Personal Response 3: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Hi children. We’ll be doing our 3rd piece of personal response this week. Let’s visit the website of Health Promotion Board. First, go to this link: http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=865&aid=272 Read the article on Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. You may also click on the additional links shown on the right-hand side of the page. Read these articles and give your opinion and comments about them. To guide you in you in writing your personal response, here are some questions: Why is it important for children to be kept away from crowded public places if they should signs of infection? Why is it essential to follow good hygiene practices? What does 'good hygiene practices' mean to you? I hope to read your responses soon. Mrs. Tan

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We should kept the children away from crowded public places if they should signs of infection because if the children never stay away, the public who is near the children which have signs of infection will have the diseases from the children. It is essential to follow good hygiene practices because if we do not, we would have more diseases (HMFD – Hand, Food and Mouth disease.) ‘Good hygiene practice’ means to me by make our body clean and avoid the HMFD that is increasing.