Saint Francis of Asissi College

045, Admiral Village, Talon III, Las Pinas City

COLLEGE OF NURSING

COMMUNITY
DIAGNOSIS
A Case Study Presented to the Faculty of the College of Nursing of Saint
Francis of Assisi College, Las Pinas City

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in Community Health Nursing-

114 for the Degree in Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Submitted by:
Ballon, Elinne Mhe A.
Carnate, Bianca Mae H.
Deduque, Roselyn M.
Jocson, Janna Maruel C.
Lugo, Marie Flor L.

December 2020
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A. Determine your objectives for this case study by answering the

following questions:

1. What is the present health condition of the people in the

community?
- State the importance of identifying the present health
condition of the target population.
 Open drainage
 Improper segregation of garbage / improper disposal
 Malnutrition
 Presence of vectors
 Fire hazard
 Inadequate space
 Inadequate ventilation
The importance of identifying the present health condition is to
determine how serious the problem is for us nursing student to
provide health care and to teach them what to do in order to
minimize the problem.

2. Why are the people in the community in such condition? What

specific problems are causing these conditions? What are the roots
of these problems?
- What is the implication of identifying these problems and the
roots of these problems?
 Based on the case scenario, the community is not that totally
develop and in addition, the people residing at Barangay Bagong
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Normal has an only enough budget to at least

sustain their daily needs. Despite of that they need to follow all of
the rules and regulations in the community. They also need to
participate in whatever program their Barangay was implemented.
And the community must ensure that their surrounding is always
clean and an enough idea to always prepare healthy foods despite
of having an inadequate budget.
 The present health condition at Barangay Bagong Normal is their
open drainage which may be cause Dengue if they didn’t clean it
or properly cover it because it can be infested with mosquitoes.
 The second present health condition is the improper segregation of
garbage’s, it states from the data that most of the families at
Barangay Bagong Normal didn’t participate in the said program. If
they will not properly dispose their garbage there is a tendency that
it will cause mosquito larvae or it will trap the drainages that will
cause flood when the typhoon comes. It will also cause vectors
because we all know that vectors nesting in the dirty areas.
 The third health condition is the malnutrition. Because base on the
data per household ranges from 5 – 6 members and then there are
only two members of the family who is working but it is not
enough to provide all their daily needs that’s why the family eats
what is affordable and on what is available in their house.
 The fourth health condition is the possible fire hazard in their
house. The houses at Barangay Bagong Normal is made up of
mixed materials like concrete and wood.
 The fifth health condition is the inadequate of space privacy and
also the ventilation.
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3. What solutions will address the problems?

- What does these questions suggest?
If they don’t have budget to close all of the open drainages the
least, they can do is to make sure that it is clean or they can put an
improvise material to cover it.
In segregating the garbage, they need to portray self-discipline
because the Barangay has a program that the garbage will be
collected twice a week.
In malnutrition they need to prepare healthy foods like more om
vegetables because it is affordable.
In order to prevent the fire hazard, the parents should make sure
that all of the flammable material will store at a high place so that
it wouldn’t be reach by the children. Always close the gas tank and
if they use charcoal stove make sure that there is no burning
charcoal.
B. JANNA’S PART
C. ANALYSIS & IMPLICATIONS
Frequency and Percentage Distribution showing Family Size in Barangay Bagong Normal

Category Frequency Percentage

Nuclear 107 46.5%
Extended 107 47%
Blended 12 5%
Cohabitation 5 2%

Analysis:

The Data provided shows that majority of the families in Barangay Bagong Normal are of
Nuclear type and Extended or Multigenerational, five percent (5%) of the total families is of Blended type
and two percent (2%) is Cohabitation.
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Implication:

Family is considered to be the foundation of social life for most Filipinos. Support persons are very vital
in a Filipino community. With this data, we can only prove that extended family is still being practiced by
most Filipinos that is tied with the nuclear family structure, which is the most common and traditional
among Filipino families. According to a journal by Stella P. Go, she described the family in the
Philippines, she reflects on the impact of urbanization and industrialization. The age of marriage has
risen, a consequence of the expanding role of women in the labor force. Families are becoming more
nuclear and many are under stress. Many families have sent members overseas as contract laborers
causing separation. Young children are working long hours for low wages under poor working conditions.
A growing liberalism toward premarital sex challenges the family's traditional function as a social
institution that helps regulate sexual behavior. She believes that the Filipino family will prevail if
nurtured. As a student nurse, we conclude that families are a vital part of a community, it is according to
the families whether a community lives in harmony or it fails to stand as one. As a quote once said
everything starts in the 4 corners of our home which basically means that we as individuals learn first
from our parents which later helps us become a united family and as we become a part of a bigger
community it is up to us to be the change or implement change so that we can overcome the obstacles we
are destined to face.

Frequency and Percentage Distribution showing Religion Survey in Barangay Bagong Normal

Category Frequency Percentage

Roman Catholic 1242 90%
Iglesia ni Cristo 138 10%
Seventh- day Adventist 28 2%
Born again 28 2%

Analysis:

The data provided shows that ninety percent (90%) of the Barangay Bagong Normal’s
community is Roman Catholic, Ten percent (10%) is Iglesia ni Cristo, two percent (2%), Seventh-day
Adventist and the remaining two percent (2%) is Born Again Christian.

