Health Education:Avoid or Reduce
Health Risks
By Kristy Seaver
National Health Education Standard 7
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health enhancing behaviors
and avoid or reduce health risks.
Target Audience : 3-5 grade levelStandard: 7.5.3Objectives: Demonstrate behaviors
that avoid or reduce health risks.Give examples of behaviors that avoid
or reduce risks.
What are healthy behaviors?
Dental HealthWhat kinds of thingsdamage your teeth?• Sugar• Not brushing• Not flossing
How to take care of your teethBrush ALL your teeth at least
twice a daySpend 3 minutes brushingLearn how to floss your teethVisit the dentist twice a year
What are we avoiding?Gingivitis Bad breathCavitiesGum DiseaseOral Cancer
Do you get enough sleep?How much
sleep do you think you should get each night??
SleepMost kids between 5 and 12 get
about 9.5 hours a night, but really you need 10 or 11 hours each night.
What are the risks involved??◦Being sick all the time◦Not able to follow directions◦Getting other diseases.
How to get more sleepTry to go to bed at the same time
Have a calming bedtime routine
Limit intake of caffeinated drinks or foods near bedtime.
Don’t watch scary shows close to bedtime.
GermsThe average desk harbors 400
times more bacteria than the average toilet seat.
An average of 1 in 6 people wash their hands after using the restroom.
What do germs cause?Common coldBacterial diseasesVomitingDiarrheaAnd others
How to prevent getting germs?WASH YOUR HANDS!!!
When is the best time?before eating or touching food after using the bathroom after blowing your nose or
coughing before and after visiting a sick
person
How to wash your handsUse warm waterUse soapMake you lather up all overWash for 10-15 seconds, sing Happy Birthday
Rinse and dry with a clean towel.
Healthy behaviors
Brushing Your Teeth
Getting Enough SleepWashing your
hands
Sourceshttp://kidshealth.orghttp://tummytroubles.blogspot.co
m/2006/05/fun-germ-facts.html
http://www.touchfreesolutions.net/16thpage.html
http://mainmoms.comwww.foodsafety.gov
Sources cont.http://
www.humanillnesses.com/original/images/hdc_0001_0002_0_img0118.jpg
http://www.johnmh.com/hygiene/floss.jpg
http://treehugger.com
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