Infectious Diseases

The purpose of this webquest is to educate you on infectious diseases that you may encounter on your journey as an early childhood educator.

During this webquest you will develop and enhance your knowledge and understanding of chronic respiratory disease, chicken pox, school sores, head lice, and slap cheek.

These infectious diseases were chosen because you will most likely be exposed to and have to deal with incidents were these diseases are more likely to come across within an early childhood learning milieu.

Your task is to create a table that communicates the important information and facts about each of the infectious disease; chronic respiratory disease, chicken pox, school sores, head lice, and slap cheek; in a simple but effective table that can be displayed within an environment where children are cared for.

Using Microsoft Word, create a table with clear headings such as name of the infectious disease, symptoms, images of the visual signs of the infectious disease, treatment, and required action. Under each of the heading only the necessary information should be conveyed in short sentences or dot points as the purpose of creating this table is to assist yourself and colleges with identifying these particular infectious diseases. 

To begin, open Microsoft Word and create a table that has six rows and five columns.

In the first column label each row as follows; Infectious Disease, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Chicken Pox, School Sores, Head Lice, and Slap Cheek.

In the first row label each column as follows; Infectious Disease, Symptoms, Visual Signs, Treatment, and Required
Action.

Now you are ready to begin your investigation! Use the below resources to assist you in completing your infectious disease table, feel free to explore and include information discovered from other websites. Remember use short straight to the point sentences under each heading on your table.  

Chronic Respiratory Disease:

http://www.who.int/respiratory/en/

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/chronic-respiratory

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/lung-conditions-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd

http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=chronic-lung-disease-90-P02348

http://lungfoundation.com.au/patient-support/living-with-a-lung-condition/statistics/

Chicken Pox:

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/chickenpox

http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Chickenpox_Varicella/

http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/chickenpox.html

http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/immunise-varicella

http://www.healthdirect.gov.au/chickenpox

School Sores:

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/impetigo-school-sores

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=2168

http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/impetigo.html

http://www.abc.net.au/health/library/stories/2012/03/15/3425048.htm

http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Impetigo_school_sores/

Head Lice:

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/head-lice.html

http://healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I/Head-lice

http://www.moov.com.au/head-lice-tips/learn-more-about-head-lice/

http://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/health+topics/health+conditions+prevention+and+treatment/bites+burns+cuts+and+pests/head+lice/head+lice+-+including+symptoms+treatment+and+prevention

http://www.bupa.com.au/health-and-wellness/health-information/az-health-information/head-lice

Slap Cheek:

http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Slapped_cheek_or_Fifth_syndrome/

http://www.babycenter.com.au/a1617/slapped-cheek-disease-in-babies

http://patient.info/health/slapped-cheek-disease-leaflet

https://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/publichealth/communicable_diseases_prevention_unit/infectious_diseases/parvovirus

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/fifth.html

Once your tabel has been completed share it with your colleagues, as they are the ones who will evaluate the usefulness and relevance of your table. Use any feedback to update or improve the layout or information presented. If you and your colleagues are happy with the table, display it in your early childhood learning milieu to assist yourself and others to identify and recognising these infectious diseases.

In conclusion you should now be aware of the Symptoms, Visual Signs, Treatment, and Required Action for the following infectious diseases; Chronic
Respiratory Disease, Chicken Pox, School Sores, Head Lice, and Slap Cheek; as a result of complementing this webquest. As an ongoing assessment of your infectious disease table you may want to consider adding additional infectious diseases that are occurring regularly in your early childhood learning milieu.