Transcript Asthma and Second-hand smoke in school

Asthma and Second-Hand smoke in
School-Aged Children
An E-Stat Investigation
Did you know?
1. Second-hand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable
death (after smoking and drinking alcohol).
2. Side stream smoke has higher amounts of cancer-causing agents
than the mainstream smoke inhaled by the smoker.
Exposure to second-hand smoke in children is linked to:
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Episodes of asthma and increased severity of asthmatic
symptoms. Asthma is the leading cause of hospitalization of
children in Ontario.
Adverse impact on cognition and behaviour.
http://www.smoke-free.ca/Health/pscissues_health.htm
http://www.on.lung.ca/nosmoking/secondhand.html
Benefits of Cross-Curricular
Activity
Students:
 Learn through activity based learning.
 Provides a variety of experiences through
exploration and use of technology.
 Increases relevancy of material.
Teachers:
 Allows for the integration of two separate
curricula in one lesson.
 Incorporation of technology (e.g. Estat) into the
curricula.
Math and Health Expectations
Related Grade 7 Expectations:
Health & Physical Education
 (7p16) Healthy Living Substance Use / Abuse:
Outline a variety of issues related to substance use and
abuse (e.g., the effects of second-hand smoke; the
impact of laws governing drug use, including the use of
tobacco and alcohol).
Mathematics
 (7m83) Data Management and Probability Overall
Expectations use computer applications to examine and
interpret data in a variety of ways.
Students (age 11) Response to the
Question: Do Your Parents Smoke?
Smokes daily
Smokes sometimes
Does not smoke
Don't know
Don't have or see that person
Response of school-aged children to the question:
Has a doctor ever told you that you have asthma?
Number of students who
responded
80
70
60
50
Yes
40
No
30
20
10
0
11years
13 years
Age of Students
15 years
Follow-up Questions
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1. Think about your own household: Does anyone
smoke? Where do they smoke? Does anyone have
asthma?
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2. After comparing the two graphs representing smoking
and asthma what conclusions did you come to? Can
asthma be directly related to second hand smoke?
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3. Do these tables adequately depict this information?
Why or why not? List 3 others ways that you can
represent this data?
The End
Created by Liz Ford and Jane Newman
2005