DepEd MIMAROPA
Curriculum and Learning Management Division
Health
Quarter 1 – Module 1
Impact of a Healthy
Environment
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Health
Contextualized Self-Learning Module
Module 1: Impact of Healthy Environment to Human Health and Community
First Edition, 2022
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Lesson 1
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Impact of a Healthy Environment to
Human Health and Community
MELC
: Explains how a healthy environment positively impacts
the health of people and communities (less disease, less
health care cost, etc.) (H9CE-Ib-d-10)
Objectives
: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
 discuss the positive impact of a healthy environment on
people and the community;
 explain the importance of healthy environment to people
and the community; and
 identify different ways on how to have a healthy
environment.
Let’s Try
Directions: Identify the determinant for each of the given impact of a healthy
environment. Choose your answer from the box below. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
a.
b.
c.
d.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Dignified ecosystems
Abundant trees and greeneries
Tidy surroundings
Clean recreational waters
e.
f.
g.
h.
Safe drinking water
Clean Air
Sanitation
Safe workplaces
Clears minds which prevent commotions or chaos
Promotes the wellness of employees and employers
Reduces the severity and impact of malnutrition
Reduces natural disasters and disease outbreaks
Prevents water-borne infectious diseases
Ensures high nutritional diet composition
Combats deaths from lung cancer, stroke, and heart disease
Offers safe and quality pastime for families
Reduces the spread of intestinal worms, schistosomiasis, and trachoma
Reduces the risk of respiratory disease
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Let’s Explore and Discover
ACTION TOWARDS A HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT
1. Healthy and sustainably plant
our grown food
- Epidemiological study has
shown:
People who move to greener
urban areas benefit from
sustained improvements in
their mental health.
HEALTH BENEFITS
● Stops the growing epidemics of
obesity, diabetes, and other
chronic illnesses related to poor
nutrition
● Supports local economies and
farming practices that reduce
harm to people and the
environment
2. Activities directed to improve
environmental health
● Benefit such vulnerable
populations of low-income and
minority communities that are
disproportionately affected by
environmental hazards and
inequity
3. Health programs that
simultaneously strengthen
access to healthy shelter,
food, mobility, participation in
decision making, and
connection to the community
● Reduce the risk of respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases, obesity,
diabetes, some kinds of cancer,
and many other outcomes
4. Health care that reduces or
eliminates the use of
persistent, bio-accumulative
toxicants, carcinogens or
other high hazard chemicals.
5. Reduce the use of mined
metals, minerals and fuels
and increase the proportion of
● People will practice primary
prevention, helping to reduce the
risk of cancer, developmental
disabilities, and other chronic
illnesses in our communities, and
those up and downstream in the
supply and disposal chains
● Benefit communities by:
1. Making people practice primary
prevention
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sustainable, renewable energy
and materials.
2. Creating green and healthy jobs
3. Alleviating the adverse health
effects of climate change which
could result to:
a. decreased respiratory disease
b. prevented injury caused by
severe weather events
c. stopped spread of infectious
disease, psychological
trauma and clean water
shortages.
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS’ P0SITIVE IMPACT TO HUMAN HEALTH AND
COMMUNITY
Clean air, water, plants, and food supplies are essential for our health and
wellbeing. The relationship between the environment and humanity is an
interdependence—each affects the other. Therefore, just as our actions and
choices affect the environment, the health of the planet influences our health
and wellbeing, as well as our communities, families, and economies.
Many aspects of our environment – both built and natural environment –
can impact our health. It’s important that we interpret health issues in the wider
context of our environment and where we live. The environment's effect on our
health is complicated, yet it brings good and quality living if the latter is being
cared for and protected. There is sufficient knowledge from decades of research
to take action in reducing environmental hazards.
A healthy environment contains conditions that provide the means and
opportunity to achieve physical and mental health. It also provides a link to a
sound economy. Therefore, the environment has a direct impact on human
health.
From beach clean-ups to mass tree-planting to marches, individuals,
communities, and governments have come out to stand shoulder-to-shoulder
for our planet; advocated and acted for a healthy environment.
EXPOSURE TO NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS is associated with mental health
benefits.
a. Proximity to green space – associated with a lower level of stress and
reduced symptomology for depression and anxiety.
b. Interacting with nature – improve cognition for children with attention
deficits and individuals with depression
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DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENTS
IMPACTS
● Reduces natural disasters and
disease outbreak
● Raises food security
● Increases services that
support human health
1. Dignified ecosystem
● Ensures high nutritional diet
composition
● Decreases cases of noncommunicable diseases
● Creates jobs in urban areas
● Reduces stress
2. Abundant trees and greeneries
● Clears minds which prevent
commotions or chaos
● Sustains healthy and safe
space
● Prevents infectious disease
and repulsion
3. Tidy surroundings
● Offers safe and quality pastime
for families
● Provides a source of foods
● Produces local jobs
● Develops skills in water sports activities
4. Clean recreational waters such
as pools and aquatic zones
● Prevents water-borne
infectious diseases
● Helps in Getting Rid of Toxins
● Improves sanitation facilities
● Affords a resource for
agriculture and food
production
5. Safe drinking water
● Combats deaths from lung
cancer, stroke, and heart
disease
● Reduces the risk of respiratory
disease
● Causes longevity of children,
women, and elders' lives
6. Clean Air
7. Sanitation
● Reduces the severity and
impact of malnutrition
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● Guarantees potential recovery
of water, renewable energy,
and nutrients from fecal waste.
