ESH340 Week 7 Tutorial Activity - Communicable and Chronic Diseases

This lesson, you will be learning about Communicable and Chronic (CC) Diseases

It is important for you to know about these diseases because they can occur from the lifestyle choices that you make and even through just sharing things!

Before we start to research some of these diseases, here are some important facts that you need to know:

Communicable Diseases:

• Spread from person to person or from an animal to a person
• These diseases often spread through airborne viruses, bacteria, blood or other bodily fluids
• Are infectious and contageous 

Chronic Diseases: 

• Are generally not cured completely
• Are not infectious nor contageous
• Generally last for long periods of time
• Do not always show symptoms

Today you will participate in a WebQuest! 

Your task for this lesson is to choose a Communicable or Chronic Disease to research. I will provide you with some websites to look up so you do not need to use google for this task.

Here are some Communicable and Chronic Diseases that you may wish to research:

• Measles
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Mumps
• Chicken Pox (varicella)
• Influenza
• Tetanus
• Stroke

You will create a PowerPoint presentation about this disease and in it you will include the following information:

• A description of the disease
• What sort of disease is it? Communicable or Chronic? 
• Symptoms of this disease
• Treatments available (if there are any)
• How to prevent the disease (if possible)

You will have 2 hours (2 lessons) to complete this task. 

Here are some websites for you to use to complete this activity - remember, NO GOOGLE SEARCH!

http://access.health.qld.gov.au/hid/index.asp 

http://kidshealth.chw.edu.au/fact-sheets 

http://immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/diseases-a-z 

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/factsheets/infectious/index.asp 

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

http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/az/a.html 

http://www.aarda.org/autoimmune-information/list-of-diseases/ 

http://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-disorders/diseases-a-to-z-from-ninds…;

This is the assessment rubric on which you will be graded for this activity. 

If you would like to research a different disease that is not on the list, make sure you come and ask me first. 

Some things to remember...

• This lesson is for your learning purposes only, it is not intended for you to self-diagnose.
• If you are worried about any of these diseases or some of the symptoms, make sure that you speak to your family about it (or your teacher!)
• These are very serious health conditions, I want to see you thinking and acting maturely when you are researching these diseases!

United States Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d). Global Health Topics. Communicable Diseases. Retrieved from http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-health-topics/communicable-diseases/

World Health Organization. (2015). Noncommunicable diseases. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/topics/noncommunicable_diseases/en/