Teen Health Course 3

Chapter 18: Common Communicable Diseases

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Lesson 1

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  1. The main way that illnesses like colds and flu are spread is from person to person in respiratory droplets of coughs and sneezes known as droplet spread.


  2. The two main ways that germs are passed from person to person through droplet spread are:


  3. a. When droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person move through the air and are deposited on the mouth or nose of people nearby.
    b. When a person touches respiratory droplets from another person on a surface like a desk and then touches his or her own eyes, mouth or nose.

  4. Some viruses and bacteria can live two hours or longer on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks.


  5. The three main ways to stop droplet spread are to:

  6. a. Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing
    b. Clean your hands often
    c. Remind others to practice healthy habits.

  7. Teens need to get plenty of sleep and physical activity, drink water, and eat good food to help them stay healthy during the flue season.
Additional Resources for Teachers

Below are some additional resources on how to prevent the spread of germs. Students could focus on things like keeping food safe, hand washing, and pets.

  1. Food Safety:
    http://www.fightbac.org/clean.cfm
  2. Food Safe Schools:
    http://www.foodsafeschools.org/
  3. Snap:
    http://www.itsasnap.org/snap/about.asp
  4. Healthy Pets Healthy People:
    http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/browse_by_animal.htm
  5. Washington State Department of Health:
    http://www.doh.wa.gov/phepr/handbook/prevent.htm
Lesson 5

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  1. The five main ways that the HIV virus is spread are through:


  2. a. Sexual intercourse
    b. Intravenous drugs
    c. Blood transfusions
    d. Sharing contaminated needles
    e. From mother to child before, during, or after birth

  3. For an uninfected person to contract the virus, he or she must have direct contact with the bodily fluids from an infected male or female.


  4. The three stages of HIV infection are:


  5. a. Stage One – No symptoms
    b. Stage Two – Mild Illness
    c. Stage Three – Severe Illness

  6. The HIV virus attacks the body's immune system so it cannot fight off disease. Death is caused by the illnesses that attack the body.


  7. The three steps in developing a cure for AIDS are:
  8. a. Devising a drug that will kill the HIV once it enters the body
    b. Creating a vaccine that would prevent the disease
    c. Educating people worldwide about the dangers of AIDS and how to prevent the HIV infection.

Additional Resources for Teachers

Below are some additional resources on HIV and AIDS and what is being or can be done to prevent its spread. You might want to discuss ways that people around the world are commemorating the lives of those who have died from AIDs. For example, the AIDS quilt, writing music, and telling stories. Ask your students if they would like to do something to commemorate those who have died in their community.

  1. PBS: AIDs and Teens:
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec02/aids.htm
  2. Teen Aids Peer Corp:
    http://www.teenaids.org
  3. Staying Alive:
    http://eu.staying-alive.org/stayingalive/shells/h_home.jhtml
  4. Metro Teen Aids:
    http://www.metroteenaids.org/
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