unit I: 
Health Education

1.1. Meaning of Health and Health Education

1.2. Need and Scope of Health Education

1.3. Aims, Objectives and Principles of Health Education

6.00
Unit II: 
Health and Fitness

2.1. Concept of Health related Fitness

2.2. The importance of health to Individual, Family, Community and the State

2.3. Meaning of Mental Health and its relationship with Physical Education

8.00
Unit III: 
Diet and Nutrition

3.1. Balanced Diet and Nutrition

3.2. Mal-nutrition, Misconceptions about Food

3.3. Function of Food in the body

3.4. Essential body nutrients and other components of food

3.5. Required Diet for Sportspersons

3.6. Adverse effects of Drugs & Doping

6.00
Unit IV: 
Hygiene

4.1. Need and importance of

i) Personal hygiene

ii) Environmental hazards

iii) Food hygiene

4.2. Communicable Disease and its Prevention -

(HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Tetanus)

4.3. Posture: Common Postural Defects and Remedies

6.00
Unit V: 
Safety Education

5.1 Importance and general Principles of Safety Education for preventing injuries in Physical Education and Sports

5.2 Common Injuries in Games and Sports and their immediate Treatment & Rehabilitation (Sprain and Strain)

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