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Health
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Community Health Problems
Health – Grade 9
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 2: Community Health Problems
First Edition, 2020

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Health
Quarter 1– Module 2:
Community Health Problems
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to Health – Grade 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on

Community Health Problems!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum
while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the Health – Grade 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on

Community Health Problems!

Knowing the status of your community and environmental health is very

important nowadays especially in times of pandemic. Covid-19 is a hindrance for
educators to perform their duty in the educational system. We cannot set aside this
kind of problem for this is also a part of community and environmental issues that
needs solutions. This is a worldwide battle and also a factor in the interruptions of
the learning process on the part of the learners. The Department of Education offers
solution on how the learners will at least acquire knowledge despite of the pandemic
we are facing now. The online learning and modular forms of modalities are some of
the ways on how to meet the needs of the learners as far as education is concerned.

In this module, you will encounter important social concepts and terms that
are very useful in understanding community and environmental health. Starting with
the discussion of brief definitions of community and environmental health, we will
explain and encourage you to get involved in programs advocating community and
environmental health issues.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and

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 skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled into process
what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing

this module.
The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

INTRODUCTION

According to Genesis 2: 15-16 “The LORD God took the man and put him in the
Garden of Eden to work and to take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the
man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden.”

Some people nowadays don’t even understand the importance of having a clean,
peaceful and healthy environment. They abuse Mother Nature instead of preserving
her. God’s gift is life, and our environment is one of the most precious gifts God has
given.

This lesson will help you understand that once the environment is threatened by
human activities, it may cause damage in human lives. You have a role in eliminating
those problems. On the other hand, the Pre Assessment will be given to recall what
you have learned in your past experiences relevant to community health problems.
The aim of this module is for you to understand the true meaning and importance of
what God has given us.

LEARNING COMPETENCY

At the end of this unit, you should be able to explain how a healthy environment
positively impact the health of people and communities (less disease, less health care
cost, etc.) H9CE-1b-d-10

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 What I Know

How are you today? It seems that you are already equipped with information that
you’ve learned from the past learning sessions. Try to test your knowledge about
what you still need to know.

PRE-ASSESSMENT

1. It refers to leftover vegetables, animals, fish, and other food materials from
kitchen and establishments.
a. Manure
b. Garbage
c. Waste
d. Cuttings
2. The following activities help the nature in having a clean and safe
environment except one.
a. Plant more trees
b. Cooperate in the sanitation programs of the local government
c. Give more budget for the health programs.
d. Deforestation
3. What is the best solution to leftovers in vegetables and animal?
a. Burn it so it will be lessen
b. Throw it in the garbage can
c. Throw it in the river
d. Make it as fertilizer for plants
4. These are waste materials like bottles, broken glass, tin and cans.
a. Refuse
b. Garbage
c. Rubbish
d. Manure
5. The following are Community health problems except one;
a. Domestic problems
b. Peace and order
c. Disease control

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 d. Waste disposal
6. Scrap lumber, pipes, and other construction materials are examples of.
a. Demolition wastes
b. Industrial wastes
c. Construction wastes
d. Special wastes
7. The three R stands for.
a. Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
b. Reduce, Refund, Recycle
c. Reboots, Re-use, Recycle
d. Reduce, Re-use, Reflexes
8. Which of the following problems is the leading cause of environmental
destruction?
a. Reforestation
b. Pandemic
c. Deforestation
d. Bike for transportation
9. What environmental problem reduces the ability of the air to maintain its
cleanliness?
a. Special wastes
b. Street Refuse
c. Dead animals
d. Refuse
10. Which is effect of improper disposal of garbage?
a. Floods
b. Earthquake
c. Typhoon
d. Pandemic
11. Which of the following is not an effect of climate change?
a. Dead trees from oil spillage
b. Increase risk of drought, fire and floods
c. More health related disease
d. Economic losses
12. Why do we need to segregate our wastes?
a. To lessen the wastes around us
b. To gain profit out of it

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 c. To stop climate change attack
d. To stabilize economic status
13. The following is an example of biodegradable except one;
a. Yard cuttings
b. Vegetables leftovers
c. Metal and steel
d. Fish leftovers
14. How to be a responsible citizen for environmental care?
a. Feel free to use unlimited natural resources
b. Just go with the flow without understanding what is the goal
c. Participate actively in environmental care campaign
d. Plant trees, save water and act to promote waste segregation

15. How to prevent the use of abused drugs?

a. Avoid fake friends

b. Educate yourself from negative effects of abused drugs
c. Try to take at least once then stop
d. Avoid places with cases of drugs use

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 Lesson
Community Health
2 Problems

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
a. enumerate the different community health problems;
b. recognize whether or not a given situation leads to a healthy environment;
and
c. make a reflection of how you can help the environment by means of a
slogan.

