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Learners’ Activity Sheets

Health 8
Quarter 3 – Week 1
Prevention is Better than Cure

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Health - Grade 8
Learners’ Activity Sheets
Quarter 3 – Week 1: Prevention is Better than Cure
First Edition, 2021

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 Learners’ Activity Sheet in Health 8
Quarter 3 - Week 1

Name: __________________________Grade and Section: __________

School: _______________________________ Date: ______________
Teacher: ______________________________Points: ______________

I. Title: Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases

II. Learning Competency: Analyzes the nature and emerging and

re- emerging diseases. (H8DD-IIIb-c-20)

III. Instruction: This activity sheet focuses on discussing the signs

and symptoms, effects, misconceptions, myths, belief,
prevention and control of common communicable diseases.

Guide:
Many of the most common diseases are caused by tiny
microorganism called pathogens. Pathogens infect or invade
the body and attack its cells and tissues. Some bacteria,
rickettsia, fungi, protozoa, certain types of worms and all viruses
are pathogens. Diseases caused by the direct or indirect spread
of pathogens from one person to another are called
communicable diseases.

Types of Nature
Pathogens
These are one- celled microscopic organisms.
Some of them do not cause diseases. They
digest non-living food materials such as milk
and meat. These organisms are called

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 saprophytes. If the food supply is a living plant
or animal, the microorganism is called parasite.
The plant or animal that the parasite feeds on is
called a host.
Bacteria  Toxin bacteria produce a certain food
poison called botulism. These bacteria
live in soil. Once they enter the body
through a wound, they can cause tetanus
or lockjaw. Other bacteria cause
pneumonia.
 Resident bacteria live in human intestines,
mouth and skin. These will help protect us
from harmful bacteria. Lactobacilli, found
in the gastro-intestinal tract, produce lactic
acid from simple carbohydrates. Coliform
bacilli, found in the intestines, help break
down the carbohydrates and combat
disease- causing bacteria. Resident
bacteria cause infections when they move
from their original resident to another.
Example: When the bacteria in the mouth
moved to the ear, these cause ear
infection.
These are organisms that are considered
intermediate, that is, somewhere between a
virus and a bacterium. Most of them grow in the
intestinal tracts of the insects, which carry them
Rickettsiae to their human hosts. It requires living cells in
order to grow and multiply. Bloodsucking
insects, such as lice, mites and ticks carry
rickettsiae to humans. Typhus fever, a rocky
mountain spotted fever, is a disease caused by
these organisms.
These are small, simple life forms from one half
to 100 size of a bacteria. These organisms are
the human body’s worst enemies. All of them
are parasites. They invade animals and viruses

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Viruses that attack specific types of cells. Examples are
rabies, cold virus, hepatitis, mumps, chicken
and smallpox.
These are simple organisms that cannot make
their own food. Many live on dead animals,
insects and leaves. They are saprophytes. The
common are yeast and mushroom. Disease-
producing fungi invade mainly deep tissues of
the hair, nails and skim. They can cause
Fungi infections of the scalp, such as ringworm, and of
the feet such as athlete’s foot. Pathogenic fungi
can also cause brain inflammation and serious
lung infections.
These are single-celled organisms that have a
more complex in structure. Most of them are
harmless and common in tropical areas that
Protozoa have poor sanitation. They cause Malaria,
African sleeping sickness, amoebic dysentery, a
severe intestinal infection.
These are classified as parasites.
Common worms are:
 Roundworms- hatch and live in the
intestine. Symptoms of their presence
include fatigue, weight loss, irritability,
poor appetite, abdominal pain and
diarrhea.
 Pinworms- live in intestine. Symptoms of
their presence include itching, pale skin,
Parasitic and stomach discomfort.
Worms  Tapeworms- also live in intestine.
 Flukes- live in the intestines, liver, bladder,
rectum, spleen, lungs and veins.
Prevention of this worms usually requires
frequent washing of hands, cleaning of
bathrooms and kitchens and thorough
cooking of the food they infest like pork,
beef, sausage and bear meat.

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 Activity: Match and Connect

Directions: Read each definition of terms and choose the word

pool in the third column the appropriate term being described in
the table below.

