This document discusses community health and environmental health. It defines health, community, and community health. Characteristics of a healthy community include a clean physical environment, meeting basic needs, social harmony, understanding local issues, and community participation. The document outlines several health care services that can promote community health, such as family planning, maternity care, child care, adolescent programs, nutrition/food safety, disease control, environmental sanitation, and health education. Maintaining community health through these services can lead to sustainable economic growth at the national level.

1. THE COMMUNITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH

2. MY IDEAL COMMUNITY
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3. HEALTH
• is a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being
and not just the absence of
disease or infirmity. It led to the
ability to lead a socially and
economically productive life. -
WHO

4. COMMUNITY
•is defined as a
sociological group in a
large place sharing one
environment. It therefore
includes the individual
and the family.

5. COMMUNITY HEALTH
•is defined as the art and
science of maintaining,
protecting, and improving
the health of all the members
of the community through
organized and sustained
community efforts

6. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
•comprises those aspects of
human health that are
determined by physical,
chemical, biological, social,
and psycho-social factors in
the surrounding
environment.

7. CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEALTHY
COMMUNITY
• A clean and safe physical environment
• An environment that meets everyone’s basic
needs
• An environment that promotes social harmony
and actively involves everyone
• An understanding of local health and
environment issues
• A community that participates in identifying local
solutions to local problems

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEALTHY
COMMUNITY

9. HEALTH CARE SERVICES

10. FAMILY PLANNING
•Gives intervention program for
the health and welfare of
mother, children, and other
members of the family;
anchored on responsible
parenthood principles

11. MATERNITY CARE
•Aids on prenatal, natal,
and postnatal care;
breastfeeding campaign
(Breastfeeding TSEK:
TAMA, SAPAT,
EKSKLUSIBO

12. CHILD CARE
•Offers free
immunization
and newborn
screening

13. ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH
HEALTH PROGRAMS
•Address adolescents’
health concerns in all
aspects (e.g mental and
environmental health,
reproductive and
sexuality)

14. NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY
•Micronutrient
program; food
supplementation;
feeding programs in
school

15. LIFESTYLE-RELATED OR NONCOMMUNICABLE
DISEASE CONTROL
•Belly Gud for Health
program tries to eliminate
obesity and overweight
problems among DOH
personnel; diabetes
prevention and control
program

16. CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
•Free anti-rabies
vaccines; Tuberculosis
Control Program;
Measles Elimination
Campaign; provides
anti-malaria drugs in
endemic areas

17. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND
SANITATION
• Promotes health campaigns by
showing videos in the hospitals’
waiting areas or lobbies; provide
assistance in terms of waste
control and management, water
supply system, and sanitation
system; campaigns on the
climate change

18. HEALTH EDUCATION
• Disseminates useful information about
HIV and STD; gives information and
updates related to the prevention of
diseases such as dengue outbreak and
SARS; releases promotion (print or
non-print) and campaign about the
importance of family planning,
vaccination, and proper hand-washing
techniques

19. •How do healthy
communities lead to a
nation’s sustainable
economic growth? Explain.
GENERALIZATION

20. ACTIVITY
• Inspect the health services offered in your neighborhood.
The left column lists the characteristics of a healthy
community. On the right column, fill in the service or
programs in your community which fulfill the healthy
community characteristics in the left column. An example
is provided.
• ***Deadline of Submission: September 22, 2021
(Wednesday) before 1:00 pm)