Community Health

🧠 Health is not merely the absence of disease but also

the complete physical, mental, social, and emotional
well-being of an individual wherein each aspect affects
the downturn of another or vice versa

👥 A community consists of people living together in one

area, having the same tradition, rules and regulations,
religion

🏥 Community health is the overall health status of people

living in a community

🏞 Environmental health is the result of the interaction

between people and their surroundings including
cleanliness, safety, and contamination

♻ Environmental issues are the result poorly taking care

of the environment, leading to humans acquiring
diseases

Unhealthy community

people do not feel secure

imbalance in interaction of people to people or people to

the environment (applicable to Russia v Ukraine conflict)

Good homeostasis contributes to the overall community

health

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 Healthy Community Characteristics

clean & safe w/ equity and social justice

strong, mutually-supportive relationships

participative residents

efforts to preserve cultural and spiritual heritage

diverse economy & broad opportunities for development

good and accessible healthcare system

attainable basic needs & recreation

Improper Waste Disposal

solid waste

disposed solid material that has no more use

liquid waste

wastewater, grease, among other potentially harmful

liquids to human health or the environment

hazardous waste

any kind of waste that cannot be disposed normally as it

has a harmful effect to humans or the environment

medical waste

potentially infectious waste materials from healthcare

facilities

e-waste

electronic products that are not used anymore and thrown

in the trash

contains dangerous toxic chemicals that naturally leak

from the metals when disposed and buried

Effects of Improper Waste Disposal

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 soil contamination

may cause tetanus an acute infectious disease of the

nervous system causing painful muscle contractions
(disease agent: clostridium tetani)

water contamination

may cause amoebic dysentery or amoebiasis, the infection

of the bowels caused by a parasite that leads to painful
type of diarrhea accompanied by bleeding and pus in the
stool and dehydration (disease agent: entamoeba
histolytica)

and diarrhea (e.coli)

air contamination

can cause respiratory or skin problems

food contamination leading to food poisoning

eye sore and less source of income

Prevention

proper waste disposal and segregation

reuse, reduce, recycle, refuse, rot (decompose)

R.A. 9003 act providing an ecological solid waste

management program

self-discipline

widespread use of proper material recovery facilities

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