School Health Education see also: Health Promotion is the process of transferring health knowledge during a student's school years (K-12). Its uses are in general classified as Public Health Education and School Health Education.

1. HEALTH
EDUCATION IN
SCHOOL

2. WHAT IS HEALTH

3. WHO Has defined heath as a
“complete physical, mental and
social well being and not merely
free from infirmity or sickness
1948

4. SCOPE AND NEED IN
SCHOOL

5. In school health education is a vital part of
general hygiene and it include all such instruction
that enlighten a student about the activities and
functions contributing to preservation and
promotion of health. A through knowledge of
health rules directs the student to the need of the
study of some common diseases of children.
A large number of students in students in
schools lack nutritive diet and also healthy living
environment . Such students develop many
physical defects like flat foot, flat and contracted
chest, knocked knee, curved legs and rounded
shoulders etc. the un healthy surrounding also
contributes the physical and unhealthy
appearances. Teachers, besides of playing
attention to the living environment and nutrition,
should consider school arrangement for fresh air
in the class rooms and proper sitting arrangement

6. HEALTH EDUCATION
INCLUDES
 Food and it’s importance in the development of
the body
 Rest , sleep, water, air, exercise and recreation
 Causes of various ailments and disease and
ways and means of their prevention
 Emergency and first aid

7. SHOOL HEALTH
PROGRAMME

8. ESTABLISHING SCHOOL
HEALTH CLINIC
School children faces a number of biological and
emotional problems since their age undergo the
onset of puberty during the school age. It can be
in some extent minimized by installing separate
health clinic in school confirming the presence of
doctors and nurses

9. COUNSELING
Is a another programme which can
be added in our school health
programme

10. DISPLAY BOARDS
Many of the information about health
and allied matters can be passed to the
children by establishing display boards
inside the school campus

11. GRIEVANCE BOX
Since the number of girls students is
comparatively high in schools, and most of
the girls are not willing to disclose their
feeling and problems in front of the staff
and peers, the systems will be useful in
some extent

12. PREVENTIVE SERVICES
It is advisable to conduct
health awareness classes and
timely taking of vaccination

13. MOTIVATION AWARDS
Awarding special incentive to those
students keeping health habits

14. PRESENTED BY
POURANAMI M
SOCIAL SCIENCE
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