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HEALTH
Second Quarter
Module 8 - 9 : Week 6
Parenthood, Roles and
Responsibilities of Parents, and
Successful Family Life
Health – Grade 8
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 8: PARENTHOOD, ROLES AND RESPONSIBLITIES OF
PARETNS AND SUCCESSFUL FAMILY LIFE
First Edition, 2020

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 8
HEALTH
Second Quarter
Module 8 - 9 : Week 6
Parenthood, Roles and
Responsibilities of Parents, and
Successful Family Life
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the Health 8 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) on Parenthood, Roles
and Responsibilities of Parents, and Successful Family life!
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators
both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the
learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the Health 8 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Parenthood, Roles
and Responsibilities of Parents, and Successful Family life!

Your understanding of health concepts will contribute to your sense of social

connectedness and help you assume greater responsibility through a variety of roles as
you participate in a real world situation. This module is uniquely crafted to explore your
greatest potential and promote lifelong skills through active participation in the different
learning experiences. Emphasis is placed on combining tactical knowledge that you will
acquire, and the development of skills for a better performance and achievement of the
expected learning outcomes.

This module was designed to provide and equip you with knowledge, skills and habits that
will enable you to achieve competence in maintaining your health and physical condition.
The domain in Health Education emphasizes on the development of the proper skills of a
health-conscious consumer, lifelong participation in health trends, issues and concerns in
health care, and planning for a health career.

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This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to This will give you an idea of the skills or
Know competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip
this module.

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the current lesson with the previous one.

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introduced to you in various ways such as
a story, a song, a poem, a problem
opener, an activity or a situation.

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the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
 answers to the exercises using the
Answer Key at the end of the module.
What I Have This includes questions or blank
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process what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or
skill into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
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Activities given to you to enrich your knowledge or
skill of the lesson learned. This also tends
retention of learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in

the module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in

developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
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included in the module.
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5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
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If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to
consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
 What I Need to Know

1.Discusses the essential newborn protocol (Unang Yakap) and advantages of

breastfeeding for both mother and child (H8FH-IIe-f-34) & (H8FH-IIe-f-35)
2.Recognizes the importance of immunization in protecting children’s health
(H8FH-IIe-f-36)

What I Know

Multiple choice
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write it in your activity notebook.
1.The best and ideal form of infant feeding is through _______.
A. Breastfeeding B. Bottle feeding C. Mix feeding D. All of the above
2. Lactation is the period of milk production initiated by what hormone in the
mammary gland?
A. Progesterone B. Estrogen C. Prolactin D. None of the above
3.What is the kind of immunization given to a 9 months to a 1-year-old baby?
A. OPV
B. MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella
C. DPT (Anti-diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
D. BCG (Anti-TB)
4. It is the act that states the importance of breastfeeding.
A. Republic Act No. 7600 B. Republic Act No. 9288
C. Republic Act No. 7500 D. Republic Act No. 9278
5.Which is a wrong reason for having children?
A. Children are gifts from God.
B. Children make married couples happy.
C. Children make the married couples more responsible.
D. Children provide parent’s security in the future.
6. Lactating mothers should eat the following foods:
A. Big serving of cereals.
B. Green leafy and yellow vegetables
C. Big serving of red meat
D. Processed foods.
7.Below are the advantages of breastfeeding, EXCEPT:
A. It makes the baby unhealthy
B. It is economical and nutritious.
C. It promotes emotional bonding between the child and the mother.
D. Mother’s milk has an antibody that protects the infant from certain
diseases.
8.Why is there a need for an infant to undergo newborn screening?
A. It paves a way to the reduction of neonatal deaths.
B. It gives us the history of a baby.
C. It helps us determine whether the baby is healthy.
D. All of these.
9.It is a vaccine given to a 0-1 month old to 7 years old baby.
A. OPV
B. MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella
C. DPT (Anti-diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
D. BCG (Anti-TB)
10. It is known as the period of milk production initiated by the prolactin hormone in
the mammary glands.
A. Breastfeeding C. Lactation
B. Newborn Screening D. Pregnancy

What’s In

A new baby at home is exciting, but it can be scary, too. Newborns have
many needs, like frequent feedings and diaper changes. Babies can have health
issues that are different from older children and adults.
A baby from birth to 28 days of age is called a Newborn.
Babies are such delightful and mysterious creatures. One day your baby is lying on
his or her back and a few minutes later baby is two feet away on his or her tummy.
The first activities we do with our babies are hold them, touch them, look into their
eyes and talk to them like we have known them forever. Your love and attention helps
your baby adjust to his or her new environment. Each stage of development is crucial
and the role parents and caretakers play is so important.

