This document is a lesson plan prepared by Teacher Beverly Barbas. The lesson aims to have students explain how a healthy environment positively impacts health, suggest ways to prevent environmental health issues, and participate in an environmental project. It discusses the relationships between community, environment, and health, characteristics of a healthy community and environment, and why a healthy environment is important for human health and well-being.

2. Prepared by: Teacher Beverly Barbas

3. At the end of the Lesson, the students will :
Explain how a healthy environment positively
impacts the health of people and communities.
Suggest ways to prevent and manage
environmental health issues.
Participate in implementing an environmental
project.

4. What comes into your mind when you hear the
words community and environment?
Community Environment
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5. Community is a group of people living in a large
place, sharing a common environment. It involves
the individual and the family.

6. The health status of this defined
group of people is referred to as the
Community health. It includes the
actions and conditions which promote,
protect and preserve health.

7. Environmental Health consists of
prevention or control of disease, injury and disability
associated with interactions between people and their
environment.
According to the WHO (World of Heath
Organization), “Environmental health addresses all the
physical, chemical and biological factors impacting
behaviors…”

8. Characteristics of a Healthy Community:
1. Clean and Safe Physical Environment
2.An understanding of local and environmental issues
3.Meets everyone’s basic needs
4.Participates in identifying local solutions to local problems
5.A diverse and innovative economy

9. Characteristics of a Healthy Community:
6. Members are interacting and communicating with each
other.
7. Accessible and appropriate health services and facilities
8. Promotion and celebration of historical and cultural
heritage
9. A sustainable use of available resources for all.
10. Promotes social harmony and actively involves
everyone

10. Why is a healthy environment Important ?
Major Concerns of the environment affecting our health
include air quality, climate changes, disasters, water
protection, food safety, and toxic waste management.
However, with years of research and studies to reduce
environmental hazards, we have with us sufficient knowledge
that we can take into action.
Healthy Environment is essential for human health and
well being. It increases quality of life and years of healthy life.

11. Review!

12. Activity Time!

13. Bottled Answer!

14. 1. The health status of this defined
group of people is referred to as the
______________ ?

15. Characteristics of Environment
2. ______________ everyone’s basic
needs

16. Characteristics of Environment
3. An ____________ of local and
environmental issues

17. 4. ____________ is a group of people
living in a large place, sharing a common
environment. It involves the individual and the
family.

18. Characteristics of Environment
5 ___________ are interacting and
communicating with each other.

19. Characteristics of Environment.
6. C__________ Physical
Environment

20. 7. _______________ consists of prevention or
control of disease, injury and disability
associated with interactions between people
and their environment.

21. 8. It includes the actions and
conditions which ___________,
_____________ and
____________.

22. Characteristics of Environment
9. __________ and appropriate health
services and facilities

23. 10. According to the___________________,
“Environmental health addresses all the
physical, chemical and biological factors
impacting behaviors…”

24. Characteristics of Environment
11. ________________ of historical
and cultural heritage

25. Characteristics of Environment
12. __________ in identifying local
solutions to local problems

27. The End!