What’s In

This will introduce you to different perennial community health problems

our earth is facing now. We have our mother earth to take care of so we must be
responsible in a way that we think of plans on how to make our environment a
better place to live in. Your cooperation in the series of activities will be highly
appreciated.

REVIEW

Activity 1. COMMUNITY SURVEY

Last time you understood the concepts of community and environmental health.
You have also identified the services that primary health care offers. In this table,
you will find services in your community. Put checkmark under YES (GOOD
SERVICE) if this is implemented well in your area and another checkmark under
NO (POOR SERVICE) if is still not implemented well in your community. Write also
your important remarks.

HEALTH YES NO REMARKS

SERVICES
Complete
Immunization for
babies
Feeding program
for malnourished
children

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 Cleaning Programs
in streets
Implementation of
Curfew hours for
18 years old and
below.
Provisions of free
medicine in health
centers.

Based on the results of your survey, what recommendations or suggestions could

you give to improve and maintain the health services in your community?

Your answer: _______________________________________________________________.

It’s good to know that you really learned a lot in the last learning session. The aim
of the next activity is to open your mind in the next lesson. It will help you be
enlightened with solutions that will help our environment achieve its progression
when it comes to health.

Activity 2. PICTURE ANALYSIS

Try to observe the message of the picture and then answer the guide questions.
Write your answer in your activity notebook.

Guide Questions

1. What does the picture portray?

_____________________________________
2. What do you think is the purpose of this of human activity?
_____________________________________
3. Does this kind of abuse have an effect in the environment? Cite some.
_____________________________________

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 Notes to the Teacher
This module is prepared for learners to help them to know the
importance of historical details of community and environmental
health

What’s New

PERRENIAL COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEMS

These are the different health problems our country is facing.

WASTE FOOD
PEACE and DISPOSAL SANITATION
ORDER

COMMUNITYHE WATER
ALTHPROBLEM SUPPLY
DISEASE S
CONTROL

DRUG ABUSE
HUMAN EXCRETA (PREVENTION and
AND SEWAGE CONTROL IN THE
COMMUNITY

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 These problems vary according to some factors like economy, politics,
geography, culture and even social context. There are places which experience
community health problems like:

➢ Water-borne and communicable disease

➢ Armed conflicts
➢ Natural disasters
➢ Highly urbanized zones
➢ Overpopulated areas

What is It

With regards to these situations, the government has created an office or program
which would be in-charge in the planning and implementation of policies that
would answer the above-mentioned community health problems. It’s called Solid
Waste Management Program that aims to lessen the amount of refuse in our
country. On the other hand, let’s take a look at this study with its focus of concern.

REFUSE are the dump, food waste or discarded materials.

KIND COMPOSITION SOURCES

Garbage Waste from preparation, Households, restaurants,

cooking and serving of institutions, stores,
food, market wastes, markets
wastes from handling,
storage and sale of
produce

Rubbish Combustible: paper, Same as garbage

cartons, boxes, barrels,
wood, excelsior, tree
branches, yard

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 trimmings, wood
furniture, bedding,
dunnage Non-
combustible: metals, tin
cans, metal furniture,
dirt, glass, crockery,
minerals

Ashes Residue from fires used Same as garbage

for cooking and heating
and from on-site
incineration

Street Refuse Sweepings, dirt, leaves, Streets, sidewalks, alleys,

catch-basin dirt, contents vacant lots
of litter receptacles

Dead Animals Cats, dogs, horses, cows Same as street refuse

Abandoned Vehicles Unwanted cars and Same as street refuse

trucks left on public
property

Industrial wastes Food-processing wastes, Factories, power plants

boiler house cinders,
lumber scraps, metal
scraps, shavings

Demolition wastes Lumber, pipes, bricks, Demolition sites to be

masonry, and other used for new buildings,
construction materials renewal projects,
from razed buildings and expressways
other structures

Construction Wastes Scrap lumber, pipes, New construction,

other construction remodeling
materials

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 Special Wastes Hazardous solids and Household, hotels,
liquids: explosives, hospitals, institutions,
pathological wastes, stores, industry
radioactive materials,
batteries

Sewage treatment residue Solids from coarse Sewage treatment plants,

screening and from grit septic tanks
chambers; septic-tank
sludge

You have now gained the knowledge of the different community health problems
and even recognized the value of taking good care of the environment. Now, try to
answer the activities provided for your better learning. Enjoy!

