Objectives for Health

While On Location

• Discuss health issues at nightly meetings with adults and youth members covering any of the following issues:
  • Nutrition
  • Colds and Cuts
  • Awareness of the Body
  • Emergencies and Diseases
  • When to Medicate and when not to
  • Sports Injury Treatment
• Infuse basic health and hygiene lessons into class time with the children, including:
  • Songs like “If you cut your finger open” and “The shower song”
  • Learning to be aware of spreading and receiving germs

While Working Remotely

• Send DVDs on the following topics:
  • Smoking and the internal, long-term effects
  • Nutrition
  • Oral Rehydration Salts
  • Stretching before Rugby
  • Basic Aid Training for the school, the dispensary manager and mothers
  • Pre-natal Care and Breastfeeding
  • Effective teeth-brushing habits
  • Boils