Introduction
Communicable diseases
What is a communicable diease?Communicable diseases spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person. The spread often happens via airborne viruses or bacteria, but also through blood or other bodily fluid. The termsinfectious and contagious are also used to describe communicable disease.
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During this webquest you will be looking at:
Hand foot and mouth disease
Chicken Pox (varicella)
Hepatitis B
Task
To provide an imformative poster on one of the three diseases that provides accurate information on the disease.
Poster must provide:
Symptoms?
How long do people stay home from school?
How do we minimise the spread?
Who is at risk?
Process
Chicken pox
Chickenpox (varicella) is a highly contagious viral disease.
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http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/chickenp…
Hand foot and mouth disease
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral illness common in children. Symptoms are usually mild, but can include high temperature and small blister-like lesions on the inside of the mouth, palms of hands, soles of feet, and the nappy area.
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http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/BHCV2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Hand_foo…
Hepititis B
Hepatitis B is a viral infection that causes liver inflammation and can lead to serious illness or death. It is spread through unsafe sex and other activities where blood or body fluids are exchanged. It can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby.
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http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/BHCV2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Hepatiti…
Evaluation
All finished?
Double check your work.
Make sure you have answered all the questions
Conclusion
We will be presenting our posters to the class.
Remember to ask lots of questions and give positive feed back.
This is so everyone can learn help to stop the spread of these diseases.
Now its time to find a place to display your work.
Credits
Betterhealth.vic.gov.au,. (2015). Home | Better Health Channel. Retrieved 6 May 2015, from http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/