Life Skills for Vocational Success

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Unit 6: Health

Lesson 5: Adopt Good Personal Health Habits

OBJECTIVE

  1. Identify behaviors in which a person can engage on a daily basis to prevent illness.

INSTRUCTIONAL FORMAT
This lesson will provide information on developing habits to prevent illness and maintain good health. Certainly, other topics in the lesson on "Wellness" provide information on maintaining good health. A person can also prevent illness by staying physically fit, eating right, managing stress, avoiding destructive behaviors, and following the advice of a doctor. The information provided in this lesson will give further instruction about daily habits to maintain good health.

  1. Get plenty of sleep. How much sleep a person needs is going to vary. Some people function well on five hours, and others need eight hours. Overall, inform the students that six to eight hours of sleep is generally a good amount. Sleeping is the body's way of recovering from both physical and mental exhaustion. A rested body functions better and is more likely to fend off germs that lead to colds, flu, etc.

  2. Wash your hands frequently. When you touch such things as a door knob, telephone, faucet, or computer keyboard, germs get on your hands. When you touch your eyes and mouth, you put yourself at risk for exposing yourself to these germs. Most medical personnel agree that hand washing is one of the best ways to kill germs. In doing so, a person greatly reduces her risk of catching colds, flu, or other diseases.

  3. Maintain good hygiene. Besides washing your hands, taking regular baths or showers, washing your hair, and brushing your teeth greatly increase the chance of remaining healthy. Absenteeism due to dental and skin problems can be prevented by engaging in proper hygiene.

  4. Wear clothes that are appropriate for the weather. This is especially true during the winter months. When a person gets cold and wet, his resistance to germs and viruses are reduced. When this resistance is reduced, the person is more likely to get sick.

SIGNS OF GENERALIZATION
It is inevitable that people will get sick from time-to-time. However, if students adopt the habits above and use the information from the other lessons, they will hopefully decrease their chance of getting sick.

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