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HEALTH
Quarter 4 – Module: 4b
Ways to Prevent and Control
Non-Communicable Diseases

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What I Need to Know
One of the biggest reasons how Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) start, and
spread is based on scientifically wrong and false ideas that are rooted in old
theories. In this module, you will be acquainted by the ways on how to effectively
prevent and control NCDs. In addition, this module provides the latest information
about the programs, policies and agencies that promote the prevention and
control of NCDs.

With the learning and skills acquired from this unit, of course you can start
applying it first to yourselves by doing the healthy ways to prevent and control
NCDs, after practicing all those things then you can now influence and tell your
family and friends about it in order to achieve, sustain and promote personal
health and wellness. As an old saying goes “Prevention is better than cure”.

LEARNING COMPETENCY:

• Practices ways to prevent and control non-communicable diseases.

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• Demonstrates self-monitoring to prevent non-communicable diseases
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• Promotes programs and policies to prevent and control non-communicable and
lifestyle diseases. H7DD-IVg-h-29
• Identifies agencies responsible for non-communicable disease prevention and
control. H7DD-IVg-h-30

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

 Discuss ways to prevent non-communicable diseases.

 Demonstrate self-monitoring health practices.
 Create ways to prevent and control non-communicable diseases.
 Identify agencies responsible for non-communicable diseases prevention and
control.

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 What I Know
A. Find the Secret Message

Instructions: Complete the secret message below by filling in words/statements being

asked in each item. Do this in your Health notebook.

A condition in which inflammation causes the bronchi to

swell and the airways to narrow.
1. A disease when the heart muscle tissue dies from lack of oxygen because of
reduced blood flow.
2. The inflammation of joints and usually occurs during old age.
3. Renal failure is a medical condition in which the _________ fails to adequately
filter waste products from the blood.
4. Are skin reactions that appear as itchy swellings and can occur on any part of the
body.
5. It is one of the signs of asthma.
6. _______ cancer is common among men, the leading cause of cancer deaths in
the Philippines and mainly associated to smoking.

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 7. It is the hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the level of glucose in
the blood.
8. It is the most common among allergic diseases.
9. It is a disease wherein the body limited or no ability to convert food into energy.
10.It occurs when a clot blocks a small blood vessel in the brain, thus brain cells die
from lack of oxygen.
11.It is also known as “high blood pressure”.
12.This treatment involves removal of tumor and affected organ.
13.Benign and __________ are two types of tumors.
14.It is the primary government agency responsible for the health of all Filipinos.
The secret message is __________________?
D - ____________________________
B. Fight NCDs! R - ____________________________
Instructions: Complete the acronym DREAM by
recalling the easiest way to prevent NCDs E - ____________________________
discussed in the previous module.
A - ____________________________

M - ____________________________

What’s In
Task 1: Let’s Monitor Our Health. In this activity, you will learn about self-monitoring
skills and health practices to avoid non-
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Objectives: 1. Record your health practices.
2. Describe your health.
3. Tell the steps you can do to prevent non-communicable disease.

Materials: Health notebook and pen

Self-monitoring skills are competencies that will help us assess when we are healthy or
sick. It is important that we are familiar with the normal condition of our bodies so that
we can detect at once when something is wrong. It is also important that we have
information, such as our vaccination record, to ensure the health, safety, and well-being
to provide preventive measures.

Instructions: Answer the following personal inventory with a YES or NO based on your
health practices. Write your answer in your Health notebook.

Monitoring Health Practices

Health Practice YES or NO
1. I get enough sleep
_________

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2. I consult a doctor when I observe something unusual in my body.
_________
3. I exercise regularly.
_________
4. I eat fruits and vegetables.
_________

5. I do not smoke.
_________
6. I avoid eating foods that are too salty, sweet, or fatty.
_________
7. I properly manage my stress.
_________
8. I make sure that the food I eat is nutritious.
_________
9. I drink enough amount of water a day.
_________
10. I monitor my weight regularly. _________

What’s New

Activity 1: Reflect, Write and Share. This activity will help you learn skills to prevent NCDs.

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Objectives:
1. Describe each picture below.
2. List down the importance of each picture.

Instructions. Study the collage photos and describe each photo. Write your answers in
your Health notebook.

