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UNIT 3. Growth and Development (3)
Puberty
(a) Brief outline of physical growth and development.
(b) The development of emotional maturity leading to expanding
independence and increasing personal responsibility for
decisions on such health habits as:—
Smoking : Overeating : Dental : Care of the Feet.
Some Suggested Visual Aids
Growth charts.
Film: "Girl to Woman", Sound, Colour, Runs 18 mins.
"Boy to Man", Sound, Colour, Runs 16 mins.
from: Boulton-Hawker Films Ltd., Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk.
UNIT 4. Growth and Development (4)
The Process of Ageing
(a) The age of social responsibility ) i.e. Middle Years.
(b) The peak of achievement
(c) Slowing down
(d) The influence of the environment on the process of age ing.
Discussion on the individual's responsibility to the older section
of the community.
Some Suggested Visual Aids
Film: "Growing Old", Sound, Black and White, Runs 40 mins.
(This might be shown later during a lunch break).
from: The Nutrition Information Centre, Vitamins Ltd.,
Upper Mall, London, W.6.
UNIT 5. Health Hazards of Today
Infectious Diseases (1)
(a) Natural and acquired immunity.
(b) Prevention, by vaccination or immunisation, of:—
Poliomyelitis : Diphtheria : Smallpox :
Tetanus : Whooping Cough: Tuberculosis.
(c) Discussion on attitudes to vaccination and immunisation
procedures and reasons for co-operating with national
campaigns.
Some Suggested Visual Aids
Flannelgraph illustrating the principles of immunity.
Selected slides from the filmstrips:
(a) "Vaccination and Immunisation" from: Camera Talks Ltd.,
(b) "Droplet Infection" 31, North Row, Park Lane
(c) "Immunity" London, W.l.