Community Health

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under Community Health, the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus expects you to study:

• 2. Community Health a. Community health services –providers of health services (orthodox services, traditional services –bone setters, birth attendance) b. Various aspects of family health –maternal and child health (ante-natal care, immunization, oral rehydration therapy, breast feeding and safe motherhood).
• c. Aging and death education i. Characteristics of elderly persons ii. Ways of relating with the elderly iii. Common causes of death

Study notes & guidance

Study Community Health using a recommended Physical and Health Education textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Physical and Health Education, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Objectives — candidates should be able to

After studying Community Health, you should be able to:

1. Differentiate between orthodox and traditional health services;
2. Different among various aspects of maternal and child health services;
3. Identify the characteristics of elderly persons and state the ways of relating with them;
4. Identify common causes of death.

These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Physical and Health Education syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.