Health Care Series Charts, School Education

Quick Answer: Health Care Series Charts are school wall charts on personal and community health, illustrating topics such as personal hygiene, handwashing, dental care, clean drinking water, sanitation and preventing common diseases. They support health education in primary and secondary schools.

Everyday Health Habits in Pictures

A health care chart is most useful when it shows a habit students can practise the same day. Handwashing panels break the process into steps (wet, soap, rub palms, backs of hands, between fingers, thumbs and fingertips, rinse and dry) and name the key moments for washing, such as before eating and after using the toilet. Dental care panels show brushing technique, and personal hygiene panels cover bathing, clean clothes, nail care and covering coughs and sneezes.

Community health topics take the lesson beyond the individual: safe storage of drinking water, using toilets and keeping surroundings clean, stopping mosquitoes from breeding to reduce malaria and dengue, and the role of vaccination in controlling disease. These link directly to school cleanliness and sanitation campaigns.

The Health Care Series teaches general health awareness; individual health concerns belong with a school nurse or doctor.

Specifications

Applications

• Health education lessons on personal hygiene
• Handwashing displays near washbasins and canteens
• School cleanliness and sanitation drives
• Lessons on mosquito-borne and water-borne diseases

Care & Handling

• A handwashing sheet placed beside the basins will be splashed; use a sleeved or laminated copy there and keep paper sheets for classrooms.
• Replace charts that have faded or peeled, since a tired display suggests the message is not taken seriously.
• Store the rest flat with the other health titles.

Why Choose LabEquip

School health coordinators often combine this series with the Food & Nutrition Charts and the Chart on AIDS. Other titles are listed in Educational Charts, and orders go through the contact page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the steps of proper handwashing?

Wet the hands, apply soap, rub the palms together, rub the backs of the hands, interlace the fingers, clean the thumbs and fingertips, then rinse and dry with a clean towel. Rubbing should last about 20 seconds.

When should students wash their hands?

Before eating or handling food, after using the toilet, after playing outdoors or handling animals, and after coughing, sneezing or blowing the nose.

How can mosquito-borne diseases be prevented?

By removing stagnant water where mosquitoes breed, such as in coolers, old tyres and pots, covering water containers, using nets and repellents, and wearing clothing that covers the skin. Malaria and dengue are the usual examples.

Why is clean drinking water important?

Contaminated water spreads diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera and typhoid. Storing water in clean, covered containers and using a ladle rather than dipping hands or cups reduces contamination.

What does a dental care chart teach?

Brushing twice a day with gentle circular strokes on all tooth surfaces, cleaning the tongue, rinsing after meals and limiting sugary snacks between meals to reduce tooth decay.

How can the charts support a school campaign?

Introduce the habit in an assembly, put copies where the habit happens (basins, toilets, canteen) and ask class monitors to check and record the practice over a week.

Last Updated: September 2026