Birth to 3 months. Babies that are held a lot, talked and sang to, and just well
nurtured and loved tend to have higher IQs. There are studies that indicate that babies
who get plenty to eat and have a good amount of body fat have higher IQs as well. By
the time your baby is 3 months old you can tell when your baby is hungry, tired or in
pain by his or her cry. Crying is the main form of vocal communication.
Cooing and making other noises is also a way to communicate, respond to your baby's
first communication. You can coo back or say "hi." Your baby will start playing this
game with you if you encourage him or her by repeating the game.

What’s New

In your activity notebook or a separate sheet of paper, write down the needs
of the baby.
Baby’s Needs:
1. ______________________________
2. ______________________________
3. ______________________________
4. ______________________________
5. ______________________________

What is It

Essential Newborn Care Protocol aimed to significantly reduce infant deaths in

the country.
Protocol can pave the way to the reduction of neonatal deaths. Essential
Newborn Care is a comprehensive strategy, to improve the health of the newborn
through interventions before conception, during pregnancy, soon after birth and in the
post-natal period.
This protocol will focus on the first few hours of life of the newborn, with the
manual guiding the health workers and medical practitioners in providing evidence-
based essential newborn care.
The guidelines are categorized into the time bound and non-time bound plus
unnecessary procedures.

Time bound procedures should be routinely performed first which are:

1. immediate drying
2. skin to skin contact
3. clamping of the cord after 1-3 minutes
4. non-separation of the newborn from the mother
5. breastfeeding initiation.
Non-time bound interventions include:
1. immunizations
2. eye care
3. Vitamin K administration
4. Weighing
5. Washing
6. Routine suctioning
7. Routine separation of newborn for observation
8. Administration of prelacteals like glucose water or formula.

Here is a table of immunizations a baby should have:

Age of Immunization
Kind of Immunization

0-1-month old
BCG (Anti-TB)
7 years old

1 ½ months
OPV (Anti-Polio Vaccine) 2 ½ months

32 months
1 ½ months
DPT (Anti-diphtheria, 2 ½ months
pertussis and tetanus)
32 months

1 ½ months
Hepa B vaccine
2 ½ months
32 months
MMR (measles, mumps,
9 months to 1 year
rubella)

Breastfeeding
Republic Act. No. 7600
The Rooming -In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
The State adopts rooming-in as a national policy to encourage, protect, and
support the practice of breastfeeding. It shall create an environment where the basic
physical, emotional, and psychological needs of mothers and infants are fulfilled
through the practice of rooming -in and breastfeeding.
 Breastmilk is the best food since it contains essential nutrients suitable for the
infant’s needs. It is also nature’s first immunization, enabling the infant to fight
potentially serious infections.
Breastfeeding. It is the traditional and ideal form of infant feeding, meeting
an infant’s nutritional needs for his first four to six months of life. Human milk is
clean. It lowers the risk of intestinal illness and general infection. Mother’s milk
provides a host of protective factors both cellular and hormonal. Breastmilk contains
antibodies that help the immune system of the infant strong. It is non-allergenic and
easily digested.
Lactation. It is a period of milk production initiated by the prolactin hormone
in the mammary glands. The mother’s milk is bluish and watery. The first thick
yellowish fluid that comes out from second to the fifth day after delivery is called
colostrum. It should be given to all newborns because of its high contents. Healthy
childcare entails breastfeeding of the baby.

Remember:
The advantages of breastfeeding:
1.It is economical and nutritious.
2.It promotes emotional bonding between the child and the mother.
3.Mother’s milk has an antibody that protects the infant from certain diseases.

What’s More

Activity 1: Cup of Love

Instructions: Fill in the cup of love for the immunization needed by the
babies. Give at least five (5).

IMMUNIZATION
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
.
Activity 2: Name Me!

Identify the category of essential newborn care protocol. Write TB for time-
bound and NTB for non-time-bound. Write the answer on the space provided
before the
number.

_____ 1. immediate drying

_____ 2. skin to skin contact
_____ 3. immunization
_____ 4. vitamin K administration
_____ 5. breastfeeding initiation
_____ 6. routine suctioning
_____ 7. weighing
_____ 8. non-separation of the newborn from the mother
_____ 9. breastfeeding initiation
_____ 10. administration of prelacteals like glucose water or formula

What I Have Learned

Activity 3: Needs of the baby

If you have your own baby in the future, what are your child's needs to be
provided. List at least ten (10).

