1. Health Screening Level 2 Applied Science Unit 7: Health Applications of Life Science

2. Lesson Objectives 1.To know what a Health Screening Programme is 2.To be able to list some examples of Health Screening Programmes carried out by the NHS.

3. Health Screening Questions: Write down the answers to these questions: 1)What do you understand by the term ‘Health Screening Programme’? 2)Do you know of any examples? i.e. What health conditions are routinely screened? 3)Why is it important to screen people’s health?

4. Task 1: Prepare a sheet to make notes on different screening programmes

5. NHS Health Check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YleWKe9kavM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7H5srNwMMM

6. Examples: Cancer Ante-Natal Tests New born (Neo-natal) Asthma Diabetic Vascular

7. What types of Cancer? Cervical Cancer (‘Smear’ Tests) Breast Cancer (Regular self-checks & mammograms) Prostate & Testicular cancer Bowel cancer

8. TV Advert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJw7BtNNZYk Watch the video and try to answer this question: Why is it important to diagnose cancer early?

9. Ante-natal Screening Ante-natal means ‘before birth’ Ante-natal screening is testing an unborn child (foetus) during pregnancy. http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and- baby/pages/screening-tests-abnormality-pregnant.aspx#close http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and- baby/pages/screening-tests-abnormality-pregnant.aspx#close

10. Neo-natal Screening Neo-natal means ‘new born’ These are tests carried on out babies just after they are born. They include: A Physical examination Hearing Tests A Heel prick blood test.

11. New born hearing tests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85GBPNvABQ8

12. Vascular Screening: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2008/04April/Pages/Vascularcheck.aspx

13. Asthma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzBvMWZnnc Testing for Asthma

14. Diabetes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK1Y-1BKFn0 Diabetic Eye Screening

15. Class Work Tasks 1.Complete ‘Immune System’ Poster 2.Produce a leaflet about Health Screening Programmes. Include the following: Explanation of why Health Screening Programmes are important. Examples of conditions which are screened for.