RBSE SS Home Science case studies
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RBSE Class 12 Home Science (गृह विज्ञान) is the senior secondary elective offered by the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education, the state board that conducts Class 10 and Class 12 examinations for affiliated schools across Rajasthan. Students usually take it as one of their Class 12 subject combinations, and it is especially common among candidates aiming at home science, nutrition and dietetics, textiles and clothing, early childhood care, or family and community studies at the university level, as well as those preparing for teacher training and vocational courses. The RBSE SS Home Science case studies are 5 cases and about 4,937 words.
1The girl who has 'stopped growing': growth assessment at a school health check
Sunita, 14 years 2 months old and in Class 9 at a government school in Rajasthan, is 148 cm tall and weighs 38 kg. Her mother reports menarche at 12 years 8 months with regular cycles since, but heavy bleeding for the past four months.
942 words, about 5 min2A bus driver with newly diagnosed diabetes, two shifts and a jar of honey
Mahesh, 52, drives a city bus on alternating 6 a.m.–2 p.m. At a health camp his fasting plasma glucose is 158 mg/dL, HbA1c 7.8%, weight 78 kg, height 168 cm, waist 98 cm and blood pressure 138/88 mmHg.
959 words, about 5 min3A family that cannot save: budgeting, an EMI offer and a broken washing machine
The Sharma family - two adults and three children aged 17, 12 and 6 - live in a tier-2 city on a take-home income of ₹46,000 a month. Fixed outgoings are rent ₹9,000, a two-wheeler loan EMI of ₹4,200, school fees of ₹18,000 per quarter and an insurance premium of ₹14,000 a year.
980 words, about 5 min4Sixty school uniforms, four per cent shrinkage and a colour that bleeds
A women's cooperative in Jodhpur has accepted an order for 60 school uniforms - 36 shirts and 24 pinafores - in cotton poplin, to be delivered in three weeks. The approved trial shirt took 1.50 m of 90 cm-wide fabric and the pinafore 1.80 m of 110 cm-wide fabric.
1,005 words, about 5 min5Home care after hip surgery: a stage 1 pressure injury, a catheter on the floor and a fever
Kamla, 70, came home three weeks after surgery for a fractured hip. She can bear weight only with a walker and spends 18–20 hours a day in bed.
1,051 words, about 5 min