PED 115

PERSONAL, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

COURSE MODULE

Author
Rulf J. Alcober, MPE
TABRA, ROSE GLAIRE ALAINE
BPED EP 2-5

Let’s Take Off!

Pre-assessment:

This pre-assessment is given for you to find out how well you know and understand
the importance of your personal health and a healthy appearance.
1. Identify the different personal care practices you always do in a daily basis and
discuss its importance to you:
a. skin b. hair c. nails d. ears
e. eyes f. teeth
Answer:
a. skin, b. hair, c. nails, d. ears, e. eyes, and f. feet

A. Skin
Skin holds everything in our body. The skin important to me because it helps
us to cover and protect our inside body. This is very important because it
enhances our physical aspect and part of our appearance that people saw it
first.

B. Hair
Our body is almost covered with hair. Hair is very important to me because it
adds beauty and it protects the head since it keeps the head warm and provides
a little cushioning for our skull.

C. Nails
Nails are important because nails are there to protect our hands. It also has the
ability to scratch and separate things and can also be used to pick some items.

D. Ears
Ears is important to us because it is responsible for our hearing ability and
balance. It receives different sounds and we are able to interpret it. With the
ears, we are able to hear what others tell us and this is useful in terms of having
conversation.

E. Eyes
Eyes is part of our senses. Eyes is very important to me because it protects us
from any danger and it helps us to make things easier.
 F. Teeth
Our teeth are important in our lives. It helps us to speak clearly and deliver
information to others in a better way. It also helps us to digest foods in order to
survive. It gives us a perfect smile that can influence positivity especially on
everyday living.

2. Provide important tips to follow in taking good care of the body parts mentioned
above.
Answer:
A. Skin
In order to take care of our skin, we should avoid exposing our skin from the sun
because a long exposure to the sun may cause wrinkles, irritation, and other skin
problems. Also, we should always take a bath and avoid using strong soaps. Another,
eat a healthy diet and manage our stress because these may help to have a healthy
skin.
B. Hair
In order to take care of our hair, we should wash our hair regularly and use chemical
free shampoo to ensure that our hair is free from dirt. Also, we should dry our hair
naturally and comb it properly because this may help to prevent damage hair. Another,
trim our hair regularly to get rid of slit ends and drink more water to have healthy hair.
C. Nails
In order to take care of our nails, we should clean and trim our nails regularly because
this may prevent bacteria and dirt from accumulating under your nails. Also, we should
avoid keeping our nails in a wet and dirty environment. And, avoid using hard nail
polishes because it may cause infection to our nails.
D. Ears
In order to take care of our ears, we should don’t clean our ears with anything smaller
than a washcloth on our fingers. Be reminded that when we clean our ears, it should
only be done in outer ear.
E. Eyes
In order to take care of our eyes, we should exercise our eyes and make sure to relax
them, do not look at the bright light directly, do not read in dim light, avoid wearing
contact lenses for more than 19 hours because it may cause irritation. An, try not to
spend so much time on using gadgets or computers.
F. Teeth
In order to take care of our teeth, we should always brush our teeth before breakfast,
after lunch, and after dinner. Also, we should avoid eating sweets such as chocolates
and candies because it may cause tooth decay.
LESSON 1
Activity 1. QUEST FOR A HEALTHY APPEARANCE
THINK???
What are my daily routines or tasks associated to a healthy appearance?
Reflect on your daily activities and write them down on the table below. Give more
special attention to activities that will help improve your personal health and maximize
your healthy appearance.
Body parts My daily routines/tasks Special care tips
1. hair In the morning, I take a Take a bath regularly and
bath to wash my hair and use aloe vera to prevent
put chemical free split ends.
shampoo to make it
smooth. I sometimes put
aloe vera to prevent
having split ends and hair
damage. After I wash my
hair, I combed it using a
brush or wide tooth comb
to avoid breakage.
2. skin I usually use antibacterial Use antibacterial soap to
soaps especially when avoid skin irritation and
taking a bath in order for prevent exposing your
my skin to avoid having skin to the sun.
irritation. And, I use
smooth and soft cloth to
gently rub my skin. After
taking a bath, I put lotion to
moisturize my skin and I
highly prevent exposing
my skin to sunlight.
3. teeth In the morning, I usually Brush your teeth 3 times a
brush my teeth before day to make it clean.
breakfast. In the
afternoon, I brush my
teeth after dinner. In the
evening, I brush my teeth
after dinner. I brush my
teeth 3 times a day to
make it clean.
4. eyes In the morning, I usually Wash your face with water
wash my face to clean it and it includes the eye to
and that includes my eyes remove the gounds in the
to clean the gound. And, I eyes. Avoid using gadgets
do not spend a lot of time for a long time.
using my gadgets
especially in the evening
 because of the light
coming from the gadget
that I usually use.
5. ears After taking a bath, I clean Use cotton buds with baby
my ears using cotton oil to clean your outer ear
buds. I only clean my outer after taking a bath.
ear because it is
dangerous if I will also
clean my inner ear.
Sometimes, I put baby oil
on the cotton bud when
cleaning my ears in order
to clean it gently.
6. nails I prevent exposing my Avoid wet and dirty
nails to wet and dirty environments and cut the
environment. I usually cut free edge of nails with nail
the edge of the nails if the cutter.
free edge already
extended.