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
 What I Can Do

Activity 4: Child on my own

Instructions: Cut a picture of a baby and paste it in your diary. Write down
some features you wanted to have for your future baby. (example: sharp nose, big
eyes, dark skin, etc.) Explain your output.
 Assessment

Multiple choice
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write it in your activity notebook.
1. Lactating mothers should eat the following foods:
A. Big serving of cereals.
B. Green leafy and yellow vegetables
C. Big serving of red meat
D. Processed foods.
2. Lactation is the period of milk production initiated by what hormone in the
mammary gland?
A. Progesterone B. Estrogen C. Prolactin D. None of the above
3. It is known as the period of milk production initiated by the prolactin hormone in
the mammary glands.
A. Breastfeeding C. Lactation
B. Newborn Screening D. Pregnancy
4. It is the act that states the importance of breastfeeding.
A. Republic Act No. 7600 B. Republic Act No. 9288
C. Republic Act No. 7500 D. Republic Act No. 9278
5.Which is a wrong reason for having children?
A. Children are gifts from God.
B. Children make married couples happy.
C. Children make the married couples more responsible.
D. Children provide parent’s security in the future.
6. The best and ideal form of infant feeding is through _______.
A. Breastfeeding B. Bottle feeding C. Mix feeding D. All of the above
7.Below are the advantages of breastfeeding, EXCEPT:
A. It makes the baby unhealthy
B. It is economical and nutritious.
C. It promotes emotional bonding between the child and the mother.
D. Mother’s milk has an antibody that protects the infant from certain
diseases.
8.Why is there a need for an infant to undergo newborn screening?
A. It paves a way to the reduction of neonatal deaths.
B. It gives us the history of a baby.
C. It helps us determine whether the baby is healthy.
D. All of these.
9.It is a vaccine given to a 0-1 month old to 7 years old baby.
A. OPV
B. MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella
C. DPT (Anti-diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
D. BCG (Anti-TB)
10. What is the kind of immunization given to a 9 months to a 1-year-old baby?
A. OPV
B. MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella
C. DPT (Anti-diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
D. BCG (Anti-TB)

Additional Activities

Activity 5: Keyword
Instructions: Using the word NEWBORN, form a keyword that you should
remember in meeting the needs of a baby.

N - _____________________________

E - _____________________________

W - _____________________________

B - _____________________________

O - _____________________________

R - _____________________________

N - _____________________________
 Answer Key

What I know What’s More

1. A
Activity 1 – Cup of Love
2. C
3. B 1. BCG (Anti-TB)
4. A 2. OPV (Anti-polio Vaccine)
5. D 3. DPT (Anti-diphtheria, Pertussis and
6. B Tetanus)
7. A 4. Hepa B Vaccine
8. D 5. MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)
9. D
10. C

What I Have Learned Activity 2 – Name Me

Activity 3 – Needs of the baby 1. TB
1. Immunization 2. TB
2. Breastfeeding 3. NTB
3. Eye care 4. NTB
4. Vit. K 5. TB
5. Weighing 6. NTB
6. Washing 7. NTB
7. Nutrition 8. TB
8. Newborn Screening 9. TB
9. Regular check-up 10. NTB
10. Protein

Activity 4 – Child on my own

- It depend upon the answer of the learners'

Additional Activity
Activity 5 – Keyword
- It depend upon the answer of the learners'
Assessment
1.B 8. D
2.C 9. D
3.C 10. D
4.A
5.D
6.A
7.A
References
• Basic Nutrition for Filipinos by Virginia S. Claudio, PR.D, RND, et. al., Meriam School and
Office Supplies Corp. 864-870 H. Reyes Sr. Ave., Sampaloc, Manila, 1982.
• Decisions for Health, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, A Harcourt Education Company, Orlando,
Austin, New York, 2105
• Teaching Guide on the 2010 Secondary Education Curriculum (P.E. and Health Education II)
• MAPEH III by Vilma Perez, et.al.,St. Bernadette Publication, Quezon City
• Merki,M and Merki, D. (1996). Health: A Guide to Wellness. California, U.S.A.
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
• Ryder,V. (1990). Contemporary Living. Illinois, U.S.A. The Goodheart Willcox Co., Inc
• P.E and Health 8- Learner’s Material
• P.E and Health 8 – Teacher’s Guide

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