Personal Health & Hygiene And Community Health & Mental Health | Multi Skill Foundation - Grade 10 PDF Download

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SESSION 2: PERSONAL HEALTH & HYGIENE AND 
COMMUNITY HEALTH & MENTAL 
HEALTH 
 
Cleanliness and hygiene is the key to good health and it has a main role in 
prevention of diseases. For good health proper diet, dental hygiene, everyday 
bath, regular exercise, proper diet all are very important. In chapter 2 we will 
study about personal health and hygiene as well as community health and 
mental health in detail. 
Have you ever felt that when we do not get the proper sleep, then the next day 
our body becomes dull and uncomfortable? If we do not eat food one day or eat 
too much, how our body feels and reacts? How our body reacts if we do not 
exercise or exercise too much? We will study and discuss about the answer to 
these questions in the present chapter. 
Our actions have a direct impact on our body and its health. Therefore, we 
should discipline our body with good eating habits. 
 
Purpose of this Chapter: 
1. Understanding the importance of clean and hygienic environment 
2. Understanding the factors which affect good health 
3. Importance of exercise  
 
For being healthy we should keep away from following things: 
1. Smoking 
2. Drinking alcohol 
3. Addiction of any type 
Personal health &mental health are related to each other which also affects 
community health. Good health can be achieved by adopting healthy lifestyle and 
good personal hygiene. If a person is healthy he can keep and motivate his family 
members and the community to adopt healthy lifestyle and be healthy.  
 
Signs of good health: 
Parts of body/body 
condition 
Signs of good health 
Weight According to age and height 
Body Energetic 
Lips No cracks, pink 
Hair Shiny, clean 
Skin Soft, healthy, healthy glow 
Urine Light colored,  
wounds Heal quickly 
Mental health Concentration, no irritability, peace, alertness 
Hunger, food  Feels proper hunger, clear bowels, no