What’s More

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY

Activity 3. 3R’s TO THE RESCUE

The 3R’s are reduce, re-use and recycle. Reduce is to diminish the number of
wastes, re-use is to use again in different way and recycle is to pass again with a
series of changes. In this activity, you will write possible solutions to the following
types of garbage to make it a new product that will be beneficial to humans. The
first column is the kind of garbage and the second one is your idea that will serve
as a solution (new reusable product). Copy the table and answer it in your activity
notebook.

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 KIND of GARBAGE NEW PRODUCT AS SOLUTION
Disposal Bottles

Newspaper and other used papers

Leftovers (fish, meat and vegetables)

Tin cans

Used electric wires

If you’re done with this activity, you are now considered as a hero and an advocate
earth saver! You did a good job. Let us now test your love for our mother nature.
Please proceed to the next activity.

Activity 4 CARE FOR ME PLEASE?

Categorize the following if it is helpful in the environment or not. If helpful put a
checkmark under the column if not put a checkmark under column

THINGS AROUND
US(REFUSE)

Bamboo Straw

Plastic Bottle

Leftover foods

Oil Spill

Eco Bag

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GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. How do you value your environment?

2. Are there anything in your home that are environmental friendly? Write some.
3. How do these things help in the preservation of our environment?

Reading quotations sometimes makes us feel comfortable and happy. The next
activity has something to do with quotations. Read it carefully and understand
each line.

Activity 5 QUOTATIONS MARKS

Try to analyze the content of the quotations composed by the writer. Read each
carefully and classify according to the following Perennial Community Health
Problems. Write the letter of the correct answer.

A. Food sanitation
B. Water supply
C. Drug abuse
D. Peace and order
E. Disease control

1. “Feed your mind and soul with wisdom and not with unjustified thoughts.”
2. “Pandemic is not the actual problem, it is people’s selfishness.”
3. “You can live a day without food, but you can’t without water.”
4. “Drugs are good but when abused, it can be fatal.”
5. “To feel upset is to be isolated.”

I hope you understand each quotation and try to live with the message of it as
lessons in life. Output is the result of learning. Answer the questions in the next
task to measure your level of learning in the past activities.

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 What I Have Learned

GENERALIZATION

Activity 6 SENTENCE REFLECT

Try to complete the sentences by supplying words that are based on your opinion
and understanding of the lesson. Write your answer in the blank provided.

1. I will promote proper disposal of refuse in the environment

by______________________.
2. I will follow the 3Rs because______________________________________________.
3. I can make transform disposable product into new one
because______________________________.
4. I will help in the preservation of our Mother Nature
by___________________________.
5. As a responsible citizen, I promise to_____________________________________.

To live with what you have learned is a clear evidence that you really understand
the lesson. In this activity, make a reflection of your learning through a Slogan.

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 What I Can Do

APPLICATION

Activity 7 SLOGAN MAKING

Make a Slogan based on what you have learned in the previous lessons. You will be
guided with these mechanics.

MECHANICS:

1. The slogan must interpret, and emphasize the theme “Preservation of our
Community and Environment”.
2. It should be written in Tagalog or English only.
3. The use of words must be appropriate to the topic as well as to the readers.
4. Must be precise and accurate.
5. The slogan will be graded according to the following CRITERIA:
a. Creativity 30%
b. Over-all presentation 30%
c. Relevance 30%
d. Neatness 10%
100%

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 Assessment

In this part, you are required to evaluate what you have learned. The series
of questions are all based in the pre assessment of the lesson. Answer the
questions correctly and write the letter of the correct answer in your activity
notebook.

POST-ASSESSMENT

1. It refers to combustible and non-combustible garbage.

a. rubbish
b. Garbage
c. Waste
d. Cuttings
2. The following are activities which help lessen the garbage in the environment
exceptone;
a. Plant more trees
b. Cooperate in the programs of the local government
c. Practice the implementation of 3R’s.
d. Arrest people who are caught littering in the park
3. How can you give solutions to problem with dead animals?
a. Burn it so it will be lessen
b. Throw it in the garbage can
c. Throw it in the river
d. Bury its remains.
4. These are hazardous solid and liquid wastes.
a. Refuse
b. Garbage
c. Rubbish
d. Special wastes
5. The following are community health problems except one;
a. Domestic problems
b. Peace and order
c. Disease control
d. Waste disposal
6. Food processing wastes and boiler house cinders are examples of.
a. Demolitions wastes
b. Industrial wastes
c. Construction wastes
d. Special wastes
7. The three R stands for?
a. Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
b. Reduce, Refund, Recycle
c. Reboots, Re-use, Recycle

