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Grade 11, College Preparation
C1. describe the impact of health care industry activities on the environment and identify ways of minimizing their harmful consequences;
C2. describe the impact of current social patterns and trends on personal health and the delivery of health care.
C1. HealthCareandtheEnvironment C2. HealthCareandSociety
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OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
C1.1 describe the potential impact on the environ- ment of biohazardous wastes from health care facilities (e.g., body fluid and human tissue, sharps containing bacteria or viruses);
C1.2 identify safe methods for the handling, stor- age, and disposal of wastes and biohazardous materials (e.g., use of checklists, sharps containers, double wrapping, proper labelling);
C1.3 describe good environmental practices that can be applied in the health care industry (e.g., using energy-efficient lighting; reducing, reusing, or recycling packaging material; storing informa- tion electronically instead of on paper).
By the end of this course, students will:
C2.1 identify demographic and lifestyle patterns and trends (e.g., an aging population, lack of exercise) and describe their implications for the health care industry (e.g., increased obesity and susceptibility to diabetes and cardiovascular disease, changes in care needs, changes in treat- ments and interventions, trends in mental illness and public attitudes towards it);
C2.2 explain the relationship between socio- economic status and health (e.g., differences in various health parameters among children aged 4 to 6 from different socio-economic backgrounds).
C. HEALTH CARE,THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIETY
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