MBOSE Class X Health and Physical Education
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Chapters
Chapter 1 · How Mature Are You?
Study this chapterHow you grow and develop through adolescence, and what it really means to be mature physically, mentally, emotionally and socially.
- Growth and development
- Factors controlling growth
- Stages of growth
- Adolescence and puberty
- Meaning of maturity
- Chronological, physical, intellectual, emotional, social, philosophical and all-round maturity
Chapter 2 · You and Your Family
Study this chapterWhat families do for their members, how joint and nuclear families differ, and how teenagers can build good relationships at home.
- The family and its functions
- Nuclear and joint families
- Benefits and problems of the joint family
- The teenager in the family
- What parents expect of you
- Good relations and responsibilities in the family
Chapter 3 · Marriage and Family Life
Study this chapterWhat marriage means and why it matters, the right age to marry, choosing a partner, and what makes a happy, responsible family life.
- Meaning and purposes of marriage
- Marriage in India
- The right age for marriage
- Choosing a life partner (qualities of bride and groom)
- Requisites for a happy married life
- Family life and its responsibilities
Chapter 4 · Some Defence Measures against Diseases (Immunity and Immunization)
Study this chapterHow the body defends itself against disease, what antibodies and immunity are, and how vaccines protect us.
- Disease and its types
- Prevention and susceptibility
- The body's defences
- Antigens and antibodies
- Immunity and its types
- Vaccines, toxoids and the schedule
- Mission Indradhanush
Chapter 5 · National Health Programmes
Study this chapterHow India's national health programmes fight diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy and AIDS, and promote nutrition and family planning.
- Areas of the national health programmes
- Vector-borne diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Leprosy
- Trachoma
- AIDS control
- Nutrition and prophylaxis programmes
- Family planning and population policy
- Public participation
Chapter 6 · Primary Health Care Set-up in Urban and Rural Areas
Study this chapterHow health care is organised in India, from the national ministry down to the primary health centres and sub-centres that serve villages and towns.
- Health administration at the Centre (Ministry, DGHS, DHR, Central Council of Health, statutory councils)
- State Health Department
- Rural set-up (block, sub-centre, PHC, CHC)
- Functions of the PHC
- Urban health services
Chapter 7 · Consumer Education
Study this chapterLearn to be a wise consumer who sees through adverts, knows your rights, checks quality marks and spots adulterated food and false health beliefs.
- Meaning of consumer education
- Advertisements
- The wise consumer
- Consumer rights and laws
- Making correct choices while buying food, medicines and other goods
- Quality marks
- Food adulteration
- False health beliefs and cultural practices that promote health
Chapter 8 · Systems of Medicine and Quackery
Study this chapterThe different systems of medicine, from Ayurveda and Homoeopathy to modern Allopathy, and how to recognise quacks and why people fall for them.
- Medicine and surgery
- Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Naturopathy, Homoeopathy and Allopathy
- Careers in medicine
- Quacks and medical quackery
- Types and characteristics of quacks
- Why people go to quacks
Chapter 9 · Drugs, Medicines and Self-Medication
Study this chapterHow medicines should be used wisely, why self-medication is risky, and how drugs, alcohol and tobacco harm the body and mind.
- Drugs and their sources
- Synthetic drugs and chemotherapy
- Wise use of medicines
- Non-prescription drugs
- Self-medication and its dangers
- Drug abuse
- Narcotics, depressants, stimulants and hallucinogens
- Alcohol
- Tobacco
Chapter 10 · International Health
Study this chapterWhy health is a global concern, how quarantine and international rules stop diseases spreading, and how WHO, UNICEF and FAO help.
- Importance of international health
- Quarantine
- International Health Regulations
- WHO — objective and functions
- UNICEF — aims
- FAO — objectives
- CARE
Chapter 11 · Life Skills Education and Teenage Pregnancy
Study this chapterThe everyday life skills that help you make wise choices, and the health and social risks of teenage pregnancy and how to prevent it.
- Life skills and life skills education
- The five areas of life skills
- Teenage pregnancy — meaning, symptoms, behaviour patterns, health and social effects, prevention
- Physical education and sport
Chapter 12 · Sexually Transmitted Infections
Study this chapterWhat sexually transmitted infections are, their signs, causes and treatment, and how to protect yourself from them.
- Meaning of STIs
- Symptoms and diagnosis
- Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, non-specific urethritis, syphilis, genital herpes, genital warts, trichomoniasis and pubic lice — causes and treatment
- Complications
- Prevention
Chapter 13 · Basic Facts about HIV/AIDS
Study this chapterWhat HIV and AIDS are, how the virus damages the immune system, how it does and does not spread, and why stigma must end.
- Infection and disease
- HIV and AIDS
- How HIV damages the immune system
- Progression and cofactors
- Routes of transmission
- High-risk groups
- How HIV is not transmitted
- Testing, treatment and stigma
Chapter 14 · Prevention against HIV/AIDS
Study this chapterThe key ways to prevent the spread of HIV through sex, blood and from mother to child, with safety habits and support for those affected.
- Three key ways to prevent all HIV transmission
- The ABC of safety
- Preventing transmission through blood and needles
- Universal precautions
- Preventing mother-to-child transmission
- Caesarean section
- Sex education and life skills
- Testing, treatment and support