Principles of Environmental Health in the community Guide notes

Principles of Environmental Health in the community Guide notes

Module unit:

1. Concepts and principles of environmental health 10 hours theory

• Environment
• Individual
• Community
• Personal hygiene
• Healthcare and hygiene
• Components of environmental health
• Environmental health and disease transmission
• Environmental risk factors
• Human interaction with the environment
• Role of environmental health in public health

2: Environmental health hazard

• Categories of environmental health hazard
• Chemical hazards
• Cultural/practice-related hazards
• Social hazard

3: Water

• Sources
• Mapping water sources
• Contaminants of water
• Treatment methods of drinking water at household and community level
• Community drinking water source protection
• Storage
• Protection of water sources
• Water Pollution in the community
• Control of water pollution
• Water related diseases

4: Sanitation

• Excreta disposal
• Community led total sanitation (CLTS)
• School led total sanitation
• Refuse disposal
• Water and waste disposal
• Environmental management
• Types of housing and indoor air pollution
• Hand washing procedure
• Vector-borne diseases
• Their transmission and control of vectors and pest control
• Environmental pollution
• Pollution sources and categories
• Air pollution
• Water pollution
• Land/soil pollution
• Principles of pollution prevention

5: Hygiene

• Principles of food hygiene and safety
• Food control
• Food contamination and spoilage
• Factors affecting the growth of microorganisms in foods
• Routes of microbial contamination of food
• Avoiding food contamination
• Food spoilage
• Foodborne diseases
• Food poisoning
• Food protection and preservation