Implication:

Religious practice promotes the well-being of individuals, families, and the community. In
addition, religious practice can increase physical and mental health, longevity, and education attainment.
These effects are intergenerational, as grandparents and parents pass on the benefits to the next
generations. According to Richard Flory an Associate Research Professor of Sociology at USC and a
Senior Research Associate at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. Specifically, he thinks
religion contributes to strong communities in three fundamental ways. First, religion provides spiritual,
social, psychological and often material support for individuals and families. Since religion deals in
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“ultimate” matters, it helps people make sense of their lives, as well as their role
in their families and in their communities.

Second, religion creates a community of like-minded people that is oriented around faith, but is also often
organized around like-types of people whether of race/ethnicity, social class, or something similar. This is
more than just a form of support group, but an actual community in which people identify with each other
and care for each other based on their shared beliefs and commitments.

Finally, religion provides material resources for those who are less advantaged, and often takes the
responsibility to speak and work for the underrepresented and less advantaged in society. Several recent
studies show that religious people tend to volunteer at higher rates than other Americans, and that the
majority of those who do volunteer work through an organization, do so through a religious organization.
Thus religion, in addition to motivating people to serve others, also provides important organizational
structures through which people can do volunteer work and otherwise interact with, and strengthen, their
communities.

To further elaborate, as a student nurse, we have learned that the main role of religion in a community is
it binds the community to become one and at the same time divided since in a community there are
different types of religions present although this occurrence happens it organizes the individuals within
the community respectively in each religion they belong.

Frequency of the Ages of the Individuals per Household in Barangay Bagong Normal

Category Frequency Percentage

males 160 12%
female 185 13.4%
1-5 years old 25 2%

0-14 years old 55 4%

15- 64 years old 245 17.8%
65 an above 20 1.5%

Sex composition= 30.6%/100

Gender composition: 86.5/100

Analysis:

The data provided shows that out of 230 families of Barangay Bagong Normal, only thirty
percent (30%) or 69 families or 345 household members (ages range from 1 year to 68 years old) were
included in the survey. These comprise the following: Males: 160; Females: 185 Children 1-5 years old:
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25 Household members 0-14 years old: 55 Household members 15-64 years old:
245 Household members 65 and above: 20 Women 15-44 years old: 155.

Implication:

The growth of age-friendly community initiatives underscores a paradigmatic shift from the
individual to the community, addressing dynamic transactions between people and the environment they
are living in. he composition of local communities and wider societies is rapidly changing, as population
aging increases at an unprecedented rate. According to the World Health Organization (World Health
Organization [WHO], 2015a), the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years will nearly double
from 12 to 22% between 2015 and 2050. The older population is growing faster in urban areas than in
rural areas. According to the United Nations (2017), between 2000 and 2015, the global number of people
aged 60 years or over increased by 68% in urban areas, compared to a 25% increase in rural areas. As a
result, older adults are increasingly concentrated in urban areas, with 58% of the world population aged
60 years or over residing in urban centers. In 2050, 80% of older people will be living in low- and
middle-income countries. The World Health Organization [WHO] (2007) refers specifically to enhancing
the age-friendliness of urban centers, calling for “a necessary and logical response to promote the
wellbeing and contributions of older urban residents and keep cities thriving”.Urban environments can
affect older adult’s well-being due to concerns regarding safety and security, health risks, access to
housing and services, and social isolation and exclusion (Barusch, 2013; Buffel and Phillipson, 2016).
The aging population and urbanization trends illustrate the importance of considering the ways in which
“age-friendly” urban planning can enhance the well-being of older adults, linked to concepts of successful
and active aging. Successful aging can be understood as involving avoiding disease and disability and
maintaining high cognitive and physical functioning and engagement with life (Rowe and Kahn, 1997).
The WHO’s Active Aging Policy Framework focuses on the concept of “active aging”, which is defined
as a process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation, and security in order to enhance
people’s quality of life as they age. This enhances people’s ability to realize physical, social, and mental
well-being over the life course, including access to adequate protection, security, and care. Efforts to
develop Hong Kong into an age-friendly city were stated the 2016 Policy Address. The importance of
promoting active aging has been reinforced as the new generation of older adults will be healthier, more
energetic, better educated, and capable of making further contributions to the community (Chief
Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2016).

As student nurses, we believe that Age does not just affect the Health sector of the community but also it
affects it Economically, socially and etc. but as like any problem this too can be overcome with the proper
utilization and unity of the individuals as a member of their community problems with age population
will be eradicated.
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F. Give your Learning insights individually and as a

group for this Community Diagnosis activity.
Elinne: I learn how to analyze a case scenario though it is hard in my
part as a student nurse who conduct community diagnosis because there
are some information or data that lacks. It is also hard in the part of our
Clinical Instructor because it is not that easy to formulate a case scenario
just to fulfill our requirement in NCM-114.
Bianca: This Community Diagnosis Activity has made me realize of the
importance of being exposed to the community. For this activity we
were given the data and it was up to us to analyze and interpret it. It was
a case scenario so the data provided were lacking in some parts. Unlike
when we are exposed, we can see the wholeness of the community, the
problems it faces and the factors behind it. Though it has its negative
sides, it also has advantages since we were given specific data it has
helped me use my critical thinking more of how certain situations came
to be.
As a group: In doing such group work or activities, the dilemma for this
is the communication. Why? Because it is hard especially when we have
different responsibilities in daily life aside from doing school works.
Since it is just a case scenario and requires to analyze all of the indicated
data it is hard because we were not able to share our ideas and
understanding personally. It really need extra effort and patience to
finish this requirement.