Family Safety and Health
Khloud Hamad AL-Eisaei
ID: 201308256
UAE University – College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Professional Practice & Communication 2
Instructors: Ms. Geraldine Kershaw
Date: 3 May 2014
Keeping home safe is priority number one. Regrettably, many of our houses may be dangerous. Making simple changes to our lifestyle is the key to prevent injuries. Another dangerous issue is smoking which doesn’t affect the smoker only. It affects surrounded people of the smoker. Food safety it is very important to protect our self from food born diseases. Food safety includes preparation and the way the food stored. I have sought help from our next neighbour. Its small family consists of four children and I have asked them the questioner as well as I observed the safety of home and food.
Smoking now a day is prevalent in vast number. This is due to several reasons either smoker thinks they are looking cool or peer pressure. Statistics show that nine out ten of tobacco smoker starts smoking before 18 years old and most of the smoker didn’t expect to become addicted. (Dowshen,S (2013,Feb). Mr. Abdulla family free of smoker and they are aware of danger of smoking. Nevertheless Mr. Abdulla is not aware of danger of second hand smoke. The truth is second hand smoke is dangerous. The second hand smoke is a blend of two forms resulted from burning tobacco is side stream smoke which the smoke of lightened end, and mainstream smoke which is the smoke exhaled by the smoker. Second hand smoke can cause cancer. It has been linked to different type of cancers such as lung cancer, larynx, bladder, stomach, and breast cancer in adults. Exposure to secondhand smoke during pregnancy, increase the chance of spontaneous ab...
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...s well as water should be changed every thirty minutes to maintain water temperature. Cold water thawing will take nearly two hours for one kilogram. (“Food Safety at Home”. n.d)
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