● Reduces the spread of
intestinal worms,
schistosomiasis, and trachoma
● Promotes the wellness of
employees and employers
● Increases work productivity
● Lessens accidents
8. Safe workplace
OTHER POSITIVE IMPACTS OF A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
TO PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY
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Happy relationships with others
Source of tourism revenue
Experience wildlife and relaxation
Infectious-free life
Higher productivity in work and life activities
Sense of propriety
Dynamic children’s attitude, mind-set
An individual has a high intellect
Peaceful community
Basic needs are met (food, water, shelter, income, safety, work)
Access to a wide variety of experiences
Diverse, vital, innovative economy
More education opportunities
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Let’s Practice
ACTIVITY 1: FILL ME IN!
Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct information. Write your answer on
your answer sheet.
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENTS
IMPACTS
1. Tidy surroundings
2.
Develops skills in water - sports
activities
3.
Reduces natural disasters and
disease outbreak
4. Safe workplace
5. Clean Air
6.
Prevents water-borne infectious
diseases
7.
Ensures high nutritional diet
composition
8.
Guarantees potential recovery of
water, renewable energy, and
nutrients from fecal waste.
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ACTIVITY 2: PICTURE ANALYSIS
Directions: Analyze the pictures on the next page and answer the processing
questions that follow. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Figure 1.
Source:https://www.google.com/search?q=nature+healthy+environment+pictures&tbm=isch&
Figure 2.
Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=positive+impact+of+healthy+environment&sxsrf=APq-
Processing questions:
1. Observe and look around your barangay/ community. Is there any events
similar to the picture above?
2. What can you say about the pictures?
3. How do these actions help to have a healthy environment?
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Let’s Do More
ACTIVITY 1
Directions: Make an acrostic poem about a healthy environment and how it
positively impacts the health of the people and community. Then, answer the
guide questions. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
M ______________________________________________
O ______________________________________________
T ______________________________________________
H ______________________________________________
E ______________________________________________
R ______________________________________________
E ______________________________________________
A ______________________________________________
R ______________________________________________
T ______________________________________________
H ______________________________________________
Processing Questions:
1. How do you feel while doing the poem?
2. Why is it important to have a healthy environment?
3. In what ways will you help to have a healthy environment?
ACTIVITY 2
Directions: Create a slogan on how a healthy environment positively impacts the
health of the people and the community. Explain your answer in 3- 5 sentences.
Do it in a separate sheet of paper or bond paper.
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CRITERIA FOR GRADING:
CRITERIA
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ERIA FOR JUDGING
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2
1
The slogan is
exceptionally
attractive in
terms of
Craftsmanship neatness.
Wellconstructed
and not
messy.
The slogan
is attractive
in terms of
neatness.
Good
construction
and not
messy.
The slogan
is
acceptably
attractive
though it
may be a
bit messy.
The slogan
is
distractingly
messy.
Creativity
The slogan is
exceptionally
creative. A lot
of thought
and effort
was used to
make the
slogan.
The slogan
is creative
and a good
amount of
thought was
put into
decorating
it.
The slogan
is creative
and some
thought
was put
into
decorating
it.
The slogan
does not
reflect any
degree of
creativity.
Originality
Exceptional
use of new
ideas and
originality to
create the
slogan.
Good use of
ideas and
originality to
create the
slogan.
Average
use of new
ideas and
originality
to create
the slogan.
No use of
new ideas
and
originality to
create the
slogan.
Relevance to
the topic
Content is
related to the
topic and
makes it
easier to
understand.
Content is
related to
the topic
and almost
makes it
easier to
understand.
Content is
related to
the topic.
Content is
not related
to the topic.
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SCORE
Let’s Sum Up
STOP, START AND CONTINUE
Directions: Reflect on insights gained in the lesson. Write what you need to
STOP, START and CONTINUE doing for our environment.
STOP
START
CONTINUE
E.g. Littering
E.g. Planting trees
E.g. Clean our
surroundings
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Let’s Assess
Test I. Directions: Match the positive impacts of a healthy environment in
Column A with the correct determinants in Column B. Answers may be
repeated. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
1. Clear minds which prevent
commotions or chaos
2. Reduce the risk of respiratory
disease
3. Reduce natural disasters and
disease outbreak
4. Promotes the wellness of
employees and employers
5. High nutritional diet composition
6. Reduce the severity and impact
of malnutrition
7. Combat deaths from lung
cancer, stroke, and heart disease
8. Safe and quality pastime for
families
9. Reducing the spread of intestinal
worms, schistosomiasis, and
trachoma
10. Prevents water-borne
infectious diseases
a. Dignified ecosystems
b. Abundant trees and
greeneries
c. Tidy surroundings
d. Clean recreational waters
e. Safe drinking water
f. Clean Air
g. Sanitation
h. Safe workplaces
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LET’S ASSESS
TEST 1
C
F
A
H
B
G
F
D
G
E
LET’S SUM IT UP
Answer may vary
LET’S DO MORE
ACTIVITY 1
Answer may vary
ACTIVITY 2
Answer may vary
LET’S PRACTICE
ACTIVITY 1
Clears minds which prevent commotions or chaos/ Sustains
healthy and safe space / Prevents infectious disease and repulsion
Clean recreational waters such as pools and aquatic zones
Dignified ecosystem
Promotes the wellness of employees and employers/ Increases
work productivity/ Lessens accidents
Reduces the risk of respiratory disease/ Combats deaths from
lung cancer, stroke, and heart disease/ Causes longevity of
children, women, and elders' lives
Safe drinking water
Abundant trees and greeneries
Sanitation
LET’S TRY!
C
H
G
A
E
B
F
D
G
F
ACTIVITY 2
Answer may vary
Key to Correction
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