THE CONCEPTS OF

COMMUNITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
 Community
•is defined as a sociological
group in a large place sharing
one environment. It includes
the individual and the family.
 Community
Health
• is 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
• comprises those aspects of human health that are
determined by physical, chemical, biological,
social and psychosocial factors in the surrounding
environment.
 WHAT ARE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
THAT AFFECT OUR
COMMUNITY?
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY
TOAPOLIUPN POPULATIO
RGTWOH N GROWTH
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY
VPTREYO POVERTY
and NHUEGR and
HUNGER
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY
LLGOAB GLOBAL
WRMAING WARMING
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY
URTCDEOISNT of DESTRUCTIO
NZOOE ELRYA
N of OZONE
LAYER
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY
RIA, ATEWR and AIR, WATER
OISEN
NLTLUOIOP and NOISE
POLLUTION
 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY
OIPDSASL of LODSI DISPOSAL of
and IXOCT EWATSS SOLID and
TOXIC WASTES
 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY

DNALSDISE LANDSLIDES
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY

DOLSFO FLOODS
 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY

OHNSYOPT TYPHOONS
 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 environment issues.
5. A community that participates in identifying local solutions to local
problems.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF A
HEALTHY COMMUNITY
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.
 PERENNIAL COMMUNITY
HEALTH PROBLEMS
Human
Disposal Food
Peace and Sanitation
Order

Disease Water supply

control
Community health problems

Drug Abuse
Human prevention &
Excreta and control in the
Sewage community
REFUSE - ARE THE DUMP, FOOD WASTE OR
DISCARDED MATERIALS.

Garbage Ashes
 REFUSE
Rubbish Night Soil
 REFUSE
Stable Manure Dead Animals
 REFUSE
Street Sweepings Yard Cuttings
PROPER WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. Storage - involves putting of waste in a
container with a cover.
2. Collection - is the procedure of gathering
wastes for disposal.
3. Disposal of wastes - another important
procedure in proper waste management.
 THOUGHTS TO PONDER:
As a student, what can you do to help your
community to become an ideal one?
If you were a Barangay Chairman in your place,
what ordinance will you promote to help your
community lessen at least one or two of its
perennial problems?
 THANK YOU …
HAVE A NICE DAY…