Health and Safety 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

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

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

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

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)