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Common Diseases

Perioperative Theatre Technology · Level 6  ·  4 Chapters

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What Common Diseases covers

In this unit, you will be able to confidently identify, classify, and understand common diseases using WHO guidelines, empowering you to recognize both communicable and non-communicable illnesses in real-world settings. You will learn how diseases spread, their risk factors, and effective prevention and control measures, enabling you to contribute meaningfully to community health and patient care. By the end, you’ll have the knowledge and skills to support disease management and promote healthier lives with confidence and compassion.

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Careers after Common Diseases

Understanding common diseases and their management is a vital skill that has a direct impact on the health and wellbeing of our communities in Kenya. By mastering this unit, you’ll be equipped to make a real difference—whether you’re working in a hospital, running your own clinic, or supporting public health in your community. These skills open doors to meaningful careers and business opportunities across the country.

  • Healthcare sector: Work as a community health assistant, nurse aide, or public health officer in county hospitals, dispensaries, and health centres, where you’ll help diagnose, prevent, and manage diseases.
  • County public health projects: Join county government teams in disease surveillance, vaccination drives, and public health education, especially in rural and peri-urban areas.
  • NGOs and international organizations: Be part of health promotion campaigns with organizations like AMREF, Red Cross, or MSF, focusing on controlling outbreaks and educating communities about diseases such as malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS.
  • School health programs: Support school health initiatives by identifying and managing common diseases among children, ensuring healthier learning environments.
  • Jua kali sector: Use your knowledge to educate and assist workers in informal sectors on disease prevention, especially where access to healthcare is limited.
  • Self-employment: Start a community health consultancy, offer first aid and disease prevention training, or supply basic health screening services in your local area.
  • Agribusiness and food industry: Apply your understanding of disease prevention and control to maintain hygiene standards, prevent foodborne illnesses, and ensure worker health on farms and in processing plants.

By mastering the knowledge of common diseases, you’re not just building a career—you’re becoming a champion for healthier families and communities in Kenya. Your skills can save lives and open doors to a future full of purpose and opportunity!

Chapters

1
Identify the stages of disease development
12 topics
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2
Demonstrate the knowledge of communicable diseases
6 topics
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3
Demonstrate the knowledge of non-communicable diseases
14 topics
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4
Demonstrate the knowledge on management of common diseases
10 topics
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What Common Diseases covers: 35 main topics in 4 chapters

1. Identify the stages of disease development

  1. 1.1 Self-awareness
  2. 1.2 Formulating personal vision, mission, and goals
  3. 1.3 Healthy lifestyle practices
  4. 1.4 Strategies for overcoming work challenges
  5. 1.5 Emotional intelligence
  6. 1.6 Coping with Work Stress
  7. 1.7 Assertiveness versus aggressiveness and passiveness
  8. 1.8 Developing and maintaining high self-esteem
  9. 1.9 Developing and maintaining positive self-image
  10. 1.10 Time management
  11. 1.11 Setting performance targets
  12. 1.12 Monitoring and evaluating performance targets

2. Demonstrate the knowledge of communicable diseases

  1. 2.1 Integrity
  2. 2.2 Core Values, ethics and beliefs
  3. 2.3 Patriotism
  4. 2.4 Professionalism
  5. 2.5 Organizational codes of conduct
  6. 2.6 Industry policies and procedures

3. Demonstrate the knowledge of non-communicable diseases

  1. 3.1 Types of teams
  2. 3.2 Team building
  3. 3.3 Individual responsibilities in a team
  4. 3.4 Determination of team roles and objectives
  5. 3.5 Team parameters and relationships
  6. 3.6 Benefits of teamwork
  7. 3.7 Qualities of a team player

4. Demonstrate the knowledge on management of common diseases

  1. 4.1 Personal vs professional development and growth
  2. 4.2 Avenues for professional growth
  3. 4.3 Recognizing career advancement
  4. 4.4 Training and career opportunities
  5. 4.5 Assessing training needs
  6. 4.6 Mobilizing training resources
  7. 4.7 Licenses and certifications for professional growth and development
  8. 4.8 Pursuing personal and organizational goals
  9. 4.9 Managing work priorities and commitments
  10. 4.10 Dynamism and on-the-job learning

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 42 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 159 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 125 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 38 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 21 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 787 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 4 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 60 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 48 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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