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Mr. and Mrs. XXXX don’t have a hard time in terms of decision making
because each of them tend to consider each others opinion first before
coming up with the final decision especially regarding health matters. The
father is the head and breadwinner of the family while the mother takes
care of the household chores and their first born baby girl Jane.
Mr. Jonas’ monthly income is approximately P5,000 per month just enough
to pay for their monthly rent, electricity bill, food and milk allowance and
transportation expense. Most of the time, the budget for health
maintenance is being sacrifice and not given enough priority due to lack of
money. According to Mrs. Jessica, she spends P150 per day to meet their
daily basic needs.
The XXX’s are basically from Antique, Aklan. They migrated to Manila
hoping for a better life, but unfortunately they found out that the lifestyle in
urban offers very little opportunities. The family is not a member of any
social organization in the community nor an a active member of the catholic
church.
She had already taken vitamins during the first three months of her
pregnancy but wasn’t able to sustain it due to lack of money. She had her
first dose of TT1 last February during her pre-natal check-up.
She feeds her baby girl Jane 3 times a day with condensed milk and small
amounts of solid foods like a mashed potato and rice with soup.
Her husband Mr. Jonas sometimes complain of severe pain at the back of
his neck maybe as a sign of hypertension and over fatigue but has no
family history of hypertension in the family. The family doesn’t use herbal
medicine and goes to the health center when need arises.
E. Values, Habits, Practices on Health Promotion, Maintenance and Disease
Prevention
The family sleeps early to have enough rest and energy for the next day.
Mrs. Jessica goes out every morning to walk and exercise outside together
with Jane.
The family uses bed nets at night to protect them from mosquitoes and
other insects while they are sleeping. The first born baby is complete with
all the immunization required.
III. Objectives
The interview took place dated April 23, 2005 in front of Mrs. Jessica’s
house at exactly 10:10 a.m. It lasted for about 15 minutes and I was very
glad that Mrs. Jessica was very accommodating. I did not hesitate to ask
relevant questions because she showed a lot of interest in the
conversation.
I was able to visit Mrs. Jessica’s place twice and somehow I noticed that
their house has no enough lighting and ventilation. I wonder how they
manage to stay there for two years without water supply and no private
toilet facility. Their house is considered to be a make shift type of house
and has inadequate living space. The wooden bed found near the main
door serves as the living room area leaving a small space for kitchen