- Building a safe and healthy environment is everyone's responsibility and benefits the whole community.
- A healthy community means the absence of disease and pollution. It also means people living together and sharing interests, culture, and history.
- Communities can be based on location, identity, or organization. A healthy school and community environment should be safe, clean, and supportive where students are accepted and their potential can grow.
- Building a safe and healthy environment is everyone's responsibility and benefits the whole community.
- A healthy community means the absence of disease and pollution. It also means people living together and sharing interests, culture, and history.
- Communities can be based on location, identity, or organization. A healthy school and community environment should be safe, clean, and supportive where students are accepted and their potential can grow.
- Building a safe and healthy environment is everyone's responsibility and benefits the whole community.
- A healthy community means the absence of disease and pollution. It also means people living together and sharing interests, culture, and history.
- Communities can be based on location, identity, or organization. A healthy school and community environment should be safe, clean, and supportive where students are accepted and their potential can grow.
- Building a safe and healthy environment is everyone's responsibility and benefits the whole community.
- A healthy community means the absence of disease and pollution. It also means people living together and sharing interests, culture, and history.
- Communities can be based on location, identity, or organization. A healthy school and community environment should be safe, clean, and supportive where students are accepted and their potential can grow.
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HEALTH – WEEK 1
You and Your Healthy
Environment Building and maintaining a safe and healthy environment is everyone’s responsibility. All members of the community must participate and contribute to the effort. After all, a safe and healthy environment benefits everyone. What makes a community safe and healthy? For most people, a healthy community means the absence of diseases and illnesses among its member. For others, it means the absence of garbage and other pollutants in the streets, in the water and in the air. What makes a community safe and healthy? For most people, a healthy community means the absence of diseases and illnesses among its member. For others, it means the absence of garbage and other pollutants in the streets, in the water and in the air. What Does “Community” Mean? A community is a group of people living together in a given place, and sharing common interests, cultural and traditional practices, and historical heritage. Communities can be categorized according to their beliefs, traditions and culture. The following are their common categories: Location-based Communities Some communities are categorized based on their specific locations, such as people within barangays, townhouses, compounds, and condominium buildings. The following are examples of location-based communities: • Barangay Kapayapaan • Greatfields Town Homes • Dela Cruz Compound • New Country Condominium Identity-based Communities Some communities have same cultural and traditional beliefs and practices. Examples are religious groups, ethnic groups, culture and arts performers, as well as persons with disabilities (PWD). Some examples are: San Isidro Parish Church T’boli tribe Tahanang walang hagdan Organizational-based Communities Some communities are formed based on organizational structure and beliefs. These can be family- owned business groups, corporations and national and international organizations. The following are organizational- based communities: • schools • fast food chains • pharmaceutical companies • political parties • global companies Psychosocial Environment of Healthy School and Community Healthy School should be the place where children develop their potentials so pupils should not experience bullying and discrimination. In school, teachers and adults serve as good example of kindness and respect where pupils are accepted for who they are. They are also supported, guided at their young age. What Does “Environment” Mean? Environment refers to the natural surroundings one lives in. It is something that you are very familiar with. It makes up everything that affects your life on earth— the water you drink, the air you breath, the plants and animals around you, and much, much more. There are factors in the environment that affect human growth and development, as well as behavioral, social and cultural changes, Some of them include the following: Learning Task 1: Describe your community using the graphic organizer below. Learning Task 2: Complete the pizza graphic organizer below by writing in every slice the different words that describes your school and community environment in any aspects. Learning Task 3: Copy and answer the following questions on your answer sheet. 1. What is a community? 2. What are the different types of community and its descriptions? 3. Which type of community do you belong? Explain your answer. 4. What is the broader sense of environment? 5. How can these environmental factors affect us in our community? A healthy school is a place where students have many opportunities - in the classroom and in every aspect of their school experience - to foster their healthy physical, mental, social and intellectual development. A healthy school and community environment should possess different physical characteristics. Learning Task 4: Write the word GOOD if the statement describes a healthy school environment and BAD if not. _______1. gender-sensitive _______2. clean with good air and water quality ______3. always under construction ______4. safe and free from abuses ______5. with flexible spaces Learning Task 5: Describe your school environment using the graphic organizer below. Learning Task 7: Put a check (/) on the blank if the statement describes a healthy community and mark it cross (X) if not. Do this in your answer sheet. A healthy community…… ____1. promotes social harmony and actively involves everyone. _____2. understands the local health and environmental issues. _____3. have undisciplined people _____4. participates in identifying local solutions to local problems. _____5. have access to varied experiences and has means of interaction and communication. Learning Task 8: Write TRUE if the given statement describes the psychological environment of healthy school and community and FALSE if not. ______1. Healthy school and community enable people to maintain a high quality of life and productivity. ______2. A healthy school and community environment are free from abuses and discrimination. ______3. A sustainable use of available resources in community and school for all are limited. ______4. The environment of healthy school and community do not promote social harmony and inactively involves everyone. ______5. The healthy environment of school and community meet everyone’s basic needs.