UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Physical Education
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester II - Paper II - Health and Safety Education

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

i. Health -Definition - meaning and concept - factors influencing health. Health determinants, Hereditary and Environment - Environment pollutions.

ii. Meaning of Health Education, its need , scope for students, aim and objectives of health education.

iii. Health Education Principles: Methods and media of health education.

Unit II

i. Personal Hygiene. Need and importance of personal hygiene.

ii. School Health Programme.

a. History

b. School health problems.

c. Appraisal aspect including morning health instruction.

d. Brief introduction of safety education. First Aid Emergency Care

e. Healthful school living.

f. School health administration

g. Mental health and child placement.

h. School Health records.

i. Mid-day school meal programme.

Unit III

Food & Nutrition:

i. Classification of foods.

ii. Description of proximate principles.

iii. Role of various vitamins and minerals.

iv. Balance diet for Indian players and school children.

v. Assessment of Nutritional status Malnutrition, Food Additivies. Adulteration of food.

Unit IV

i. Infection: causes of disease- Mode of infec.tin. Spread of infection - public health measures to combat infection - public health administration - sanitation - water supply.

ii Immunity - prophylactic immunization - programmes - AIDS

iii. Communicable diseases, malaria, typhoid, cholera, dysentery, leprosy, tuberculosis, std, polio, tetanus.

iv. Drug abuse - alcohol, smoking.

v. Family Welfare - Sex education.

SAFETY EDUCATION:

Unit V

i. Safety at home- Environment and structure. Electrical connections,, bathrooms and lavatory, storing articles, kitchen and fire place, storing medicines. Principles of movements in daily living.

ii. Safety at school structure and Environment, furniture and fixtures, school procedures and policies, precentionary and emergency equipment, collection of information (address of parents, hospitals and doctors, police, fire station, ambulance service.)

iii. Safety in Physical Education and sports - principles of safety with respect to buildings and playfields. Principles of safety with respect to equipments, dress etc., principles of safety with respect to organization of classes demonstration and matches.

iv. Policies and practices to prevent accident and rendering first aid and treatment.

v. Accident reporting and maintenance of records.

vi. Safety considerations with special reference of specific games in the school and college curriculum.

vii. Safety on roads, camps, picnics and tours.

viii. Safety in water, firewood, hurricane, thunder and lightning and air raids.

Reference Books:

1. Mangal S.K. and Chandra, P.C. Health and Physical Education, R.D. Tandon Brothers, Ludhiana, 1979.

2. Moss, R. and et.al., Health Education, National Educational Annual, U.S.A.

3. Neiniah, School Health Education, Harper & Brothers.

4. Park, J.E. Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine.

Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh, Punjab
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