Prevention and Management

of Personal Health Issues and

concerns
1. Developing self-management skills

a. Proper nutrition -
depends on a balanced diet
which has the right amount of
food nutrients your body
needs. It is a combination of
the three basic food groups.
b. Proper hygiene

• washing the body often. If possible, everybody

should have a shower or a bath every day.

However, there may be times when this is not

possible, for example, when people are out

camping or there is a shortage of water.

• If this happens, a swim or a wash all over the

body with a wet sponge or cloth.

 Brushing the teeth after each meal is the best

way of making sure that gum disease and

tooth decay are avoided. It is very important to

clean teeth after breakfast and immediately

before going to bed

 washing the hair with soap or shampoo at

least once a week

 wash hands with soap after going to

the toilet and before preparing and/or

eating food. During normal daily

activities, such as working and playing,

disease causing germs may get onto the

hands and under the nails. If the germs

are not washed off before preparing food

or eating, they may get onto the food

changing into clean clothes. Dirty
clothes should be washed with
laundry soap before wearing them
again.

hanging clothes in the sun to dry.

The sun's rays will kill some
disease-causing germs and
parasites.
 turning away from other people and covering

the nose and mouth with a tissue or the hand

when coughing or sneezing. If this is not done,

droplets of liquid containing germs from the

nose and mouth will be spread in the air and

other people can breathe them in, or the

droplets can get onto food .

c. Regular physical activity –
This helps strengthen your
bones, muscles, heart, and
lungs. Gymnastics, swimming,
dancing, and playing are some
forms of physical activity.
d. Enough rest and sleep - get a
plenty of rest- 8 to 10 – hours a night
– so that you are refreshed and ready
to start the day energetically every
morning. Lack of sleep can leave you
feeling rundown and can affect the
natural defense of your body, your
immune system.
e. Good posture - is the position in
which you hold your body upright
against gravity while standing, sitting or
lying down. Good posture involves
training your body to stand, walk, sit
and lie in positions where the least
strain is placed on supporting muscles
and ligaments during movement or
weight-bearing activities.
f. Oral cared - is important to
maintaining healthy teeth, gums and
tongue. Oral problems, including
bad breath, dry mouth, canker or
cold sores, TMD, tooth decay, or
thrush are all treatable with proper
diagnosis and care.
a. Height and weight – is being monitored during puberty to know the
growth of a child and also to get to its BMI to describe the body’s
condition.

Procedure in Taking the Height

1. Remove your shoes or slippers.

2. Stand straight with the head, shoulders, and rear of the heels in contact with the
wallboard
3. Place the headpiece on top of the head vertically.
4. Record the height in centimeter to the nearest one-fourth.
5. Get the interpretation of the results based on the Filipino height and weight chart
for boys and girls.
Procedure in Taking the Weight
1. Remove your shoes and other heavy objects from
your body and pockets
2. Stand straight on the middle of the weighing scale.
3. Balance the scale and read the weight properly to the
tenth of a kilo and record it.
4. Get the interpretation of the results based on the
Filipino chart of the height and weight of boys and girls.
b. Self-breast examination – a procedure a woman can do to
physically and visually examine her breasts and underarm areas for
changes. It has not been shown that BSEs alone can accurately
determine the presence of breast cancer.

Breast self-examination can be performed every month. Become

familiar with how your breasts usually look and feel so that you may
notice any change from what is normal for you:

• If you still menstruate, the best time to do BSE is when your breasts
are least likely to be tender or swollen, such as a few days after your
period ends. If you no longer menstruate, pick a certain day—such as
the first day of each month—to remind yourself to do BSE
c. Vision screening –
School vision screenings are
important and can help to
detect eye conditions that
are defined as ―commonly
occurring,‖ meaning that
they occur in more than 1%
of the target population.
d. Scoliosis test - Scoliosis is a condition in which the spine curves to
the side. It is an abnormal lateral or side-to-side curvature of the spine.
This condition commonly develops during growth spurt of adolescents.
It affects girls more often. This condition can be corrected if treated
early before the bones have fully developed. Early detection can
prevent scoliosis from progressing.
e. Hearing tests - are used to assess your ability to hear different sounds and to
determine if there are any problems.
Procedure in the Hearing Test
1. Stand 30 feet away from the tester facing the opposite direction. Cover one ear
with the hand.
2. The tester then whispers. The tester can whisper color, names of flowers,
numbers, or names of cities. Use only one of the them; do not mix any of these.
3. If the one being tested fails to hear from 30-feet distance, the tester can move to
25 feet near the one being tested. Repeat the whisper. If still, he/she fails to hear
the whisper, move closer up to ten feet then repeat the whispers.
4. Repeat the test to the other ear.
5. Record the distance where he/she was able to hear the whisper.
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