Health and Safety Education

Paper Code: 
25GPHE201
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 This Course will enable the students to shaping personal values and beliefs that support healthy behavior, shaping group norms that value healthy lifestyle, knowledge about the prevention from sports injury and their precaution, to integrate knowledge and skills in food and nutrition with professional issues affecting the nutrition and dietetics field.

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Health and Safety Education (Theory)

CO1: Classify the scope, needs and importance of health and health education. 

 

CO2: Importance of health and fitness in the physical and social life.

 

CO3: Interpret and apply nutrition concepts to evaluate and improve the nutritional health of communities.

 

CO4: Importance’s of  communicable disease and its prevention and common posture   defeats and their remedies

 

CO5:   Explain  various  sports injures and their  preventing measures

 

CO6: Contribute effectively n course specific interaction.

Approach in teaching:

 

Lectures, Discussion, Reading Demonstration, Group and individual activities,

Team  teaching

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments,

Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Posters and Charts preparation.

Class test, Semester end     examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

10.00
Unit I: 
Health Education

 

  • Meaning and importance of Health
  • Meaning and importance of Health Education
  • Aims, Objectives and Principles of Health Education.
  • Need and Scope of Health Education
12.00
Unit II: 
Health and Fitness

 ·     Concept of Health Related Fitness

·         The Importance of Health to Individual, Family, Community and the State

·         Meaning and importance of Mental Health

         Mental Health and its relationship with Physical Education              

14.00
Unit III: 
Diet and Nutrition

 ·         Balanced Diet and Nutrition     

·         Malnutrition, Misconceptions about food

·         Function of food in the body

·         Essential body Nutrients and other components of food

·         Required Diet for Sportspersons

         Adverse effects of Drugs & Doping              

12.00
Unit IV: 
Hygiene and Posture

 

  • Need and importance of
  1.         Personal hygiene
  2. Environmental hazards
  3. Food hygiene
  • Communicable Disease and its prevention (HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Tetanus) 
  • Posture: Common Postural Defects and Remedies
12.00
Unit V: 
Safety Education

  

·Importance and general principles of safety education for preventing Injuries in Physical Education and Sports

·Common injuries in games and sports and their immediate treatment 

·Prevention and rehabilitation of injuries (Sprain, Strain & CPR Training)

 

Essential Readings: 

 Essential Reading

 

  1. Singh, A. (2016). “Essentials of Physical Education”.  Kalyani Publication Ludhiana
  2. Thakur K.J. and Aneja O.P., (2013). “Teaching Health Education.”Khel Sahitya Kendra, New Delhi.
  3. Goswami J., (2014). “Health and Nutrition” Khel Sahitya Kendra, New Delhi.
  4. Uppal,A. K. & Gautam, G., (2016).Physical Education Health and the  study of sports. Friends Publication, New Delhi.
  5. Lawrence, & Gordan, T., (1969). Your Health and Safety. Schriver, Alico : Powers; Har Court, Brace and World, Douglas F. and Verhans Levia J. Inc. New York .
  6. Johns & Edward P.,( 1970). Health for Effective Living. Suttan, Wilfred C., No Craw Hill Book Company and Webster, Lloyd E., New York.

 

E- Resources:

  1. https://yoga4online.com>4-yoga
  2. https://www.firstorg.com
  3. https://w.p.nyu.edu>virtualhindi.
References: 

 Suggested Readings: 

 

  1. Sharma D.V., (2005). Introduction to Physical and Health Education. Avichal

     Publishing Company, New Delhi.

  1. Punnya L.I., (2018). “Health Education and Sports Nutrition.” Khel Sahitya Kendra, New Delhi
  2. Ambast, A., (2000). Prevention and Treatment of Sports Injuries. Khel Sahitya Kendra, New Delhi,
  3. Avinashi , (2014). Fundamentals of Health Education. Arya Book Depot.   
  4. Buchha, A.N., (2015).Contemporary Issues in Physical Education, Fitness and Wellness. Sports Educational Technologies, New Delhi.
  5. Sharma,V.P & Sharma,V.K., (2001). Health and Physical Education Theory and Practical for Class-12. Sarswati House Mandir, Delhi
  6. Walters, (2006). Physiology and Hygiene. Khel Sahitya, New Delhi.
  7. Khatri, (2005). Health & Physical Education. Ajmera Book Co. Education (Hindi)
  8. Narang, (2004). Handbook of Sports Injuries. Sports Publications, Delhi,  
Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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