Health Promotion:

Philippines
By Brooke Edwards, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Emily Mortenson,
and Hope Oudbier

The Philippines

Location
Population
Poverty
Access
Education
Safe Water
Healthcare

Health Belief Model

Perception
Prevention
Education
Benefits
Barriers

Health Problems
Triple Burden of disease

HIV epidemic

Living on under $2/day

Life expectancy:

Low vaccination rates

Female: 72
Male: 65

Nursing Diagnoses
Risk for infection related to deficient knowledge to avoid exposure to
pathogens evidence by bacterial gastroenteritis among the population.

Risk for non-communicable disease related to lifestyle choice and

knowledge deficit.

Nursing Diagnoses (cont.)

Risk for infection related to limited defenses against pathogens.

Deficient knowledge related to limited education and access to

contraception

Food Preparation Safety

Hand Hygiene
Clean Surfaces
Cleaning Fruits And Vegetables
Cook meats through entirely
Wash surfaces after preparing raw meats
Use Purified water for everything

Clean Water
Over 30 million people in the
Philippines do not have access to
improved sanitation facilities
Out of this, 7.8 million people, or
roughly 8 percent of the country's
population don't have access to
sanitation facilities at all
This leads to open defecation

What Can WE Do?

Water Purification Education: Boiling water for 15-20 minutes kills
99.9% of all living things and vaporizes most chemicals
Education: Incorporating this simple yet important important information
in the school system
Hold clinics with demonstrations on how to purify water
With using filters and having more access to clean water children should
be able to have cloth diapers leading to better control of feces
Sewage management

Non-Communicable Diseases
Accountable for more than half of deaths
Are preventable through lifestyle changes
Heart and vascular problems a third of all deaths.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Diabetes Mellitus
Malignant neoplasm
Hypertension exacerbates many diseases

Hypertension

Hospital admissions
Treatment reduces disease risks
PhilHealth coverage
Lifestyle changes need to be made

Lifestyle Changes
Tobacco
Diet changes
Physical activity

Communicable Disease
8 of the 10 leading causes of morbidity in 2008
Acute lower respiratory tract infection and pneumonia, acute watery
diarrhea, bronchitis/broncholitis, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria, acute
febrile illness and dengue fever

Malaria
A parasitic mosquito-borne disease that causes fever, chills, and flu-like
symptoms
Causes severe complications and fatality if left untreated.
74% decrease in the number of cases
Possible eradication by 2020.
9,552 cases were reported in 2012

Eradication of Malaria
Vector control
Surveillance
Early diagnosis and treatment
Health education

Maternal and Pediatric Health Care

Maternal Mortality (Goodwin)
% attendance of skilled birth attendant (Goodwin)
Deficient Knowledge

Problems Affecting Maternal Healthcare

Implementations to help maternal education
Bill and Melinda Gates foundation (Maternal, Newborn, and Child
Health)
Armed conflict and how it affects maternal health (Goodwin)

Conclusion
By 2020 we will have these goals accomplished
Well known water purification methods
Evidence of proper food preparation safety
Evidence of decreased hypertension by lifestyle changes
Decreased prevalence of communicable disease due to increased
defences
30% maternal health clinics and 25% increased skilled birth attendants

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