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Health
Quarter 1
Community and Environmental
Health
Lesson 1.2

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Health – Grade 9
Quarter 1: Community and Environmental Health

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Health 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on The Concepts
and Environmental Health.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both
from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping
the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners’ progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:
Welcome to the Health 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Health of the
Community and Environmental Health!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as
a story, a song, a poem, a problem opener,
an activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of

the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

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 What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank
sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
process that you learned from the lesson.

This section provides an activity which

What I Can Do
will help you transfer your new
knowledge or skill into real life situations
or concerns.

This is a task which aims to evaluate

Assessment
your level of master in achieving the
learning competency.

In this portion, another activity will be

Additional Activities
given to you to enrich your knowledge or
skill of the lesson learned. This also
tends retention of learned concepts

This contains answers to all activities in

Answer Key
the module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

This is a list of all sources used in

References
developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate
to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

According to the World Health Organization, ” 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.” Environment is a place where people
and other living things live.

Environmental health is really important and maintaining it is fundamental to

rising quality of life and years of healthy and fruitful life. People in the community
need safe, healthy and environment that can support them for good health. It is our
responsibility to keep it clean and safe.

This module will help you understand concepts and enjoy different activities .
At the end of this module you are expected to:

 Explain how a healthy environment positively impact the health of people

and communities (less disease, less health care cost etc.).

What I Know

TRY THIS !

Direction : From the given statements below, which of these describes a healthy
community? Write only the letters of your answers.
A. An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs .
B. An environment that promotes social harmony and actively involves everyone.
C. A community that does not participate in identifying local solutions to local
problem.
D. No accessible and appropriate health services and facilities.
E. A diverse and innovative economy.
F. No sustainable use of available resources for all.
G. There is an understanding of local health and environment issues in the
community.
H. A community whose members have access to varied experiences, means of
interaction and communication.
I. The promotion and celebration of historical and cultural heritage are observed in
the community.

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J. A clean and safe physical environment for the people in the community

DO THIS !

Imagine that the health expert from the Municipal Health Center will interview
you oncommunity and environmental health . Here are some of the questions that you
will be asked. Write your response to each question on the space provided .

1. How do you evaluate if your community is healthy?_______________________

_________________________________________________________________

2. What are the characteristics of your community?

_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

3. What are the benefits that we can enjoy with a healthy community?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

4. How do we maintain ,protect , and preserve health amidst the rising development
of our community?__________________________________________________

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 What’s In

Activity1. Nice to Live In!

Study the environment in the pictures below .What do you observe in the
environment? Write at least two descriptions below each picture.

https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/environmental-health/healthy-community-design

1.____________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________

https://www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Research-Institutes/plant-research/Agrosystems-Research-3/Land-use-biodiversity-and-health-care.htm

1._____________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________

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 What’s New

Activity: What is the effect ?

Direction: Study the given picture below, what will be the impact or effect of this to the health of
people and community? Encircle the letters of your answer.

https://apapase.org/healthy-community-design-survey-open/

A. It increases quality of life.

B. It provides clean air, clean water, and other ecosystem services that we need

C It provides a sense of calm that relieves stress.

D. No communication among the members of the community.

E. A positive environment promotes hard and smart work.

F. This increases people's productivity and effectiveness.

G. No sustainable use of available resources for all.

H. People in the community are free from sickness and diseases

I .Life becomes easy and no physical or mental illness will rise.

J. People in the community are suffering from different diseases

K .It promotes social harmony and actively involves everyone.

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 What is It

Lesson
THE CONCEPTS OF COMMUNITY
1 AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

This lesson will describe healthy environment and its impact to the health of people
and communities.

Environmental Health comprises those aspects of human health that are

determined by physical , chemical , biological, social and psychosocial factors in the
surrounding environment.

Basic Requirements For a Healthy Environment

 Clean air
 Safe and sufficient water
 Safe and adequate food
 Safe and peaceful settlements
 Stable global environments

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 Environment is a place in which people live their lives .It can directly and
indirectly impact on their health and wellbeing. We need safe, healthy and supportive
environments for good health. The environment in which we live is a major determinant
of our health and wellbeing.
Our environment plays an important role in our health . In order to have good
health, we need to have safe, clean environments to live, work and play in. We depend
on the environment for energy and the materials needed to sustain life, such as clean
air, safe drinking water, nutritious food and safe places to live.

