Activity 2:( Story Analysis )Did you know?

“A letter from Calvin Paul to Naom”

Dear Naomi,

I received your text message about the Factors that Influence Disease
Transmission. Anyway, thank you for this opportunity to share to you what I
learned in my medical training.
As far as I can remember, the following are factors that influence disease
transmission. 1) Environmental Factors. Sanitation and sanitation facilities
can affect the transmission of diseases where food and water can become
contaminated because of poor sanitation. Pollution also plays a major role in
disease transmission as evidenced by floods during the rainy season. These
floods were the culprits in the spread of Leptospirosis.
Climate also takes its role as an environmental factor. In our country we only have the
dry and wet seasons where various microorganisms that can cause morbidity
can thrive on each of these seasons. 2) Socio-economic Factors. Cultural
practices influence disease transmission. For instance, there are some places in
the Cordilleras where people drink wine after a tiring day of planting and when
they drink they use one glass to show unity. I also experience one practice among
the Ilocanos, in a barrio where I had my medical practice, that all the members of
the family are to wash their hands in one basin of water before they eat.
Living arrangements in some cultures where people tend to live near their
livestock without knowing that these can be sources of diseases. Prostitution due
to economic factors where the poor tend to engage themselves into this activity is
one avenue for the transmission of communicable diseases as well.
There are other factors, but for now these are the things I can share you. I
encourage you to read books that can give you more information.

Have a nice day,

Calvin Paul

What can you say about the story?

1. Do you agree with the belief of the mother-in-law? Why or why not?
2. If you were the mother-in-law, what should you do?
3. Have you heard of a similar story?
Share your answer to the class.
Have the learners do the CRITICAL THINKING
Make them answer the following questions.
-If you were to give some questions about the readings, what will these be?
Tell them use their own words.
Invite the learners to do the following:
1. Do this activity as a group. Row one will be group 1, row two will be group 2, and row three will
be group 3.
2. Copy the format below in your activity notebook. Based from what you read, read the questions
you see beside the shapes and fill in the shapes with your answers. The first group to finish will write
their answer on the board.

Check if the answers are correct.