Health and Safety Education

1. 1  Meaning of Health and Health Education
2. 2  Need and scope of Health Education
3. 3  Aims, objectives and principles of Health Education

1. 1  Concept of Health related Fitness
2. 2  The importance of health to individual, family, Community and the state
3. 3  Meaning of Mental Health and its relationship with Physical Education

1. 1  Balanced diet and nutrition
2. 2  Mal Nutrition’s misconceptions about food
3. 3  Function of food in the body
4. 4  Essential body nutrients and other components of food
5. 5  Required diet for sportspersons
6. 6  Adverse effects of Drugs & Doping

1. 1 Need and importance of

i.           Personal hygiene

ii. Environmental hazards

iii. Food hygiene

1. 2 Communicable disease and its prevention (HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis B,

Tuberculosis, Malaria, Tetanus) 

1. 3 Posture: Common postural defects and Remedies

Unit V                                                                                                                         6 hrs

  5.1   I mportance 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 &

        Strain)