Activity 2.
PICTURE PARADE!!!
In this activity, you are expected to show pictures of different activities in taking care
of our parts of the body. Display each picture and describe the action and how the
person in the picture might be feeling. List down benefits associated to each picture
presented. You may also create a collage of these activities and make brief description
of them and its benefits.

Hair

This portrays the action of combing hair with a brush or

wide tooth comb. By brushing our hair, it definitely
makes our head relaxed and smooth. The benefits of
combing our hair are: it keeps our hair shiny, lustrous,
healthy in a natural way, and prevent having hair loss.
 This portrays the action of putting chemical free
shampoo to hair. By putting a shampoo to our hair, it
helps us to feel a light feeling. The benefits of putting a
shampoo to our hair are: it improves the look of our hair,
improves the feeling of our hair and scalp, and it helps
to prevent having dry hair.

This picture portrays the action of trimming a hair. By

trimming our hair, it provides us the feeling of being
good and stress free especially when we trim our hair
that have split ends. The benefits of trimming a hair are:
this gives way to the ability of our healthy hair to grow,
when you trim your hair you are able to remove parts of
your hair that are doing more damage than good.

Skin

This picture portrays a person taking a bath to take care

the skin. By taking a bath, it provides us the feeling of
being relaxed and cool especially to our skin. The
benefits of taking a bath to our skin are: when you take
a bath, it opens up your pores significantly, making it
easier to clean your skin and it helps us to moisturize our
skin.

This picture portrays a person having enough sleep to

take good care of the skin. By sleeping, it provides us the
feeling of being comfortable especially in moving and
exposing our selves to others during interaction. The
benefits of sleeping are: it helps to avoid having wrinkles
and pimples. It also helps to fight infections especially he
ones that affect skin.
 This picture portrays the action of not exposing our skin
to the sun. By not exposing our skin to sunlight, it makes
us feel good and confident. The benefits of not exposing
our skin to the sun are: it helps us avoid having sunburn,
it helps us to prevent experiencing skin irritation or skin
problems, and helps us to have wrinkles and dry skin.

Teeth

This picture portrays an action that a person is brushing

his or her teeth. By brushing our teeth regularly, it gives
us the feeling of confidence and excitement as we wear
the smile on our faces. The benefits of brushing teeth
are: brushing our teeth reduce having bad breath, lessen
the chance of having cavities, and gives us whiter teeth
and wider smile.

This picture portrays an action that a person is trying to

avoid eating chocolates and sweets in order to take care
the teeth. By avoiding eating chocolates and other
sweets, it provides us the feeling of being calm and good.
The benefits are: it helps us to avoid exposing our teeth
to sugar content, and it prevents bacteria to attack the
teeth.

This picture portrays an action of seeing a dentist

regularly. By this, it gives the person a feeling of being
grateful and confident. The benefits of seeing a dentist to
take care of our teeth are: it helps our mouth and teeth to
be healthy, avoid from having bad breath, and it prevent
teeth issues.
Eyes

This picture portrays an action that a person is not

spending too much time using gadgets to protect the
eyes. By this, it gives a relaxed and stress-free feeling.
The benefits of avoiding using gadgets for a long time
are: it prevents eyestrain, it prevents to have dry eyes,
it prevents eye problems such as blurry vision.

