It came realization that, most rural communities face environmental factors that affect their healthy lifestyle. An unhealthy environment can cause a lot of health implications or problems that may cause a pandemic or disease outbreaks. How do we encourage communities and households to keep their surroundings healthy to help promote a healthy lifestyle or prevent health implications.
The best method is By ensuring Primary prevention which entails that you give a Health talk to the people about a clean environment, environmental modification or sanitation, constant cleaning clearing of debris or refuse, proper sewage disposal. Proper treatment of Air polution or enevironmental pollution.
Government policy lwas should be placed on any body that that disposes faeces or waste on the environment.
There should be prompt Responses to environmental challnges as t will affect the lofes of people in the environment
Laws, health education and regular monitoring would be the best. As the rurals health literacy rates are usually lol, implementation of laws for public behaviours will adjust to the need for cle as n environments. The health education on importance and health benifits of clean environment should be taught to the communities. Visual demonstration would be better. And the health authorities should monitor the progress and activate feedback system.
We have good experiences with behaviour change approach in the communities around waste management and estbalishing local waste management systems. If you are interested, I can link you up with the implementers in the country to get more practical hands-on information. My email is [email protected]
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