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Section: BEED-III
Topic: Enhancing Values Subject: Values Education
The changing times bring new problems which need ingenuity and greater efficiency in their
solutions in the face of dwindling natural resources and more importantly in the content of the bases of
man’s nature, his positive cultural heritage and his values.
Health
Health is a prime requirement and a prime mover to achieve social and economic development
and eventually, peace.
Productive manpower is essential for socio-economic progress; but if people are to be
productive, they must enjoy a satisfactory level of health.
“The protection or restoration of health, not just the absence of disease but the enjoyment of the gift of life as well”
- Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s objective as a citizen
To arrive at this expanded goal of health …
1. We should have knowledge about our own bodies: brain, heart, lungs, muscles, senses, etc. and realize
how wonderfully made we are.
2. We should know how to take care of our bodies: physical hygiene and mental hygiene.
3. We should understand common health problems
4. We should have knowledge of community health
Health may be considered a function of social equity.
The following may substantive impact on health:
Education for literacy
Income supplementation
Clean water and sanitation
Improved housing
Ecological sustainability
More effective marketing of products
Building of roads or waterways
Enhancing the role of women
Safety
Primitive men banded themselves for protection. Modern men stay together for the same reason.
The community protects its members.
Good citizens should be safety-minded.
UNEXPECTED DANGERS
Accidents
Most accidents happen on the road, at recreation places and at home.
Traffic safety is a big problem. Most of the blame lies in the careless habits of drivers and pedestrians.
Recreation has its safety hazards.
Homes can be unsafe places. The people who suffer most from dangers in the home are children and
elderly.
Crimes
Crime is danger to community life. People who break the laws of the community like burglars and who
perform violent and dangerous act like drug addicts are a threat to the life and property of members of
the community.
Crime is better prevented. And this can be done by removing the causes.
Fires
Fire is both man’s friend and enemy. Destructive fires can be prevented by eliminating hazards. Hazards
change from month to month, form season to season.
The effects of fires can be minimized by having these following:
Fire detection and fire alarm systems
Automatic sprinkler systems
Fire fighting pumps
Fire brigades and knowing how to report a fire quickly
Disasters
As natural occurrences, typhoons, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions cannot be prevented. But
their destructive effects can be mitigated by advance warning for typhoons and volcanic eruptions and
properly constructed buildings and homes for earthquakes.
Safety Measures
Accidents, crimes, fires do happen even if prevention is our number-one aim.
First aid- the first help that is given to a person who is hurt or becomes ill suddenly.
Safety is a responsibility of society. One way to be your “brother’s keeper” in this complex world is to
work with others with others for common safety.
Security
Good citizens should always be security-minded.
Security differs from one person to another.
There is also such this as inner security just as there is outward security.
The best security, because it is real and lasting, therefore, is within yourself. Concrete manifestations of
outward security like possessions, position,, popularity are not lasting.
To acquire inner security, one must know one’s self, one’s strength, and one’s weaknesses.
Social Security
The Philippine social security program which assumes that the great mass of our working population
should feel secure at all times rather than to look at the government for relief when unemployment,
accidents and other difficulties arise follows this trend.
The least can be done is for everyone to reflectively examine each problem, brainstorm, and engage in
others in critical thinking with a view to arriving at the best solution. The process is very much in
support of democracy.