Personal Health Care Project

ASSIGNMENT
In chapter 13, you learned about the importance of personal health care. Choose a topic from chapter 13 and
create an educational pamphlet teaching the public about the importance of personal health care.
All work must be IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

The pamphlet must include:

• a description of the topic and the body systems affected
• potential problems if proper care is not taken
• importance of the topic
• facts and statistics in regards to the topic
• appropriate pictures, photos, drawings, or illustrations

The product of this project should be a well-developed pamphlet (ex. a tri-fold pamphlet) like you would pick
up at a doctor’s office educating you about this condition.

Tri-fold Brochure

Your health brochure can be completed in one of two ways:

• Using a computer program, such as Microsoft Office-Select Brochure in the new document
field
• By hand, using heavy-duty construction paper.

Layout:
Your health brochure should include a cover, 4 sections of information, and the back. Each section should have
both written information, pictures, photos or clip art that correspond to the text. The brochure must be
arranged as follows:
Inside
Section 1 Section 2 Section 3
~General Description ~ How the personal health care affects the body ~How this affects a person’s daily life
(what body system does it affect-be specific as
~Image related to the topic. to how it attacks organs or parts of a particular ~Prevention
body system); image of body system affected
~image related to the information
~image of body system affected

Outside
Section 4 Back Cover
~ potential problems if proper ~Name of the topic (Keeping your
care is not taken ~MLA Works Cited Page with at least three breath fresh, etc.)
different sources.
~Risk factors ~Student first and last name
~Date
~Age group, gender, group most ~Class, Period, Teacher
affected
~Pictures, photos, or clip art
~image that relates to the information
Name:_________________
Personal Health Care PAMPHLET RUBRIC

Topic: _____________________________________________________________

Criteria Possible Points Points Earned

Cover: topic, illustration, student first and last name, date,

5
class, period, teacher

At least 5 total images –and captions used where necessary 5

All 6 panels are completed; and space used effectively. 10

Section 1: Basic information; Image related to the topic 10

Section 2: How the personal health care affects the body

(what body system does it affect-be specific as to how it
20
attacks organs or parts of a particular body system); image
of body system affected

Section 3: How does the topic affects a person’s daily life;

Prevention of the disease, treatment, cures; image related 20
to the information
Section 4 potential problems if proper care is not taken;
Cause of the disease; risk factors, Age group, gender,
cultural group most affected by disease; image that relates 20
to the information

Back: Works Cited Page: at least three sources used and

5
cited correctly

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, neatness, effort 5

TOTAL POINTS: 100