Requirements June 1972 until February 1979

1. Explain the difference between infectious and chronic disease.

2. Explain how people catch the following diseases. Describe how they are spread: typhoid fever, poliomyelitis, hookworm, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tetanus, rabies, tuberculosis, yellow fever.

3. Do the following:

(a) Explain the meaning of "immunization."

(b) Name three diseases against which a baby should be immunized.

(c) Name two diseases against which you should be immunized.

4. Name two diseases that can be caught from drinking unpasteurized milk.

5. Do the following:

(a) Describe the health aspects of preparing and handling food.

(b) Explain how dishes and utensils should be washed.

6. Show two ways to make water safe to drink.

7. Do the following:

(a) Explain how flies may be controlled. Tell how their breeding places can be destroyed.

(b) Get rid of garbage and rubbish from a camp or home. Tell how this helps control flies.

(c) Prepare a drawing of a home sewage system. Tell how it should be located and built to keep from polluting wells and springs.

8. Do the following:

(a) Describe the health dangers from air and water pollution.

(b) Describe health dangers from cigarette smoking.

9. Explain the reason for the camp arrival medical screening.

10. Visit your city, county, or state health department. Prepare an outline of its various services.

Requirements February 1979 until September 1987

1. Visit your city, county, or state public health agency. Prepare an outline of its various services and:

(a) Explain them briefly to your counselor.
b) Explain how these affect you.
(c) Tell about three professions of the people providing these services.

2. Explain how the following diseases are spread: tetanus, influenza, gonorrhea, hepatitis, trichinosis, syphilis, emphysema, equine encephalitis, salmonellosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, mushroom poisoning.

3. Do the following:

(a) Explain the meaning of immunization.
(b) Name five diseases against which a baby should be immunized.
(c) Name two diseases against which you should be immunized.

4. Explain:

(a) How foods can become contaminated.
(b) What conditions allow germs to increase in number in food.
(c) How germs in food can be killed.
(d) How dishes and utensils should be washed in camp and at home.

5. Do the following:

(a) Show two ways of making water safe to drink under camping conditions.
(b) Describe the steps used in making public drinking water safe.

6. Do the following:

(a) Explain how household insects and rodents can be controlled in your home, community, and camp.
(b) Describe a system by which sewage can be safely disposed of from housing in cities, from houses in rural areas, and under primitive camping conditions.

7. Do the following:

(a) Describe the health dangers from air, water, and noise pollution.
(b) Describe health dangers from cigarette smoking.