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 d. Reduce, Re-use, Reflexes
8. Which of the following problems is not the leading cause of climate change?
a. Deforestation
b. Mining
c. Illegal logging
d. Fishing using nets
9. What environmental activity increases the inability of the water to maintain
its cleanliness?
a. Factory wastes
b. Street Refuse
c. Ashes
d. Refuse
10. Which is the effect of abusing drugs?
a. Floods
b. Personal and physical changes
c. Typhoon
d. Pandemic
11. Which of the following is the effect of unemployment due to pandemic?
a. Dead trees from oil spillage
b. Increase risk of drought, fire and floods
c. More health related disease
d. Economic losses
12. Why do we need to segregate our wastes?
a. To lessen the wastes around us
b. To gain profit out of it
c. To stop climate change
d. To stabilize economic status
13. The following is an example of non-biodegradable except one;
a. Plastic
b. Vegetables leftovers
c. Metal and steel
d. Plastic bottle
14. How to be a responsible citizen for environmental care?
a. Feel free to use unlimited natural resources
b. Just go with the flow without understanding what is the goal
c. Participate actively in environmental care campaign
d. Plant trees, save water and act to promote waste segregation

15. A residue from fires used for cooking.

a. Garbage
b. Rubbish
c. Ashes
d. Street refuse

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 Additional Activities

We all want an environment that is safe and clean. You showed willingness and
patience in answering the past activities. You learned while finishing the task
assigned to you. Now, try to come up with a correct answer to this activity.

Activity 8 WORD/S HUNT

The table has 10 words in it. Try to look for the word/s that is/are related to
community health problems. After that, write it in your answer sheet.
Suggest your own possible solutions to eliminate the problem/s.

A F J O B N M V Y F D K M N G K L D N M
N C H U M A N E X C R E T A G D E E W L
I V F F N N V B G G W E M R H E W F E P
M B D D G J F N B T D W D E R F R O R O
A N G A R B A G E Y R R I W S R F R T I
L M C F U M S F S H T F S D C Y V E F J
W K V H B H D D E F Y D E R S H G S D K
A J B J B G E C T N H S A G V B D T S H
S H N Y I F T S U H T T S D C F C A F N
T G S T S B H E J U G U E S E D R T G M
E F E F H H J T G K G I N A W S T I R G
D D W B G N G F M L G K M G T S S O T N
F S A H B D S P O L L U T I O N A N E Y
O I L S P I L L V U D L T G F R W R F T
J G E F H E A A F I S J R E T E F E E R
Y G D D Y T Q C D O A H H W G R B D S D
U T S K I H Q E S K A K D A E W T S K F
T Y A L J R D V W H S L S X S T D F L V
R U D R U G A B U S E U F V C F S D O B
A I R P O L L U T I O N E D F G J B V B

Example: Food sanitation- food sanitation is one of the most common problems
in the community. It may cause different illnesses that can harm human lives.
People must know the importance of proper food handling and they must be
assured that all things are sanitized.

For a better understanding of the lesson, answer the next activity and compose
your essay in a reasonably contradicting way.

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Activity 9 ESSAY WRITING

Observe the pictures. Think of your own title and write 10 to 15 sentences about
your observation on your activity notebook.

A B

RUBRIC for ESSAY

CRITERIA PERCENTAGE
CONTENT: Addresses and answers
questions thoroughly. The message is clear 40%
and precise.
UNDERSTANDING: The message has
direction. The ideas are coherent. 25%
COMPARISON: The definition and
explanation in each picture are equal. Must 25%
end with a good solution to the problem.
STRUCTURE: There is an evidence of
planning before writing as seen in the 10%
composition of the paragraphs.
TOTAL 100%

The essay that you made will surely bring you to a better understanding of this
lesson. Let us be a good example in caring for the environment and be a role
model for others to lead them in the right paths for a better world to live in.

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Answer Key

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Reference
Doria, Jose, Gonzales, Madonna, Sedilla Lawrence Jay, CagulangJaneth,
MabilingRaffy, Yap, Johannsen, and de la Torre, Jorie.2014.Physical
Education and Health 9,Manila:Department of Education,pp. 218-230.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A15-
17&version=NIV

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