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Week 11
Illness Prevention and Healthy
Habits
Course: Health Education for Young Children
Department: Child and Family Studies
Instructor: Kyung Eun Jahng
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Diseases in Childhood
 The causes of diseases in childhood: (1) immune system (2) exposure to
contagious germs (3) children’s behavior
 Some of the diseases that children often have include respiratory disease,
infectious disease, eye disease, cardiac disease, and skin disease.
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Whooping cough (백일해)
Common cold
Flu
Pneumonia
Asthma
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Infection
 At home, children are well protected from infectious diseases because
they do not come into contact with as many people as children who
attend education and care services.
 Children will have close physical contact with other children and carers
through regular daily activities and play at child care center. Children
often put objects in their mouths and may not always cover their coughs
or sneezes.
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Developing Healthy Habits
 Hand washing before meals and snacks, after using restroom, before
cooking time, after outdoor play time, after coming back from field trip,
after sneeze or nose-blow, after touching animals or plants, or after
touching dirty things.
 seated nicely
 teaching children what to eat and how to eat safely (꿈나무 식품안전
현장체험교실)
 providing enough time for rest and activity (nap time for young children)
 personal hygiene: teaching children how to keep themselves clean and
healthy
 brushing teeth
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How to Nurse a Sick Child
 When children are ill, they should be kept from attending child care
center. However, some children may stay at the center for some reasons
in case their mothers should work or children may get sick suddenly
during the day. Here are the tips for teachers to follow when nursing sick
children.
(1) Having them rest
(2) Checking their temperature
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Vaccination
 예방접종 도우미
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