ABSTRACT

One of the most crucial aspects of a community is sanitation.
Sanitation refers to the sense of maintaining or living in a healthy
environment for the well-being of one's own family, including eating
healthy food, using fine clothing, living in a clean house, using
sanitary latrines, and living with medical care. Community sanitation
is essential for environmental sustainability, as climate and
environment depend on people. People knowingly or unknowingly
neglect to keep fit and healthy and do not even know the effect of
handwashing. Undoubtedly, proper hand washing is necessary after
defecation or before and after taking food, which results in the spread
of thousands of diseases in the community. The researcher utilized the
participatory action research method and purposive sampling to
identify and select information-rich cases related to the phenomenon
of interest. The participants of this study were the residents of Purok
160 Brgy. San Jose Tagaytay City. The sample size is ten (10)
participants or until data saturation. The researcher used a photovoice
approach in which the cameras are placed in the hands of research
participants, allowing them a "voice" to record their surroundings,
empowering them to develop knowledge and interpretation of their
environments, and promoting sharing and critical dialogue. They also
used semi-structured interview questions with (4) main questions, as
this method helps to gather open-ended data, feelings, beliefs, and
thoughts about a particular topic and explores experiences and
attitudes. The study results showed that the participants needed more
home sanitation practices due to disorganized house materials,
inadequate food, and water sanitation due to uncovered storage, and
the water drainage needed to be improved due to household solid
waste. In line with this issue, the researchers recommended improving
sanitation and promoting health in Purok 160.