Saneamento básico e sua influência sobre a saúde da população e do meio ambiente

Abstract

Basic Sanitation is nothing more than a set of fundamental services for people, the environment and socioeconomic development of a region. The lack of basic sanitation has a strong connection with health. Even though it is such an interesting content, dealing with basic sanitation using the traditional teaching method can be tiring for students, causing a lack of interest in the topic. In view of the problem of the lack of an adequate sanitation system and access to drinking water, which is a major global problem and is directly related to health problems. Teaching basic sanitation can contribute to students' cognitive development and allow them to better understand the environment around them. All the literature analyzed for this research also states that water quality and treatment can reduce the incidence of diseases and bring benefits to the economy, knowing that it is the legal right of human beings to have access to quality water. In this way, the objective was to analyze the contributions that basic sanitation can add to the teaching-learning process. In this sense, we used bibliographical research as a research method.