1. Give the importance of each photo.

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

2. How will these activities help you in preventing non-communicable diseases?

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

What is It
United Nations General Assembly NCD Review 2014
The world decision makers of United Nations (UN)
World Health Organization (WHO) met in New York and
reviewed actions to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) mainly; heart disease,
stroke, diabetes, chronic lung disease, and cancer. NCDs kill 14 million people between
the ages of 30 and 70 every year. NCDs cause unnecessary suffering and trap people
in poverty. Most of these deaths can be prevented. Some progress has been made but
more needs to be done. Their targets were the following:
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1. 25% fewer premature deaths from NCDs by 2025.
2. Develop and share new knowledge and experiences will be a major task of
international cooperation in the next decades.
3. The WHO to work with countries and the whole UN system to address NCDs.
4. Governments play a key role to map epidemic, to protect their people against
major risk factors (tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and harmful
use of alcohol, to strengthen health system to improve prevention and treatment.

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 Governments need to set national targets to take simple measures such as:
a) Warn people of the dangers of tobacco.
b) Promotes smoke free environments.
c) Increase tobacco & alcohol taxes and ban advertising.
d) Regulate availability of alcohol.
e) Reduce salt in diets.
f) Replace trans-fat in foods.
g) Promote healthy diets and physical activity.
h) Provide drug therapy to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
i) Immunize against hepatitis B.
j) Screen and treat cervical cancer.

The NCD Review in 2014 showed whether we are on our way to deliver out that
goal. Life without fear of premature deaths from NCDs is a vision within reach. United,
we need to address these major challenges for development in the 21 st century.

Philippine Agencies that provide health services

The Department of Health (DOH) is the Philippines’ primary government agency

responsible for the equitable, sustainable, and quality health for the Filipinos. Health
centers, the Rural Health Units (RHUs) and the Malasakit Centers, are established in
different cities, municipalities, and barangays. There are doctors, nurses, midwives,
dentists, and other health workers assigned to serve the people. They serve free of
charge for child delivery, vaccination, treatment, and pre/post-natal care for mothers.

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 Health centers are designed to give medical services nationwide. The following
are health services of the Department:

1. Medical and dental services

2. Health services
3. Health education and manpower services
4. Research and laboratory center
5. Center for cancer control
6. Nutrition services
7. Dermatology research and training service
8. Nutrition, family planning and natal care services

Programs and projects of the DOH

The prevention and control of lifestyle related NCDs was traditionally addressed
through separate and distinct public health programs. The DOH implements these
programs vertically with policies, protocols, and interventions that targeted a particular
disease. This disease-based approach was implemented in all local government units in
the early 1990s with some limited successes. Some of these programs include the
following:

1. Diabetes Mellitus Prevention and Control Program

2. Occupational Health Program

3. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control Program

4. Smoking Cessation Program
5. Violence and Injury Prevention Program

The DOH also conducts separate and distinct health promotion campaigns at the
national, regional, and local levels. It develops materials to support the programs on
NCDs and other health risks. Specifically, the materials and campaigns produced and
conducted include the following:

• No Smoking Month
• Ehersisyong Pangkalusugan para sa lahat
• Cancer Awareness Month
• Heart Month
• Hypertension Day
• Burn Injury Awareness and Prevention Month
• Kontra Paputok
• Red Orchid Award (Anti-Tobacco Award)
• HL (Health Lifestyle) to the Max
• Poison Prevention Week
• Nutrition Month
• National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week
• National Diabetes Awareness Week
• Obesity Prevention Awareness Week
• Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week

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 Various DOH Medical Centers and Specialty Hospitals such as the National Kidney and
Transplant Institute (NKTI), the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), and the Lung Center of
the Philippines (LCP) are also conducting separate health promotion activities and 29

clinical outreach programs specifically related to specialize care of kidney, heart, and
lung diseases.

In 2009, the DOH revitalized and repackages its healthy lifestyle campaign into a new
brand called “HL to the MAX” Campaign. It sought to promote a healthy lifestyle among
Filipinos by advocating seven vital, yet simple, healthy practices:

• No smoking
• Do not drink alcohol
• No to illegal drugs
• Eat low-fat, low-salt, and high fiber diet
• Prevent hypertension and diabetes
• Do physical activity
• Manage stress

The Role of DepEd

In partnership with donors and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), the

Department of Education (DepEd) regularly conducts activities that promote school
health and nutrition, and the control and prevention of NCDs. DepEd also supports
Presidential Proclamation 958 that declares 2005 to 2015 as the Decade of Healthy
Lifestyle.

