CHAPTER III COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEM A. List of Community Health Problems (As Identified by the Researchers) 1.

Poor environmental sanitation 2. Open Drainage system 3. Presence of communicable Case A. 1. Poor environmental sanitation When we first entered the community the first health problem we observed was the poor environmental sanitation of the community. Presence of improper garbage disposal is evident. There were also feces of both human and animals that caused, that caused the presence of the insects. Having a clean and green environment is a step in achieving a healthy community. A. 2. Open Drainage System The river serves as the drainage system for the community and we observed that it contains the garbages of the residents and this poses a health risk to the residents especially the children living in the community. Waters in this river are usually breeding grounds for insects and rodents which carries diseases such as dengue and leptospirosis. The surrounding of the community has foul smelling. A. 3. Threat of Cross Infection from a communicable case. Based on our surveys. Some of the respondents are experiencing diseases such as pulmonarydiseases like cough and cold and other illnesses , which is a health threat is ignore by the community.