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- unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power 3. Political will - determination to pursue something which is for the interest of the majority. 4. Empowerment - the ability of a person to do something - creating the circumstances where people can use their faculties and abilities at the maximum level in the pursuit of common goals
B. CULTURAL
- relating to the representation of non-physical traits, such as values, beliefs, attitudes and customs shared by a group of people and passed from the generation to the next.
B. CULTURAL
1. Practices - a customary action usually done to maintain or promote health like use of anting-anting and lucky charms. 2. Beliefs - a state or habit of mind wherein a group of people place into something or a person.
C. HEREDITY
the genetic transmission of traits from parents to offspring; genetically determined.
D. ENVIRONMENT
the sum of all the conditions and elements
that make up the surroundings and influence the development of the individuals.
E. SOCIO-ECONOMIC
refers to the production activities,
(millions) in the urban and 35 million in the rural areas) cannot avail of adequate health care because of misdistribution of health personnel and facilities, and high cost of medicines and services.
country; most of them are in the urban areas. 2. Of this number, 1103 are privately owned; 639 are government owned.
Health Centers.
4. The Philippines is the leading exporter of nurses abroad.
Filipino doctors go abroad; 32% of them remain the country, but most stay in the cities 6. For every 10 deaths, 6 were not seen by a doctor.
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The leading causes of death and illness are predeceases and other socially related problems such as AIDS and drug abuse. 8. Pneumonia and tuberculosis are leading cause of death
9. 16 Filipinos , 11 of whom are children, die everyday from diarrhea 10. 2 babies die every hour from pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malnutrition.
The Philippines:
- number I in the world for whooping cough,
diphtheria and rabies. - number 3 in the world for blindness due to vitamin A. deficiency - number 1 in the Western Pacific region for tuberculosis, schistosomiasis and polio.
2 million of Filipino pre-school children are malnourished. 1.6 million Filipinos have Vitamin a, iron and iodine deficiencies. more than 50% pregnant or breastfeeding mothers are anemic.
and lack of a safe water supply make an individual susceptible to disease. 13 million Filipinos have no access to safe water 16 million Filipinos have no access to a sanitary toilet. in Manila alone, 5 million tons of garbage is disposed daily.
1. Preventive , promotive health care 2. Community participation 3. Traditional medicine 4. Affordable medicine 5. Adequate food, clothing and shelter 6. Available basic health services 7. Accessible health care facilities
8. Clean environment
Danger Signs:
To attain the dream of healthy tomorrow, everyone should take part in working for its fulfillment. Everybody must participate in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the communitys program