Grade 11

Health and Wellbeing

Academic Year 2021/2022 – Term 1

Unit-1

Lesson no. 1.1

Lesson name: Health and illness

Learning outcome

By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

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Explain the concept of health and illness.

Keywords

• Health – the condition of being well or free from disease
• Physical – relating to the body
• Social – relates to society, the community and other people
• Mental – relating to the mind
• Emotional – refers to feelings and emotions
• Absence – something that is not present or does not exist
• Disease – a disorder of the structures or functions of the body that produces specific symptoms
• Definition – the meaning of a word

What is health?

• “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”

The World Health Organization (WHO) describes health as:

Chronic disease

• Lots of people in the world are living with a chronic disease
• If a person has diabetes, according to the WHO they are not healthy.
• Many factors can affect health:
• Physical
• Emotional
• Mental
• Social well-being

Can you have a chronic disease but still be healthy?

Illness

Illness can be categorised in many ways:

• If they are communicable or non-communicable
• If they are acute or chronic
• By the part of the body they affect
• If they are infectious
• If they are caused by a deficiency
• If they are genetic

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Many things can lead to illness and illness comes in many forms.

Learning outcome

By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

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Explain the concept of health and illness.

Conclusion

Questions

Recap