CLEAN

importance of AND
GREEN

environmental
sanitation
The overall purposes
of sanitation are to provide a
healthy ENVIRONMENTAL
SANITATION
living environment for
everyone, to protect the
natural resources (such as
surface water, groundwater,
soil), and to provide safety,
security and dignity for people
when they defecate or
urinate.

DELA YSLA,
Health Promotion and
ANGELICA GRACE D. Hygiene Education
what is Environmental
health addresses all Components of Maintaining a
environ the physical,
environmental healthy
-mental chemical, and
biological factors health environment
health? external to a person,
1. PERSONAL HYGIENE
and all the related
factors impacting - Hygiene of body and
behaviours. clothing. PROPER DESIGNATED
HAND GARBAGE
2. WATER SUPPLY WASHING DISPOSALS
what is Applying sanitary,
principles and - Adequacy and safety of water for
environ knowledge to domestic, drinking and
-mental improve and recreational use.
control
sanitation? the environment an
3. HUMAN WASTE DISPOSAL AVOID
OPEN
PROPER
STORAGE OF
d factors therein - Proper waste disposal and DEFECATION FOOD

for the protection liquid waste management.

of the health and 4. SOLID AND WASTE
welfare of the MANAGEMENT
public.
- Waste production and recycling. SEPARATION
MAINTAIN A
OF LIQUID
5. VECTOR CONTROL CLEAN
who is Low income and
- Control of mammals and
AND SOLID
WASTE
HOME

mostly middle class

families are most arthropods that transmit disease.
affected impacted by 6. FOOD HYGIENE
by the environment
especially the
- Food safety for consumption.
PROPER INTEGRATED
environ children under 5
7. HEALTHFUL HOUSING SEWAGE
DISPOSAL
PEST
MANAGEMENT
- safety in residential home.
-ment? years old and the
8. INSTITUTIONAL HYGIENE
adults between 50
and 75 years old. - communal hygiene in public
facilities