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Defines Community and Environmental Health

The document defines community health and environmental health. Community health is defined as maintaining, protecting and improving the health of community members through organized community efforts. Environmental health comprises health aspects determined by physical, chemical, biological, social and psychosocial factors in the surrounding environment. It then describes characteristics of a healthy community according to the World Health Organization, including a clean environment, environment meeting basic needs, social harmony and involvement, understanding of health issues, community identifying solutions, access to services, celebration of heritage, diverse economy and sustainable resource use.

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Defines Community and Environmental Health

The document defines community health and environmental health. Community health is defined as maintaining, protecting and improving the health of community members through organized community efforts. Environmental health comprises health aspects determined by physical, chemical, biological, social and psychosocial factors in the surrounding environment. It then describes characteristics of a healthy community according to the World Health Organization, including a clean environment, environment meeting basic needs, social harmony and involvement, understanding of health issues, community identifying solutions, access to services, celebration of heritage, diverse economy and sustainable resource use.

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Defines community and environmental health.

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.
1. Why is your community not an ideal one? Explain.

2. What characteristics would you like to have in your community?

3. How can you make your community an ideal one?

Community is defined as a sociological group in a large place sharing one environment. It therefore includes the
individual and the family.

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 comprises those aspects of human health that are determined by physical, chemical,
biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the surrounding environment.

1. How do you assess if your community is healthy? What are the characteristics of a healthy community?

2. What are some of the benefits that we can enjoy with a healthy community?

3. How do we maintain, protect, and preserve health amidst the rising development of our country?

Describes a healthy community.

According to the World Health Organization (2002), the characteristics of a healthy community include:

1. A clean and safe physical environment

2. An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs

3. An environment that promotes social harmony and actively involves everyone

4. An understanding of local health and environment issues

5. 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

7. Accessible and appropriate health services and facilities

8. The promotion and celebration of historical and cultural heritage

9. A diverse and innovative economy

10. A sustainable use of available resources for all

Activity 6. Inspect – Retrospect


Inspect the health services offered in your barangay. The left column lists characteristics of a healthy community. On
the right column, fill in the service or programs in your community which fulfill the healthy community,
characteristics in the left column. An example is provided.

Characteristics of a Healthy Possible Services observed from


Community your community

A clean and safe physical Fogging, cleaning the drainage,


environment improved street lighting

An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs

An environment that promotes social harmony and actively involves


everyone

An understanding of local health and environment issues

A community that participates in identifying local solutions to local


problems

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

1. From your answers above, can you consider your community healthy? Why or Why not? Explain.
2.

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