CHAPTER 8

Question 1

branch of public health that deals with the study of preventing illnesses by managing the environment and changing people’s behavior to reduce exposure to biological and non-biological agents of disease and injury.

Answer 1

Environmental Health

Question 2

John Tomarro suggest that environmental health deal with 3 factors: TRIAD

Answer 2

M-E-D
MAN ——> DISEASE AGENT—-> ENVIRONMENT

Question 3

_____ by manipulating his environment, is able to prevent contracting disease by blocking disease agents from
entering his body;

Answer 3

MAN

Question 4

In the Man-Disease Agent-Environment triad, we can do three preventive strategies namely:

Answer 4

1. Change the people’s behavior to manipulate environment! and reduce their exposure to biological and non-biological disease agents,
2. prevent production or presence of disease agents
3. Increase man’s resistance or immunity to disease agents.

Question 5

The first strategy on changing people’s behavior is best exemplified by the people’s

Answer 5

Use of food safety practices.
-safe drinking and cooking water
-handwashing before & after eating
-washing vegetables during food prep
-store cooked food in right temperature

Question 6

The second strategy on preventing production of disease agents is shown by?

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Treatment of wastewater coming from domestic & industrial sources prior to release in environment

Question 7

RA 9275

Answer 7

Clean water act

Question 8

Third strategy of increasing people’s resistance is through:

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-Maternal and child EPI & Nutrition

Question 9

EPI Program is focused on infectious DSE namely:

Answer 9

TTPPMDH
-TB
-Polio
-Diptheria
-Pertussis
-Tetanus
-Hepa B
-Measles

Question 10

the study of all factors in man’s physical environment, which may exercise a deleterious effect on his health well-being and survival.

Answer 10

Environmental Sanitation

*Water sanitation
* Food sanitation
* Refuse and garbage disposal
* Excreta disposal
* Insect vector and rodent control
* Housing
* Air pollution
* Noise
* Radiological Protection
* Institutional sanitation
* Stream pollution

Question 11

-is responsible for the promotion of healthy environmental conditions
-prevention of environmental related diseases through appropriate sanitation strategies.
-conceptualize new programs
-provide technical assistance on sanitation programs

Answer 11

EOHO (Environmental & occupational health office)

Question 12

MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SANITATION PROGRAMS:

Answer 12

HEALTH AND SANITATION
WATER SUPPLY SANITATION PROGRAM

Question 13

PD 856

Answer 13

Sanitation Code of the Philippines

Question 14

The Department of Health through the EOHO has set some policies· on the
following areas:

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• Approved types of water facilities
• Unapproved type of water facility
• Access to safe and potable drinking water
• Water quality and monitoring surveillance
• Waterworks/Water system and well construction

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• Approved types of water supply facilities

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LEVEL I (Point Source):
LEVEL II (Communal Faucet System or Stand-Posts
LEVEL Ill (Waterworks System or Individual House Connections)

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-protected well or developed spring
-15-25 households
-outreach must not be more than 250 meters from the farthest user

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LEVEL I (Point Source)

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• piped distribution network
  -communal faucets
  -<25 meters fromfarthest house
  -100 households

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LEVEL II (Communal Faucet System or Stand-Posts

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-with a source, a reservoir, a piped distributor network and household
taps.
-densely populated urban areas
-minimum treatment or disinfection

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LEVEL Ill (Waterworks System or Individual House Connections)

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Unapproved type of water facility

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Doubtful sources:
-Open dug wells
-Unimproved springs & wells, that needs priming

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Approved types of toilet facilities

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Level 1:
-Non-water use : Pit latrines, Reed odor less earth closet.
-Minimal Water use: Pour-flush, Aqua Privies

Level 2:
-Water-carriage: septic tank
-water sealed : flush type with septic vault/tank.

Level 3:
-Water carriage :septic tanks
and/or to sewerage system to treatment plant.

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Non-water use :
-Pit latrines
-Reed odor less earth closet.

Answer 21

Level 1

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-Water-carriage: septic tank
-water sealed : flush type with septic vault/tank.

Answer 22

Level 2:

Question 23

Food Establishments shall be appraised as to the following sanitary conditions.

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• Inspection/approval of all food sources, containers, transport vehicles.
• Compliance to Sanitary Permit requirements
  *Provision of updated Health Certificate for food Handlers, cooks, helpers, & utility.
• Laboratories to use formalin ether concentration technique (FECT) fecalysis of foodhandlers.
• Destruction or banning of food unfit for human consumption.
• Training of food handlers and operators on food sanitation
• food establishment Rating

Question 24

Ambulant food vendors

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health certificate which also include monitoring the presence of intestinal
parasite and bacterial infection.

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four Rights In Food Safety:

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Right Source
Right Preparation
Right Cooking: 70 degrees centrigrade
Right Storage:

Hot temp: >60 degrees
Cold temp: <10 degrees

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This is vital if you plan to store food for more than four to five hours.

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Microbial organisms easily multiply within the 10-60 degrees centigrade temperature.

Question 27

Rule In Food Safety:

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“When In Doubt, throw it out/”

Question 28

“Clean Air Act”

Answer 28

RA 8749

Question 29

“Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990”

Answer 29

RA 6969

Question 30

Clean Air Act of 1999”

Answer 30

RA 8749

Question 31

Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000”

Answer 31

R.A. 9003

Question 32

“Clean Water Act of 2004”

Answer 32

R.A. 9275