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communities have deeply rooted traditions and cultures around food, lack of

trust for medical professionals and outsiders, or social beliefs around certain
behaviours.

The community that I live in is very quiet, sometimes too quiet, because I live
in the suburbs which is Valhalla. There are three parks - netball field, and two

public parks - in the area and they are quite clean for the most part, at times
the grass can grow a little

too long which makes it
difficult to enjoy yourself

when the grass is
constantly poking your

calf. There is also a taxi
rank which looks horrific

at times, that specific
area is not well kept.

There is also a lake that
runs through Valhalla

which smells really bad
which is indicator take it is very dirty water. But overall it is a clean

environment, The shopping centres are clean and hardly any litter on the
streets. The solution to the problems the community does have is, disease

prevention in the taxi ranks by educating people to visit their local health
centre when they experience symptoms of illness, such as fever, so they can

get early treatment for their health problems and not spread the disease to
others. And to deal with the polluted water, there should be signs next to the

lake instructing citizens not to throw litter in the lake, another solution is the
local environmental health agency or solid waste department probably has

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