2. As a growing teenager, you should start
developing necessary health practices to maintain
and improve your health. You should make these
practices a part of your daily routine to prevent variety
of personal health issues and concerns. Self-
management skills are essential to help prevent many
health issues and concerns from becoming health
problems.
3. Different Self-
Management Skills
Proper nutrition can be
acquired when you eat
variety of healthy food to get
all nutrients that your body
needs in order to grow,
develop and function well. It
also gives the body the energy
for the day and
protection against diseases.
4. GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE
Good personal hygiene such as
bathing and hand washing helps
you protect
illnesses and
your body from
boost your
self- confidence allowing you to
feel good about yourself towards
others.
5. REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
- helps
diseases
muscular
your body combat
for it improves
and cardiovascular
endurance and reduces stress
and anxiety. It also builds
your bones and muscles.
6. POSTURE helps
GOOD
your body
efficiently for
to function
it prevents
fatigue, muscular train and
back pain. It also adds to
your physical appearance
for it projects poise,
confidence and dignity.
7. ENOUGH REST and SLEEP
Sleeping eight to ten
hours at night will help you
feel refreshed and ready for
the next day’s activities.
8. PROPER ORAL CARE gives you
confidence especially in dealing
with others. It includes brushing
teeth and gums daily, undergoing
regular dental checkup and
getting treatments such as fluoride
application, extraction, fillings,
braces, and other orthodontic
procedures.
9. Remember:
The different self-management skills include
practicing and maintaining proper nutrition, good
personal hygiene, enough rest and sleep, regular
physical activities, good posture, and proper oral
care.
Many health issues and concerns can be prevented
from becoming serious health problems if good self-
management skills are practiced and developed.
11. Introduction:
Have you ever wonder why
every start of the school year, doctors
and nurses visit your school to
measure your height and weight?
They also check your teeth and test
your ear and your eyes?
12. The school gathers the health information
of the pupils. Each pupil should undergo Health
Appraisal Procedure every year. But what are
Health Appraisal Procedures? Why should you
undergo such procedures? Let us find out why.
13. But first, look at the pictures below, then,
answer the questions that follow:
1. What does the pictures all about?
2. Based on the pictures, what are the
procedures to appraise our health?
3. How often do you think we must
undergo health appraisal procedures?
4. Why do you think we must undergo
these procedures?
14. • Health Appraisal Procedure is a procedure to
determine the health statue of the students.
Regular health appraisal can help you avoid
absenteeism and poor school performance by
early detection of poor health conditions.
15. Components of School Health Appraisal
• Health History – Your school will
keep a record of your history like
immunizations, childhood illnesses,
allergies, previous hospitalizations,
medication used, significant
accidents or injuries, surgeries, and
chronic illnesses.
16. Family History – This
includes the general health of
parents and siblings.
includes history of
diseases and your
It also
family
physical
environment.
Components of School Health Appraisal
17. Current Health Status
– This includes your
dental status, current
family medical problems,
allergies, and your
behavior.
Components of School Health Appraisal
18. Screening Procedures
• HEIGHT and WEIGHT
• MEASUREMENT- is important when monitoring an infant or child’s health. It is
used to calculate your body mass index, or BMI, a measure of healthy versus
unhealthy weight. They are also important when tracking a child’s growth.
19. BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION-
helps doctor check that everything
is normal. Doctors don’t usually
start doing breast exams until a
girl is in her 20s. During breast
exam a doctor or nurse
practitioner will feel a woman’s
breast to check any lumps and
bumps and see if there are
changes
Screening Procedures
20. HEARING TEST - hearing
(audiometric) test is part of
an ear exam that tests how
well a person is able to
hear. It is done by
measuring how well sound
can reach the brain.
Screening Procedures
21. VISION SCREENING- is an
efficient and cost –effective
method to identify children
with visual impairment or eye
conditions that are likely to
lead to vision loss so that a
referral can be made to an
appropriate eye care
professional for further
evaluations and treatment.
Screening Procedures
22. SCOLIOSIS TEST- This is a simple
screening test that can detect
potential problems. If you notice any
unevenness, you should contact
your doctor for an exam. Using a
scoliometer can help determine the
severity of the curve. Scoliosis is
usually confirmed by taking X-ray of
the entire spine looking from front to
back.
Screening Procedures
23. Remember:
procedures help you determine the
Health appraisal
status of your health. Different health procedures
include height and weight measurement, hearing test,
vision screening, scoliosis test, breast self- examination,
and testicular self- examination.
Early detection of pupil’s poor health condition can help
the school to come up with appropriate health programs
to avoid pupils’ poor school performance.
24. the name of each procedure based
on the description given.
1. It is an examination that the doctor or nurse conduct to check the women’s breasts for
any lumps and bumps and see if there are changes since the last exam.
2. It is part of an ear exam that tests how well a person is able to hear.
3. It is an efficient and cost effective method to identify children with visual impairment or
eye condition.
4. It is a simple screening test that can detect potential problem or unevenness of the
spinal columns.
5. It is an instrument used to determine the severity of the curve of the spinal columns.
25. Answer Key:
1. Breast Self Examination
2. Audiometric Test
3. Vision Screening
4. Scoliosis Test
5. Scoliometer
