Disease Prevention and Control

• Prevention of spread of germs
• When medicine should be taken
• Recognizing symptoms
• Seeking adult help
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• Appearance and behavior associated with wellness and illness
• Factors changing health status
• Symptoms of illness
• Prevention of germ spread
• Head lice
• Immunization
• Communicable disease
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• Identification of eye problems
• When medicine should be used
• Exercise and proper food for health
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• Identification of communicable and chronic diseases
• Health homeostasis
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• Chemical dependency
• Use of drugs as medicine
• Food borne illness
• Hand washing
• Avoiding obesity
• How the body fights germs
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• Diseases related to harmful effects of: tobacco, alcohol and other drug use, pollution and radon
• Respiratory disease: causes, lifestyle impact
• Signs, symptoms, causes of communicable disease
• Disease transmission and body defenses
• Immunizations
• Chain of infection
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• Leading causes of death
• Health risks
• Cardiovascular disease risks, lifestyle, prevention
• Chemical dependency
• Eating disorders
• Hereditary
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