Community Health

Why should you worry about the health of your neighbors, classmates, and others in your community? While it is good to be compassionate, there are other reasons. Not only is your personal health important, but your community's level of health is important as well. In fact, community health can have a big impact on both your short-term and long-term health. In this module, you will learn the importance of community health and how you can advocate for a healthier community.

Getting Started

Have you ever thought of the community in which you live as being healthy or unhealthy? In your opinion, what would a healthy community be like? Take a moment to reflect on the health of a community before beginning this module. In a journal entry, complete the following sentences.

1. My idea of a healthy community is ______.
2. Community health is important to me because ______.
3. A healthy school is one that ______.
4. Social issues that affect my community are ______.

If you need assistance on writing a journal entry, please visit the Developmental Module for more information. Once you have completed your journal entry, please save it with a file name of mod6_community and submit it to the journal dropbox.

Key Vocabulary

To view the definitions for these key vocabulary terms, visit the course glossary.