Health 9 community Health and Environmental Health.pptx

Community Health and Environmental Health

1. Community and Environment

2. Let’s Define! Community – is defined as a sociological group in a large place sharing one environment. It therefore includes the individual and the family. Environment - the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, specifically as affected by human activity SYNONYMS : HABITAT, TERRITORY, DOMAIN

3. Health – is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not just the absence of disease or infirmity. It leads to a socially and economically productive life. (WHO)

4. Community Health – is defined as the art and science of maintaining, protecting and improving the health of all the members of the community through organized and sustained community efforts. Environmental Health – compromises those aspects of human health that are determined by physical, chemical, biological and social and psychosocial factors in the surrounding environment.

5. Characteristics of a Healthy Community A clean and safe physical environment. An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs. An environment that promotes social harmony and actively involves everyone. An understanding of local health and environmental issues. A community that participates in identifying local solutions to local problems.

6. A community whose members have access to varied experiences, means of interaction and communication. Accessible and appropriate health services and facilities. The promotion and celebration of historical and cultural heritage. A diverse and innovative economy. A sustainable use of available resources for all.

7. 1 . Human Excreta and Sewage - it has been re s p o n s ib l e for many epidemics

8. 2 . Disease Control – the widespread of diseases through rodents and other communicable factors.

9. 3 . Peace and Order – a state of safeness and calmness among the community and the country.

10. 4 . Waste Disposal – responsible for diseases and a big threat to the environment

11. 5. Food Sanitation - deals largely with the health hazards and sanitary features of food handling.

12. 6. Water Supply – an adequate source of clean and safe water lead to a healthy and meaningful community

13. 7. Drug Abuse – a very serious community problem that leads to uncertainty of people minds and lives.

14. Activity #2 By Group Direction. List down the different characteristics of your ideal/ dream and existing community in the diagram. In the space where the two circles meet, write their similar characteristics.

15. Is your community an ideal one? Explain. If not, why is your community not an ideal one? Explain. What characteristics would you like to have in your community? How can you make your community an ideal one? Seatwork

16. Can you recall the typhoons that hit the different regions of the country in years or decades ago?

17. LET’S WATCH THIS

18. What do you think is the most serious environmental problem in our country? Why?

19. Pollution Environmental Problems Landslides Deforestation Noise Pollution Water Pollution Illegal Logging Erosion Soil Pollution Flash flood Air Pollution Oil Spill Mining

20. Deforestation – is the destruction of big areas of forest Landslide - a wide range of ground movements, such as rock falls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows and debris flows Flash flood – a sudden great volume of flood Illegal Mining - is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

21. Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws. Oil spill - is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity Soil erosion - happens when soil and rock are moved from one place to another by wind, water, and gravity

22. Pollution - means any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of water, air and/or land resources Air pollution - any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of the atmospheric air Water pollution - any alteration of the physical, chemical, biological, or radiological properties of a body of water Soil pollution is caused by chemicals in pesticides, that are used to kill agricultural pests like insects and herbicides that are used to get rid of weeds

23. Activity #3: By Group; Poster Making and Gallery Topic: Saving the Environment Tangible Materials: 4 white Cartolinas ; glue or tape; oil pastel; marker; ruler; pencil; signpen Intangible Materials: Creativity; Imagination; Heart for the Environment