Community Health - Health-9-Q1-1 PDF

 NATURE LOVER People need to be actively involved in preventing damage to the environment. Protecting the environment helps in keeping living things healthy as well as preserving Earth’s resources for future generation. Community and Environmental Health  LEARNING OBJECT...

 NATURE LOVER People need to be actively involved in preventing damage to the environment. Protecting the environment helps in keeping living things healthy as well as preserving Earth’s resources for future generation. Community and Environmental Health  LEARNING OBJECTIVES Enumerate the characteristics of a healthy community Describe some environmental issues that effect community health. Explain practical ways that help prevent environmental problems or issues. Apply decision-making skills to reduce environmental issues on people’s health.  A group of people living in a large place, sharing a common environment. It is the health status of a group of people situated in the same geographical area. Environment refers to all things, conditions, and influences that affect the growth, health, and progress of living and non-living things. Environmental health consists of prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability associated with interactions between people and their environment.  Determinants of a Healthy Community Physical Environment where individuals live, learn, work & play. clean air and safe water are necessary  Social Environment includes the groups to which we belong. Neighborhoods, organization, the policies that was created to order our lives. help foster positive peer (equal) relationship, creates positive interactions towards individual.  Determinants of a Healthy Community Psychological factors referring to the 3 workings of the mind 1 2 involve lifestyle, personality 4 characteristics  Determinants of a Healthy Community Economic factors, Economic factors such as income, education, employment, community safety, and social supports can significantly affect how well and how long we live.  Characteristics of a Healthy Community 1. Meets everyone’s basic needs. 2. Promotes peace and unity to build social harmony  Characteristics of a Healthy Community 3. Participates in identifying local solutions to local problems 4. Offers recreational 5. Provides accessible and activities like visiting appropriate health services and amusement parks, biking facilities. and other physical sports.  Characteristics of a Healthy Community 8. Sustain use of available resources for all 6. Initiates promotion and celebration of historical and cultural heritage. 7. Upholds a diverse and innovative economy.  ASSIGNMENT Answer the following: Activity #1 pages 395-396 Activity #2 pages 396-398 Healthy environment is essential for human health and well being. Everyone must help in making the environment healthy because this increases quality of life and years of healthy life