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The significance of health care education

Africa » Gambia
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Prevention is better than cure as they always say.

Knowledge in proper health care is essential not only to adults but also to young ones. It is better to start learning the do's and don'ts of health care in order to minimize if not to totally eliminate possible causes of illnesses. In most schools, subject related to proper hygiene and health is being taught to students.

This aims to educate the youngster as early as possible on how to take care of their health. Its significance is attributed to the kind of information being discussed in school.

Here is some of the list:
Proper Nutrition.
This is very important topic that needs to be discussed to students. Knowing the proper nutrition will help you know what's right to eat and what's not. Junk foods are common favorite of youngster, and if this youngster will learn the disadvantages of eating these junk foods, it will give them second thought to continue the habit of eating these. Information on proper nutrition will also introduce to students the benefits their body can get from eating nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables.

Personal Hygine. As early as pre-school, students must learn the basic personal hygiene. Taking care of our physical self is mandatory to be learned in school for it will help us to elevate our personality.

First Aid remedy. This is another important topic that needs to be included in health care education. Accidents and emergency can occur anytime and it is not a guarantee that it will happen with adults on our side. Sometimes, simple accidents can be worsened if youngster lacks the ability to know what to do. Knowledge on first aid remedy can surely be help of Herbal medicines.

Some schools are discussing these topics as part of their health care education. It is essential in a sense that students may have the knowledge to know the benefits of herbal medicines that will make them start caring for these medicinal plants. It is a better substitute to high cost commercial medicines and much less risky to use

Pollution causes and control. With the increasing issues about world pollution, knowledge of these pollution causes is very necessary. Students are also part of our population and have contribution to the increasing problem of pollution. Having knowledge of its causes and control will teach the students to minimize or eliminate being a contributor of pollutants.

Common illnesses and Emergency cases. Students are prone to common sickness because they are always exposed to polluted environment. Knowing the symptoms and common emergency cases can help them prevent the illness to worsen. They can be immediately warned at the first sign of the disease and find solution to it or confide it to their parents for possible remedy.
Author: Mariatou Ngum-Saidy
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