A junior college course for health

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by  Speaker, Juanita Sabichi

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A JUNIOR COLLEGE COURSE FOR HEALTH
A Project
Presented to
the Faculty of the School of Education
The University of Southern California
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science in Education
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Juanita Sabichi Speaker
June 1950
UMI Number: EP46074
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A JUNIOR COLLEGE COURSE FOR HEALTH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. INDIVIDUAL.HEALTH PROBLEMS
HOW TO MEET YOUR. PERSONAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER PAGE
1. SUPPLY OF ENERGY: HOW TO SUPPLY THE BODY WITH ENERGY 1
1. NUTRITION: How to choose the right foods...... 1
2. DIET: How to balance the daily diet.......... .
3. DIGESTION: How to obtain the maximum good out of
food. . •........... 7
b. STIMULANTS: How to use wisely................. 9
5. WEIGHT: How to control.. 1 1
2. USE OF ENERGY: HOW TO USE ENERGY TO THE. BEST
ADVANTAGE................. .............. 15
1. MUSCULAR WORK: How to use energy best in
everyday life........ 15
2. MECHANICAL TECHNIQUES: How'to develop■good
posture- and carriage.:. .... 17
3. EYES: How to use your energy to conserve sight.# £8
if. EARS: How to conserve hearing. 21 .
5. RECREATION: Hoi?’to choose beneficial recreation. 21
3. RENEWAL OF ENERGY: HOW TO RENEW VIGOR........ 26
1. FATIGUE: How to ward off weariness........... 26
2. REST: How to get satisfactory relaxation......*. 27
3 • SLEEP: How to avoid insomnia. .......28
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CHAPTER PAGE
. k, , NARCOTICS:, How to use sedatives............... 29
*f. MAINTENANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH; HOW TO BE HAPPY.......3^
1. PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS: • How to cope with
menta3/:d If f Icul t i e s that can lead to physical :
problem..... v..;........................... 3k
2._; MATURITY:- How to grow up emotionally........... 36
3. SELF-EVALUATION: How to overcome your
shortcomings. .... 37
5. PERPETUATION. OF ENERGY: . HOW TO GUIDE THE
REPRODUCTIVE PROCESS.....................* .......... k-2
1. REPRODUCTION: How to guarantee proper
- development of life............, U-2
,2. MATURATION: How to, grow up physically...... *+3
3,. .PARENTHOOD: How to become a wise parent........ ^4
PART II. COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEMS
HOW TO MEET THE HEALTH DIFFICULTIES OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
6. SUPERVISION OF- PUBLIC HEALTH: HOW TO GUARD THE ’
PUBLIC1S WELFARE...- ..........................b-9
1. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES: How to control
Contagious diseases **9
2. DISEASE PREVENTION: How to protect the
body from illness...... 50
3. HEALTH EDUCATION: How to promote health in
your community................ 51
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CHAPTER PAGE
7. HOUSING: HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOME HEALTHFUL.......... 57
1. SUNLIGHT: How to provide plenty of sunlight in
your home ..... 57
2. VENTILATION: How to insure your home of fresh
air. ...... 58
3. HEATING: How to obtain safe artificial hear.... 59
1+. HUMIDITY: How to secure the proper moisture in
the air of your home .... 61
5. AIR-CONDITIONING: How to obtain pure air
without ventilation. ...... 61
8. SAFETY: HOW TO AVOID ACCIDENTS.. ..... 65
1• HOME: How to make your home s a f e 65
2. SCHOOL: How to prevent accidents at school...,. 67
3. HIGHWAY: How to make our highways safer...... 67
9. HEALTH INSURANCE: HOW TO SECURE MEDICAL CARE AT A
MODERATE COST.............. ... .................... 73
1.' GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE: How to provide for
illness through group coverage ....... 73
2. INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE: How to provide for
illness under individual p l a n s 75
BIBLIOGRAPHY............................... 79
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PREFACE
Never before has youth been faced with the personal
responsibility of keeping physically, mentally and morally
fit as in this age, when our critical struggle to remain
on this earth seems to be in the balance*
Learning the meaning of healthful living should;
(1) Inculcate positive attitudes regarding health; (2) Out­
line for the student how he can improve his physical and
mental health; (3) Prepare him to be adequate in meeting his
personal and civic responsibilities of making American homes
and communities better and safer places to live*
This syllabus is intended to guide the teacher in
presenting the health course required in our state colleges,
and called ordinarily HYGIENE. It is hoped that this will
assist in the presentation of a scientific subject in a
manner fitting and in keeping with other subjects in m col­
lege curriculum*
The objectives which this syllabus hopes to accomplish
ares (1) To provide an outline for the teacher of health
that will have a meaning for the student. (2) To give facts
which will be USABLE by the student in making his own deci­
sions about the health problems of himself9 his family, and
his community* (3) To bring out the opinions generally held
by our scientific medical authorities, in contrast to
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individual opinions, (*+) To reduce the technical approach
to health instruction, in order that the student can have
the opportunity of a more complete comprehension of a very
vital subject.
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CHAPTER 1. SUPPLY OF ENERGY
HOW TO SUPPLY THE BODY WITH ENERGY
1. MOTIVATIONt Advantages of a great deal of effective action*
1. EASIER WORKs Any work at home or in a job seems worth
while when the individual can quickly and steadily go
into action*
2* JOBs The energetic person is usually the one who makes
the best impression in applying for a position*
3. SUCCESS IN YOUR WORK: Quick and efficient accomplish­
ment of assignments can come only from an adequate
supply of energy.
H-* ENRICHMENT OF LIFE: Ability to be active also carries
with it extra time for recreation and versatility*
B* DIRECTIONS: Guiding ideas on how to be assured of energy.
1. NUTRITIONS How to choose the right foods
a* Look for certain elements the body needs in certain
forms*
(1) PROTEIN is required daily as it cannot be
stored, and is found in meat, milk products,
and beans*
(2) FATS can be stored in the body and are re>*
quired in proportion to the bodyi*s expenditure
of energy, and are found in butter, cream and
nuts, and vegetable oils*
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(3) CARBOHYDRATES are made up mostly of sugars
and starches* They can be stored in the
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body as glycogen— as a source of quick
energy, and are found in bread, cereals,
foods made up of flour products, and in
certain vegetables as potatoes*
Of} . MINERALS most necessary to health include
calcium and phosphorus found abundantly
in milk* Iron is also needed to aid in
the function of hemoglobin in the blood
stream, and it is found in red meat and
in spinach*. Iodine is known to be necessary
for the functioning of the thyroid gland,,
which regulates the building up and break­
ing down processes of the body* Iodine
is commonly- present in fish and sea foods•
Of couses, it is available to every one
in iodized salt*
(5) VITAMINS include a group of substances
which do not enter into reactions in the
body, but whose presence makes the reactions
possible— catalytic agents. The ones
known are A, B, C, D, E, G, B'fe .?complex, and
K* Vitamin A protects our eyesight, pro­
tects us from respiratory and ear infections.
It is not widely distributed innour foods, r.s.