This picture portrays that a person is washing the face

including the eyes in order to take care the eyes. By
washing our face with water, we are able to feel a light
feeling and being fresh. The benefits of washing our
eyes are: it increases the moisture and circulation and
it cleans the eyes and remove the dust or dirt.

This picture portrays that person should avoid reading

in the dim light to take care of the eyes. By avoiding
reading in the dim light, it provides a feeling of being
normal and not annoyed. The benefits of this are: it
avoids experiencing hurts in the eyes, comfortable
reading, and avoids eyestrain.

Ears

This picture portrays that a person is using cotton buds

to clean the ears. By doing this, it is somehow tingling
but it is effective thing to do when cleaning outer ear.
The benefits of using cotton buds to clean the ears are:
it helps to clean the dirt in the ears and it makes the
cleaning of the ears become easier.
 This picture portrays that a person is avoiding to use
headphones or headset in order to prevent ear
problems. By doing this, it gives a person a good feeling
especially in terms of hearing. The benefits of this are:
prevent hearing damage and it prevents to damage
your ear drum.

Nails

This picture portrays an action that someone is cutting

the free edge of nails in order to not experience nail
problems. By doing this, it feels like very comfortable
especially picking up items. The benefits of this are: it
prevents diseases and it makes us always clean and
healthy.

This picture portrays that we should avoid wet and dirty

environments because it may cause damage especially
in our nails. By avoiding wet and dirty place, our nails
are able to feel comfortable and cool. The benefits of
this are: it helps to prevent the spread of germs and
prevents having nail infection.

ANALYSIS (Think and reflect)

You already have the ideas on how personal care must be done properly. In a
short video, discuss the following:
1. Advantages and disadvantages of having a good personal care;
2. Common mistakes you frequently practice in doing personal care and the
intervention to make.
ASSESSMENT
1. What is physical health? Discuss its importance to you.
Answer:
Physical health is critical for overall well-being and the most visible of the various
dimensions of health, which include social, intellectual, emotional, spiritual and
environmental health. Physical health is the well-being of the body and the proper
functioning of the organism of individuals, which is a normal condition for individuals
of both physical, and mental condition who are not suffering from any type of sickness.
The importance of physical health is it maintains our body over time such as eating
healthy foods, drinking water, doing physical activities and exercises which leads to
the improvement of our overall health and physical wellness.

2. What should one do to make one’s appearance healthy and confidently

beautiful?
Answer:
In order to make our appearance healthy and beautiful, there are some things
that we should do and keep in mind. First, drink a lot of water to keep yourself well
hydrated and fresh, you should drink adequate water daily. Second, take care of
personal hygiene because the first thing to improve our appearance is by doing proper
personal hygiene such as brushing our teeth, taking a bath, and cleaning our ears and
nails. Next, exercise regularly. This will help to keep you fit and in right shape. Exercise
also provides you a good health and strong immune system. And, get enough sleep
because this will help to prevent to show the sign of aging.

3. How would you tell a 5-year old child the importance of proper personal care?
Answer:
I will not just tell a 5-year old child the importance of proper personal care
because at that age a child is not able to absorb the idea and will not understand what
will I tell or teach to him or her. Instead, I will guide a 5-year old child to know and
realize the importance of proper personal care by teaching him or her in actual of the
basic personal care that they are able to do base on their age. I will teach the method
of practicing good hygiene particularly hand washing because they spend so much of
their time in close contact with each other especially when playing outside. Teach him
or her how to cover their nose and mouth when someone is coughing or sneezing near
to them. Teach how to encourage good dental health such as brushing teeth 3 times
a day with chemical free tooth paste and teach them to take a bath regularly to ease
rashes. With these things, a 5-year old child will able to realize the importance of
proper personal care and the things that I thought to him or her will keep in their minds
and do it as they grow.
4. In a video clip, select one part of the personal health with its care tip/s and have
it demonstrated to younger members of your family or neighbors.