7.2 health

Question 1

what is health?

Answer 1

state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.

Question 2

what are the 6 main factors that determine good health and life expectancy?

Answer 2

clean water supply
hygiene and sanitation
a nutritionally adequate diet
freedom from disease
poverty
stress

Question 3

why is a clean water supply so essential?

Answer 3

for:
-raising crops and livestock
-drinking and cooking
-washing and keeping the body and clothes clean
-supporting economic development

lack of it can cause water-borne diseases like;
-diarrhea and dysentery by bacteria in polluted water
-malaria by mosquitoes breeding in stagnant water.
-bilharzia by parasite(small animal living other animals)

Question 4

what is hygiene?

Answer 4

practice of keeping yourself, your living and working area clean to prevent diseases.

Question 5

what is sanitation

Answer 5

systems that keep places clean, especially by removing human waste.

Question 6

what are 5 rules for hygiene?

Answer 6

• wash your body everyday and keep your body clean
• wash clothes and dishes with clean water.
  -cover food and keep it away from flies.
• have a good toilet system.
• drinking water must be purified and boiled.

Question 7

what is nutrition?

Answer 7

process of receiving food necessary for the body to grow and be healthy.

Question 8

what is a diet?

Answer 8

food that people or living things eat.

Question 9

what is a balanced diet and why is it so important?

Answer 9

diet that provides the body with all the nutrients it needs/
– it helps to fight diseases and the lack of it leads people to suffer from nutritional diseases.

Question 10

what is a disease?

Answer 10

main cause of ill-health in the world, makes people weak(fatigued) which may cause death.

Question 11

what are the 3 terminology to describe diseases?

Answer 11

epidemic
– disease that is widely spread.
pandemic
– disease spread throughout the world, e.g. hiv, covid.
endemic
– when a disease is always present in a country, e.g. malaria.

Question 12

name the 3 groups diseases are divided into.

Answer 12

– contagious/ infectious( spreads from one person to another.)
– non-contagious/ non-infectious(arises from other causes) e.g. cancer, heart attack
– diseases spread by animals/ insects, e.g. malaria.

Question 13

list the ways of preventing diseases

Answer 13

– immunization
– inoculation
– vaccination

Question 14

what are the main preventable diseases?

Answer 14

measles
mumps
tetanus
polio

Question 14

what is poverty?

Answer 14

the state of being poor.
(main cause of poor health)

Question 15

how does poverty affect health?

Answer 15

– poor people will have unhygienic houses/ poor sanitation
– poor people have no access to clean water.
– poor people do not have enough land to produce food
– poor people cannot afford to pay for proper medical care.

Question 16

what is stress?

Answer 16

state of constant worry caused by problems in one’s life.

Question 17

what are the factors(causes) of stress?

Answer 17

– lack of money or land to provide enough food
– poor housing
– unemployment
– lack of medical care
– lack of fresh water

Question 18

what problems can stress further lead to?

Answer 18

– depression and mental problems
– alcoholism and drug abuse
– family and social problems
(these problems, in turn, can lead to poor health/ ill-health)

Question 19

give examples of health programmes in Namibia

Answer 19

– primary health care- package of measures taken to prevent ill-health and promote good health.
– the training of medical auxiliaries- workers who give help/ support to main group of workers.
– building of hospitals and training of doctors-
– provision of clean water supply-
– community health programmes-
– immunization-

Question 20

what is prevention?

Answer 20

act of taking precautions to prevent diseases from occurring.

Question 21

what is cure?

Answer 21

to make an illness go away/ deal with the problem successfully.

Question 22

explain primary health care.

Answer 22

a package of measures taken to prevent ill-health and promote good health.
-includes:
hygiene and sanitation
education
nutrition and immunization

Question 23

list the objectives of primary health care

Answer 23

– prevent ill-health and premature death
– maintain and improve quality of life
– treat diseases and injuries and other forms of ill-health
– reduce socially unhealthy behavior

Question 24

explain the importance of the training of medical auxiliaries

Answer 24

they are trained to teach families about diseases and healthy living, to treat common problems e.g. midwives

Question 25

what does the government do about minimizing distances people travel to clinics?

Answer 25

– build new facilities
– use the red cross mobile clinic to travel to poor areas
– nurse colleges are in place to train more nurses

Question 26

explain community health programmes as one of the health programmes in Namibia

Answer 26

aim to help people in community to prevent and solve their own health problems

Question 27

explain immunization

Answer 27

programme aimed at preventing/protecting the body from diseases especially by injection.

Question 28

what are the impacts of HIV/AIDS on SADC countries’ economy?

Answer 28

– large portion of the budget is diverted to increasing orphan support
– there’s a need for free medical support
– loss of labor force, call for foreign experts/ new trainees
– more money is spent on campaigns to prevent HIV

Question 29

give examples of projects to address the HIV/AIDS problem in Namibia

Answer 29

– school health educational programmes, e.g. my future , my choice
– AIDS awareness clubs to alert young people of the dangers of AIDS
– free distribution of condoms to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS
– TV/newspaper advertisements on AIDS

Question 30

How do you support people living with HIV/AIDS?

Answer 30

– ensure they follow a balanced diet
– take care of their hygiene
– let them take regular exercise
– let them take medicine regularly

Question 31

list the measures taken to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS

Answer 31

– increase AIDS/HIV awareness campaigns all over the country
– AIDS should form part of the secondary school curriculum
– distribution of free condoms or femi-doms
– free testing

Question 32

list and explain what a balanced diet contains

Answer 32

1. proteins
   – for body growth and tissue repair (meat, eggs, milk)
2. carbohydrates
   – main source of energy (maize, rice, potatoes)
3. fats
   – provide energy to the body ( cereals, beans and ground nuts)
4. vitamins and minerals
   – provide healthy skin and bones and general good health( vegetables and fruits)

Question 33

define malnutrition

Answer 33

when the body lacks proper nutrition/ eating a diet that does not enough nutrients