Answer Definition of Terms Word Pool

1. is an organism with the ability
to cause diseases. Mode of
2. is a place within which Transmission
microorganisms can thrive and
reproduce. Pathogen
3. provided a way for a
microorganism to leave the Portal of Exit
reservoir.
is the method by which the Portal of
4. organism moves from one host Entry
to another.
is an opening allowing the Reservoir
5. microorganism to enter the
host. Susceptible
6. is a person who cannot resists Host
a microorganism invading the
body due to immunity of
physical resistance to
overcome the invasion by the
pathogenic microorganism.

Answer key:
1. Pathogen 4. Mode of Transmission
2. Reservoir 5. Portal of Entry
3. Portal of Exit 6. Susceptible Host

IV. Activities

Activity 1: Reader’s Digest

Directions: Read, analyze the selection and answer the guide

questions below. Write your answer in a sheet of paper.

Stefano joined the school fun run; his desire is to win so he didn’t
mind if he was stepping on water wherein his feet got soaked. Even if this
made him uncomfortable because his feet were very itchy, he didn’t do
anything but removed his socks that evening.
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He hanged his pair of socks at the back of the refrigerator to dry and
immediately went to sleep because he was so tired.
 Guide Questions:
1. What types of pathogens can cause Stefano’s diseases?
2. Where can these microorganisms thrive and reproduce?
3. Where is the reservoir of the microorganisms?
4. How did the microorganism transfer to Kenjay’s body?
5. Where did the microorganisms enter Kenjay’s body?
6. Who is the next host?

Activity 2: Read this!

Directions: Read and analyze the table and answer the questions
below.

Mode of Transmission Examples of Diseases Preventive Measures

I - Direct
1. Contact Hand, foot and mouth  Adopt proper
Transmission disease isolation for the
sick.
Kissing Acute conjunctivitis  No human contact.
 Keep both hands
Handshake with a sick Scabies clean and perform
person hand hygiene
Head lice infestation properly.
Sleeping with someone  Clean and disinfect
with lice Chickenpox properly the items
used by patients.
2. Food-borne/ water- Viral gastroenteritis  Do not share
borne transmission towels and other
Cholera personal items.
 Wear gloves when
Bacillary dysentery making contact
with patients.

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 Hepatitis A
 Ensure all foods
Hepatitis E are adequately
cooked.

 Perform hand
hygiene after using
the toilet.
 Handle vomitus
and excreta
properly.

 Sick food-handlers
should refrain from
work and seek
medical advice
early.

 Maintain
3. Vector-borne Dengue fever environmental
transmission (usually Malaria hygiene to prevent
insects) breeding of
Japanese encephalitis mosquitoes/
Mosquito bites insects in stagnant
Influenza water.

Insect bites Common cold  Take personal

protection.
Streptococcus

Pneumonia

I. Indirect
 Maintain good
1. Droplet Pulmonary indoor ventilation.
Transmission  Keep both hands
Tuberculosis clean
Coughing
Measles  Cover mouth and
Sneezing Chickenpox nose.

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  People with
2. Air-borne respiratory
transmission infections wear
surgical mask

 Maintain good
indoor ventilation.

 Seek medical
advice.

 Do not go to
school or work.

Questions:
1. What are the two kinds of transmissions?
2. What are the different methods of transmissions?
3. What are some examples of communicable diseases?
4. What are their preventive measures?

V. Closure/ What I have Learned:

Write your thoughts about the lesson using the graphic

organizer below as your guide.

Three Facts I Learned

Two question I still have

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 One opinion I now have

VI – References:
Department of Education,2013. Physical Education and Health 8, Learner’s Module,
Philippines: Vicarish Publication and Trading, Inc. Quennie S. Miranda, Laura R.
Jugueta, Guinevere E. Sacdalam, Maria Theresa R. San Jose.

MAPEH Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health. Quezon City: The Phoenix
Publishing House, Inc, 2016

Answers Key

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Activity 2: Read this!
Answers vary Activity: Match and Connect
Pathogen
Closure/What I have Learned
Reservoir
Answers vary Portal of Exits
Mode of Transmission
Portal of Entry
Susceptible Host
Activity 1: Read this!
Direct and Indirect
Contact, Food/Water Borne, Droplet,
Air-borne
Scabies, sore eyes, hand, foot and
mouth disease, hepatitis, cholera,
dengue, food poisoning, influenza, TB,
common colds, pneumonia, measles,
chickenpox, covid-19
Perform hygiene properly, use your
own personal things, maintain good
ventilation, keep away from sick
people, eat clean and well-cooked
food, maintain environmental
cleanliness,