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DON CARLOS POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
Purok-2, Poblacion Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon

Instructor: Mae T. Tabamo, LPT

Mobile number: 09394063010

College of Education
PEH: Teaching Physical Education and Health in the Elementary Grades
2nd Semester of S.Y. 2020-2021

Introduction

Being healthy sharpens your memory and stabilises your mood. A low-stress life can help you sleep
better, which leads to more energy. Good mental health can also be about maintaining healthy
relationships, feeling positive about life and experiencing a sense of belonging.

Intended Learning Outcomes

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A. Demonstrates understanding of the proper ways of taking care of one’s health;

B. Practices good health habits and hygiene; and
C. Describes a healthy community and apply the different tips for a healthy environment.
Discussion

PERSONAL HEALTH
Personal health refers to the wellness of the individual. While personal health care is provided to people those
who are not able to take care of themselves. It involves people with certain mental disorder, physically
challenged people, etc.

Personal Health is the ability to take charge of your health by making conscious decisions to be healthy. It not
only refers to the physical well-being of an individual but it also comprises the wellness of emotional, intellect,
social, economic, spiritual and other areas of life.

 Good personal hygiene habits include:

 washing the body often. If possible, everybody should have a shower or a bath every day. However,
there may be times when this is not possible, for example, when people are out camping or there is
a shortage of water. If this happens, a swim or a wash all over the body with a wet sponge or cloth
will do.
 cleaning the teeth at least once a day. Brushing the teeth after each meal is the best way of making
sure that gum disease and tooth decay are avoided. It is very important to clean teeth after breakfast
and immediately before going to bed
 washing the hair with soap or shampoo at least once a week
 washing hands with soap after going to the toilet
 washing hands with soap before preparing and/or eating food. During normal daily activities, such
as working and playing, disease causing germs may get onto the hands and under the nails. If the

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germs are not washed off before preparing food or eating, they may get onto the food
 changing into clean clothes. Dirty clothes should be washed with laundry soap before wearing them
again.
 hanging clothes in the sun to dry. The sun's rays will kill some disease-causing germs and parasites,
turning away from other people and covering the nose and mouth with a tissue or the hand when
coughing or sneezing. If this is not done, droplets of liquid containing germs from the nose and
mouth will be spread in the air and other people can breathe them in, or the droplets can get onto
food
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Fig. 1. Washing the body helps keep it free of disease-causing germs

Fig. 2. Cleaning teeth helps keep gums and teeth healthy.

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Fig.3. Washing hands after going to the toilet helps stop the spread of germs.
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Fig.4.Washing hands before preparing food helps keep germs out of our bodies.

Fig.5.Washing hands before eating food helps stop germs getting into our bodies

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Fig.6.Washing clothes helps keep them free of disease-causing germs.

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Fig.7.Hanging clothes under the sun helps to kill some disease-causing germs and parasites.

Fig.8.Covering the nose and mouth when sneezing helps stop the spread of germs.

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Overcrowding

When there are too many people in any house, the likelihood of them getting disease is greater than if the house
is not overcrowded. This is because people in an overcrowded house will be much closer to each other and it is
therefore easier for any germs to spread from one to another. For example:
sneezing and coughing in crowded rooms makes it easier to spread cold and flu germs
sharing towels can spread trachoma germs and other germs which cause eye infections (runny or sore eyes)
several children sleeping in the same bed makes it easier to spread a scabies infection
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Fig.9.Overcrowding helps spread germs and parasites such as scabies.

Each house is designed to allow a particular number of people to live there comfortably. This number will
depend upon the number and size of the rooms, especially bedrooms, and the size of other facilities such as the
sewage system and washing and cooking areas.

If the number of people living in the house is greater than the number it was designed for, these facilities will not
be able to cope properly. For example, large numbers of people using the toilet may mean that the septic tank
will not be big enough to take and treat the additional load of sewage.

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.

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Community health
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- 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.

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.
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5. A community that participates in identifying local solutions to local problems.
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.

20 Tips for Safe, Clean & Healthy Communities

o Work with the local civic groups to identify and eliminate eyesores, and beautify the local environment
o Pick up a piece of litter every day
o Keep a litter bag in your car or your recreational vehicle so you dispose of litter properly
o Create a trash fishing contest in your waterway to increase awareness about illegal dumping and littering
o Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper asking others to respect public lands and keep them
clean
o Help your local schools conduct recycling drives and clean-up projects
o Create a beautiful green space by planting trees and shrubs in an area in need of improvement.
o Ask local businesses to adopt-a-spot and take care of it
o Paint and fix up playground equipment
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o Organize a paint-out with family and friends and create a community paintbrush mural over a wall of
illegal graffiti
o Recycle your old tires
o Report graffiti to your local authorities
o Donate your old computer equipment or dispose of it properly
o Conduct a recycling drive in your neighborhood or your business
o Volunteer to help your employer conduct paper recycling drives at work
o Donate gently used clothes to needy organizations and shelters and identify other items that you can
reuse
o Compost yard and food waste and seek advice if you don't know how
o Find out how pollution in storm drain runoff can impact our aquifers and ecosystems and be passionate
about doing your part to reduce litter and solid waste
o Ask your local government officials to establish regular community improvement activities and to
support and promote volunteer efforts
o Help your library establish an environmental corner that offers books and other educational materials
about taking care of the Earth

Assessment
Name:
Section:
Subject:
Date:

 Create a video on how will you teach a child washing his/her hands properly.(maximum of 15 minutes)

Criteria:

Presentation -------------------------- 20%

Content -------------------------------- 10%
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Originality ----------------------------- 10%
Over-all Performance ------------ 10%
TOTAL ---------------------------- 50%

Resources and Additional Resources

 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.imedpub.com/scholarly/
personal-health-journals-articles-ppts-list
 https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/ohp-enhealth-manual-atsi-
cnt-l~ohp-enhealth-manual-atsi-cnt-l-ch3~ohp-enhealth-manual-atsi-cnt-l-ch3.7
 https://www.murraycountyga.org/436/20-Tips-for-Safe-Clean-Healthy-Communiti
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