Basic Health Awareness

Concepts and basic requirements for a healthy environment, healthy living. Health and disease concepts, Classification of diseases, Communicable diseases, Non-communicable diseases; Personal hygiene and health.

Biological, physical and psychological hazards and their effects on health and safety, local effects, systemic effects, acute and chronic effects. Methods of control, Elimination, Substitution, Engineering controls, Administrative controls, Personal protective equipment (PPE), Cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) of commonly known disorders and diseases.

This Course Will Map to PLO-1, PLO-6 and PLO-7