Grade 9 Health. Lesson 1. The Concepts of Community and Environmental Health. Sir Daniel Alcazarin

1. Word Removal
Look at the word chart on the next slide. Follow
instructions from 1-5. When you are finished, you will find
the message in the chart.
1. Cross out words that consist of five or less letters.
2. Cross out all the words that begin with letter “S”.
3. Cross out contractions (for example, can’t).
4. Cross out words that consist of ten or more letters.
5. Cross out all words that consist of letter O in column 2.

2. Word Removal
OIL DOESN’T CORALS
THE HEALTH ABOUT
AIR ACID DON’T
SMOG THROW PREVENTION
NONE RED THROW
NOISE CORALS POLLUTION
WON’T SICK ENVIRONMENT
FLASH FLOODS FOSSILS DEFORESTATION
FOG AND SMOKING
COMMUNITY SMOKE ADVOCATE

4. Let’s Define!
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. (WHO)
Community – is defined as a sociological
group in a large place sharing one environment.
It therefore includes the individual and the
family.

5. Community
Vs
Environment

6. 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.
Environmental Health – compromises
those aspects of human health that are
determined by physical, chemical, biological
and social and psychosocial factors in the
surrounding environment.

7. Characteristics of a Healthy Community
1. A clean and safe physical environment.
2. An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs.
3. An environment that promotes social harmony and
actively involves everyone.
4. An understanding of local health and
environmental issues.
5. A community that participates in identifying
local solutions to local problems.

8. 6. A community whose members have
access to varied experiences, means of
interaction and communication.
7. Accessible and appropriate health
services and facilities.
8. The promotion and celebration of historical and
cultural heritage.
9. A diverse and innovative economy.
10. A sustainable use of available resources for all.

9. Primary Health Care Programs in
the Community
HEALTH CENTER SERVICES FUNCTIONS
1. Maternal Health Care Pre-natal, Natal, Post-Natal
2. Child Health Care Immunizations, Control of
Diarrheal Diseases
3. Nutrition Program Operation Timbang, Food
Supplementation
4. Population and
Family Planning
Program
Free Family Planning
5. Control of
Communicable diseases
Tuberculosis control
program

10. Primary Health Care Programs in
the Community
HEALTH CENTER SERVICES FUNCTIONS
6. Environmental
Sanitation Program
Inspection of Food
Establishments
7. Control of Non-
Communicable diseases
Blood Pressure screening
8. Dental Health Program Tooth Extraction
9. Reproductive Health
Care
Counselling on family
planning and RH
10. Medical Morbidity
Clinic
Provision of free medicines

11. Primary Health Care Programs in
the Community
HEALTH CENTER SERVICES FUNCTIONS
11. National Voluntary
Blood Services
Blood-letting activities at
barangay level
12. Epidemiology and
Surveillance Program
Controlling outbreaks like
dengue
13. Disaster Management
Preparedness Program
Medical services/
Assistance during disaster
14. Mental Hygiene Adolescent counselling
centers
15. Pharmacy services Distribution of medicines
to all health centers

13. Seatwork
Direction. List down the different characteristics of your ideal/
dream and existing community in the diagram. In the space where
the two circles meet, write their similar characteristics.

14. Seatwork
1. Is your community an ideal one?
Explain. If not, why is your
community not an ideal one? Explain.
2. What characteristics would you like to
have in your community?
3. How can you make your community
an ideal one?

15. Department of Education
Region IV – A CALABARZON
Division of Laguna
District of San Pedro
ADELINA I COMPLEX NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL – SVNHS ANNEX
Galatians St. Adelina I Complex San Antonio,
San Pedro, Laguna
Daniel M. Alcazarin
MAPEH/ Science Teacher I