The Negative Impact of Poor Environmental Sanitation on the Health of Individuals

1. HEALTH 6
QUARTER 3, WEEK 1

2. LESSON OBJECTIVE:Explains How Poor
Environmental Sanitation Can Negatively
Impact The Health Of An Individual.
(MELC H6EH-IIIb-2

4. Good morning! I am teacher Imelda your
teacher in Health 6. Please be with me with
our lesson on the negative impact of poor
environmental sanitation on the health of
individuals.

5. Direction: Study the two pictures. Then answer the questions that
follow.
1. Describe picture A.
2. Describe picture B.
3. Where do you want to
stay, in a place as shown
in picture A or a place as
shown in picture B? Why?
4. What are the effects on
our health if we stay in
dirty surrounding?
A B

6. Directions: Study the two pictures below. Then answer the questions that follow.
A. B.
1. Describe Picture A.
2. Describe Picture B.
3. Where do want to stay, in a place
shown in picture A or in a place
shown in picture B? Why?
4. What are the effects on our health
if we stay in an unsanitary
surrounding?

7. In this lesson, you will learn the negative impacts of poor
environmental sanitation on the health of an individual.
Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through
prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes as well as
treatment and proper disposal of garbage, sewage or waste water.
On the other hand, poor environmental sanitation can be one of
the major causes of poor health and the development of
communicable diseases among people. It is manifested through poor
solid waste disposal causing soil contamination, water pollution, and
air pollution.

8. The following are the common diseases and disorders caused by poor
sanitation.
1.Diarrhea
This is caused by a variety of micro-organisms including viruses, bacteria,
and protozoans. It causes a person to lose both water and electrolytes which
leads to dehydration and in some cases , to death.
It is the most important public health problem directly related to water
and sanitation. The simple act of washing hands with soap and water can cut
diarrheal disease by one-third. Next to providing adequate sanitation
facilities is the key to prevent waterborne diseases.

9. 2.Cholera
It is an acute bacterial infection of the intestinal tract. It causes severe
attacks of diarrhea that, without treatment can quickly lead to dehydration
and death. It is a world-wide problem especially in emergency situations. It
can be prevented by access to safe drinking water, sanitation and good
hygiene behavior.
3.Intestinal Worms
People become infected with intestinal parasitic worms through contact
with soil that has been contaminated with human wastes from an infected
person, or by eating contaminated food.
Intestinal worms may lead to malnutrition, anemia or retarded growth.
Children particularly susceptible and typically have the largest number of
worms.

10. 4.Insect-carrying disease (Vector-Borne Disease
Mosquitoes and rats are known to live and breed in sewage areas and
both are known to carry life-threatening diseases.
Mosquitoes breed in cans, tires and containers that collect water. They
carry diseases such as malaria, dengue and chikungunya. Malaria is
associated with the Anopheles mosquito while dengue and chikungunya are
associated with the Aedes mosquito.
Rats find food and shelter in landfill and sewage which results to diseases
such as leptospirosis and salmonellosis.

11. 5.Dysentery
Is a combination of nausea, abdominal cramps coupled with severe
diarrhea. In cases of acute dysentery, one may also experience a high fever
and traces of blood in the fecal matter.
There are two type of dysentery
1. Bacillary dysentery which is caused by bacteria.
2. Amoebic dysentery which is caused by amoebae.
When either of these is ingested through contaminated food or water, one
will develop dysentery within a gestation of four days.

12. 6.Typhoid fever
This infection is caused by Salmonella Typhi bacteria. This disease is
contracted by consuming contaminated food or water. The bacteria pass
through the intestinal tract and can be identified in stool samples. Its
symptoms include nausea, loss of appetite and headache.
7.Lead poisoning
Is caused due to consumption of water contaminated with lead often
coming from old pipes as well as surface water pollution.
This disease is particularly harmful to children and can cause a number of
health problems including organ damage, nervous system disorders ,
anemia, high blood pressure, kidney disease and problems in the
reproductive system.