A healthy environment can enhance people’s quality of life: reduced mortality

and morbidity, healthier lifestyles, improved productivity of workers and their families,
improve lives of women, children and elderly and insure the safety of our lives not only
physically but also mentally.
A positive and healthy environment promotes hard and smart work. This
increases people's productivity and effectiveness. It gives hope and makes one to
always look forward to a positive tomorrow .

When the surrounding is not good and clean then life become hard and lots of
physical and mental illnesses will rise and people will not be able to work properly. As
a result, the amount of disease increases and people have to spend most of their
earnings on curing and treating these dangerous diseases that are brought up by a
bad and polluted environment.

By taking care of our environments, we take care of ourselves.

What’s More

Activity: Priority Express

This activity will ask you to set your priorities in promoting a healthier life inside a
more developed and advanced community. There are two options given in each
category . Mark (1) if the option is your first priority. Mark (2) if second.
1. I want to get around in my community :
____ Riding a bike
____ Driving an automobile

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2. I want to have foods from:
____ Community gardens
____ Convenience / grocery stores

3. I want to actively play in games by:

____ Parks/open spaces/town plaza
____ On line games
4. I want to have more chances to get to know my neighbors through:
____ Social networking
____ Active membership in youth organization

5. I want to live in a clean environment by:

____Reducing the amount of refuse
____Campaigning for a clean and green community

What I Have Learned

Directions: Observe the given pictures below .Write all the impacts/effects of these
environments on the health of people and communities.

https://asi.ucdavis.edu/programs/ucsarep/about/what-is-sustainable- agriculture

____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2.

https://pia.gov.ph/features/articles/1041647

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

What I can do

Activity: It is my environment!

Directions: Take a look at your own environment. Take a picture of it or

you may draw it. Is it healthy environment or not? What are the positive
effects of your environment to your life and to the life of the people in your
community? Write them on the spaces below.

Picture/Drawing of your environment

Positive effect of your environment

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

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 Assessment

Direction Read each statement carefully and choose the letter that
corresponds to the correct answer.

1. All of these are the basic requirements for a healthy environment except
A. clean air C. safe and sufficient water
B. safe and adequate food D. tall and big houses

2. It is a place in which people live their lives.

A .Environment C. space
B. vehicles D. all of these

3. Which of these materials is needed to sustain life?

A. accessories and clothing C. contaminated water
B. polluted air D. safe place to live in

4.Which of these is not a positive effect of a healthy environment

A. It promotes healthy living and stress free way of life.
B. It increases people’s productivity and effectiveness.
C. People in the community are suffering from different physical and mental
illnesses.
D. It gives hope and makes people in the community to have a positive
outlook in life.

5. When people have to spend most of their earnings on curing and treating
dangerous diseases in what kind of environment they are living in?
A. bad and polluted environment C. safe and clean environment
B. healthy environment D. positive environment

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 Additional Activities

Activity : Writer for a moment

If you were given a chance to become a writer for your school publication and you were asked to
write a short article entitled “Why you should care about the environment?”, what would you
write?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

Answer key

What I Know What ‘s in What’s new

Try this! Answers may vary ABCEFHIK
ABEGHIJ
Do this (answers may vary)

What’s more What I have learned What I can do

Answers may vary Answers may vary Answers may vary
Assessment Additional Activity
1. D Answers may vary
2.A
3.D
4. C
5. A

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 References

1.Physical and Health 9, Learner’s Material , Department of Education, Republic of

the Philippines pages 222-229

2. Ahmad Shah Karimi, May 17, 2016 ,”How A Healthy Environment can Impact Our
Lives?” http://outlookafghanistan.net/topics.php?post_id=15275
3. https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/why-global-environmental-health-
4. https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/healthy-environment-
healthy-people
5. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/environmental-health
6. http://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/how-does-environment-impact-our-
health?utm_source=..
7. https://www.slideshare.net/VineetaSingh33/environmental-health-70767665
9.https://www.slideshare.net/harikafle944/environmental-health-27837467

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