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Programs of DepEd’s Health and Nutrition Center related to NCD

1. Medical check-up
2. School feeding
3. Deworming
4. Giving of anti-filariasis Tablet
5. Blood testing
6. Anti-smoking Campaign
7. Extracurricular activities such as different clubs and organizations

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)

In support to Presidential Proclamation 958, DILG advocates “Perfect 10” lifestyle

program to prevent NCDs and urges all local chief executives to support the campaign.
The advocacy program promotes “Perfect 10” steps:

• Eat a variety of nutritious food every day, with less salt, sugar, and fats
• Drink eight to ten glasses of water daily
• Rest and sleep for seven to nine hours every night
• Breathe clean air and say no to smoking and prohibited drugs
• Exercise every day, get enough sunlight, be physically active maintain normal
weight
• Manage stress, relax, and pray
• Maintain personal hygiene and good grooming
• Keep a clean household practice waste management
• Consult a physician and go for a health check-up

• Be a role model, give good examples, and take care of your family and friends
Activity 2: Beyond the Classroom. Identify other government and non-
government agencies and their programs responsible for non-communicable
disease prevention program. Write your answer in your Health notebook.

What’s More

Activity 3: Our NCD Protection Shield. This activity will help you know more about the
healthful ways in preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases.
Objectives: 1. Make a poster about preventing non-communicable diseases.
2. Formulate brief explanation about your poster.
Materials: Cartolina or hard board, coloring materials, marking pen

Instructions: Create your shield of protection from non-communicable diseases and

label it. Look at the example.

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Activity 4: Health Diary. In this activity, you will check your learning on
NonCommunicable Diseases.

Objective: Recall your learning and realization about non-communication diseases.

Instructions: Complete the statement and write something about what you learned on
non-communicable disease. Write your answer in your Health notebook.

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 Health Diary,

Today I learned
that______________________________________________________

______________________________________ _______________________

This learning is important

because___________________________________________

______________________________________ _______________________

______________________________________ _______________________

I realized
that___________________________ _______________________________

___________________________________ __________________________

I feel that
__________________________________ ________________________

_________________________ ____________________________________

_________ ____________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________ ____

What I Can Do

Activity 5: NCDs! In this activity learners will express their ideas on how to protect
themselves from NCD.
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Objective: Compose a short paragraph on how to protect yourself from NCD.
Instruction:

A. Do you remember the DREAM from the previous lesson? We have used the DREAM
to remind us the ways on how to protect ourselves from NCDs:

D – Drink enough amount of water

R– Reduce stress
E – Eat healthy and exercise regularly
A– Avoid smoking
M – Manage weight

B. If the easiest way to protect you from NCDs is to DREAM, provide your own
abbreviation using your first name and give each letter its meaning. Write your
activity in your Health notebook.

Ex.

J – J ust hour of sleep

O – O bserve proper stress manage ment

H – H ike and run

N – Nutritious diet

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 Assessment
I. Multiple Choice. Instruction. Chose the letter of the correct answer. Write the
answers in your Health notebook.

1. The Philippines’ primary government agency responsible for the equitable,

sustainable, and quality health for the Filipinos.
A. DepEd C. UN
B. DOH D. WHO
2. This refers to diseases where abnormal cells divide out of control and invade
other tissues or organs.
A. Cancer C. Heart Disease
B. COPD D. Pregnancy Complications
3. The following are NCDs that UN is trying to combat as stipulated in the United
Nations General Assembly NCD Review 2014, EXCEPT….
A. HIV/AIDS C. Stroke
B. Heart Disease D. Cancer
4. The Rural Health Units and the Malasakit Centers are examples of Health
Centers run by the government for the promotion of health and wellbeing of
Filipinos. A. True
B. False
5. DepEd has nothing to do with the promotion of health and wellbeing of Filipino
learners.
A. True
B. False
6. Eating a variety of nutritious food every day, may mean?
A. with less salt C. with less fats
B. with less sugar D. all the above
7. Cigarette smoking and taking prohibited drugs is a sign of a healthy lifestyle.
A. True
B. False
8. Eat fruits and vegetables. Do not properly manage stress. A. If only the first
sentence is correct.
B. If only the second sentence is correct.
C. If both sentences are correct.
D. If none of the sentences is correct.
9. It is important to consult a doctor when you observe something unusual in your
body. Get enough sleep.
A. If only the first sentence is correct.
B. If only the second sentence is correct.
C. If both sentences are correct.
D. If none of the sentences is correct.
10. Renal failure is a medical condition in which the _________ fails to adequately
filter waste products from the blood.
A. Cancer c. Kidney
B. Cell d. WHO

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