13. DISCUSSION: Answer the following questions.
1. What is sanitation?
2. What are the common diseases and disorders caused by
poor environmental sanitation? Describe each.
3. How can we make our environment clean and sanitary?
4. Why is it important to have a clean and sanitary
environment?

14. GROUP I
Directions: Each item shows someone who got sick because of poor sanitation. Put a check mark (√)
if there is a relationship between poor sanitation and the disease and wrong mark (X) if they have
no relationship at all. Write your answer on the blank before each number.
____1. Leah suffered from diarrhea because she ate contaminated food.
____2. Glenn’s asthma was triggered by the dust in the classroom.
____3. George got sick of leptospirosis from the unclean water near his house.
____4. She was lazy to clean the watery tubs where mosquitoes stayed which
caused by dengue.
____5. Piolo had dysentery because he keeps on leaving his dirty plates on the
sink.

15. GROUP II
Direction: Write a short paragraph explaining the effect of poor
environmental sanitation on the health of an Individual.

16. RUBRIC
SCORE
5
3
2
SCORE
CONTENT and DEVELOPMENT
All the details go with the topic.
Few details go with the topic.
Details don’t go with the topic.
MECHANICS
5 No mistakes in punctuation, spelling and grammar.
3 There are some mistakes in punctuation, spelling and grammar.
2 Many mistakes in punctuation, spelling and grammar

17. GROUP III
Direction: Make a poster that
encourages people to practice proper
environmental sanitation.
-Use a coupon bond.

19. RUBRICS
Theme Based:
Theme: “Practices
Proper
Environmental
Sanitation”.
( Clear can
understand at a
glance.)
10 points
Creativity
( Drawn freely in
one’s own way,
not traced or
copie. )
5 points
Visual Impact
( Attractive with
eye-catching
colors )
5 points
TOTAL
20
points

20. GROUP IV
Directions: Arrange the scrambled words enclosed in parentheses to complete the
idea of the paragraph. Write your answers on the blank.
Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting 1. (laheth) _________
through prevention of human contact with the hazards of 2. (steaws)
_________as well as treatment and proper disposal of garbage, sewage
or waste water.
Poor environmental 3. (anistionta) _________ can be one of the
major cases of poor health and the development of diseases among
people. This can be the cause of many 4. (sidesea) ____________ sucn as
5. (holerac) _________.

21. EVALUATION
Direction: Read and analyze and underline the letter of the correct
answer.
1. During rainy days, dengue fever is common among school
children.How can you prevent it?
A. Drink lots of water. B. Exercise regularly.
C. Empty, clean and cover the water containers tightly.
D. Always take a bath after getting exposed to dirty water.
2. Which of the following diseases is caused by microorganism carried
by Anopheles mosquitoes.
A. Diarrhea B. Malaria C. Dengue D. Anemia

22. 3. Who are commonly affected by diarrhea?
A. Those who have poor personal health hygiene.
B. Those who studying in private schools.
C. Those who are studying in public schools.
D. Those who belong to poor families.
4. How can you prevent respiratory diseases from spreading?
A. Exercise every other day.
B. Take a bath once a week.
C. Share your personal belongings.
D. Cover your nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing.

23. 5. Which is NOT a preventive measure to avoid food and water-borne
diseases?
A. Boil drinking water.
B. Eat uncovered foods sold along the streets.
C. Cook food properly especially pork and chicken.
D. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water after using the
toilet.

24. ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Look around your community. Write on the circles ways to
help your community clean and sanitary.

25. ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Study the following statements. Put a check (√)
mark beside the number of the statement that tells how to
prevent diseases and (X) if it is not.
_______1. Exercise regularly.
_______2. Boil drinking water.
_______3. Clean your house everyday.
_______4. Dispose garbage properly.
_______5. Get a vaccination from your health center.

26. “There is an easy way of finding the job
to be done today. Just look around your
environment; take note of the places that
need cleaning and the places that need
decoration; do one at a time!”
I want you to read this quotation: