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Quarter 3 – Module 1:
Poor Environmental Sanitation
Health– Grade 6
Quarter 3 – Module 1: Poor Environmental Sanitation
First Edition, 2020
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Let Us Learn
Health serves as the learners pathway to a decent and healthy way
of life. It enables them to acquire essential knowledge and understanding of
the promotion of good nutrition and prevention and control of disease. Each
effects of health-risk behaviors in view of promoting healthy living.
Does it not bother you when you are in a dirty and messy place? Does
it not drive you crazy and mad over the poor sanitation of a place?
Whether you would admit or not,a place that is untidy and not properly
sanitized affects us b0th mentally and physically.
Lifestyle and the environment are factors that influence the acquisition
and development of noncommunicable disease. These factors include age,
sex, hereditary, exposure to pollution, and unhealthy habits, such as
smoking, poor diet, and physical activity or sedentary lifestyle.
The World health Organization (WHO) has identified five important risk
factors from among the top ten leading risks to health causes of
noncommunicable diseases. These are raised blood pressure, increased
cholesterol level, tobacco use, alcohol abuse, and being overweight.
Improve diet and increased physical activity have been shown to help
control the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases.
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Let Us Try
Instruction: Fill in the blanks. Put check (√) if the diseases mentioned
is caused by poor sanitation and cross (X) if it is not.
Let Us Study
What are some of the disease and disorders caused by poor environmental
sanitation :
5. Diabetes- a chronic disease that develops when the pancreas does not produce
enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin. Insulin is a
hormone that decreases blood sugar level. Hyperglycemia or abnormally high blood
sugar is a common effect and sign of uncontrolled diabetes. Over time, leads to
serious damage to many of the body organs, nerves, and blood vessels.
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Let Us Practice
Instruction: Each item shows someone who got sick because of the poor sanitation.
Draw a square (□) if there is a relationship between the poor sanitation and the
sickness and a circle (○) if they have no relationship.
_______1. Maria got mumps because her room is always messy.
________ 2. Armando’s asthma was triggered by the web in the classroom.
________ 3. Diosdado got diabetes from the unclean water near his house.
________ 4. She was so lazy to clean the watery tubs where the mosquitoes stayed
which caused her dengue.
________ 5. Jose was diagnosed with cancer because he keeps on leaving his dirty
plates on the sink.
Instruction: Put a check (P) on the factors that trigger each disease.
Factors
Allergen Carcinogen Sedentary Diet Stress
Disease (Causing or Inactive
about Lifestyle
cancer)
1. allergy
2. asthma
3. breast
cancer
4. diabetes
5. Heart
attack
6. stroke
Let Us Remember
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Sanitation is the act or process of making sanitary. It is the promotion of hygiene
and prevention of disease by maintenance of sanitary conditions (as by removal of
sewage and trash) - often used attributively.
Lifestyle and environment-related diseases are
prevalent nowadays. You should therefore be wise with your choices in life. A healthy,
active lifestyle can help you keep a healthy mind and body. Make your life more active.
Keep yourself healthy by doing exercise and by possessing a more positive outlook in
life.
Did you know that…
our health depends largely on the environment? The environment, which
includes the land, the water, the air, and the level of noise, greatly affect the quality of
life of the people.
Let Us Assess
Instruction: Match column A with column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
line. Write it on your answer sheet.
A B
_______1. caused by insulin deficiency a. allergy
or high blood sugar
_______ 2.caused by ruptured artery b. asthma
or blood vessel that interferes
with blood flow to an area
of the brain
_______ 3. caused by the blockage c. cancer
of oxygen-rich blood in the
muscles of the heart
_______ 4. caused by rapid growth d. heart attack
and formation of abnormal
cells into tumors
_______ 5. caused by reduced flow e. diabetes
of air to the lungs
_______ 6. caused by pollen, dust, f. stroke
And other pollutants
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Let Us Enhance
Let Us Reflect
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Criteria Points
Content 3 points
Organization of words 3 points
Grammar 2 points
Accuracy 2 points
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Let Us Assess
1. e 2. f 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. a
Let us Practice More
Disease Allergen Carcinogen Sedentary Diet Stress
1. allergy /
2. asthma /
3. breast cancer /
4. diabetes /
5. heart attack /
6. stroke /
Let Us Practice
1. o 2. □ 3. o 4. □ 5. o
Let Us Try
1. / 6. X
2. / 7. /
3. / 8. X
4. X 9. /
5. / 10. /
Answer Key
References
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Michelle G. Manigque, Crizanne Marie N. Montecastro, Felix Ecalde, Joan T.
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K to 12 Standards-Based Assessment (2018). Environmental Health An
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V. Cipriano, Elisea P. Buhain, Juliet H. Brioso,Diana Alcoba-Lacia, Almira
Alcoba-Alonzo and Gernalyn Andres-Solano
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