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Module 2 Revised v2 For Students
Module 2 Revised v2 For Students
Objectives:
1. The learner should provide a definition of public health and health systems with the
latter’s components/building blocks.
2. The learner should define school health and its relationship to the larger public health
system.
3. The learner should be able to pinpoint components of school health and public health
that will be mobilized during this reopening.
4. The learner should be able to analyze how the roles of different school health
personnel are applicable in Philippine schools during reopening.
These policies seek to address present and emergent health issues that have an
impact at the population level.
at large. The following diagram is based on the World Health Organization’s building
blocks for health systems, which must be viewed as a network instead of in a list or
hierarchical model.
Health
Governance
Health
Service
Information Systems
Delivery
Population
Medicines
Health
and Technologies
Financing
Human
Resources for Health
These building blocks are easily translated into the school health system and can be
adapted or readily mobilized for special situations such as pandemic response and
recovery. A major difference is the scope of school health, which primarily deals with
a set population consisting of learners, educators, and non-teaching staff essential to
the learning community. This system is only one of several that are part of the larger
public health systems of barangays, local government units, and even the whole
country or international communities.
Health
Governance
-Leadership of
administrators,
health providers and
decision makers
Health Information
Service Delivery
-Programs for school
Systems In terms of pandemic
health -Data of students and
programs, collection, response and recovery,
-School health facilities management, and
the aforementioned
School components can also be
mobilized to meet the
Community needs of the school
Health Medicines and community.
Financing Technologies
-Budget allocation -Commonly used
for school health medications and
primary care
- UHC financing Source: Diagram/illustration
Human originally created by PSPHP
Resources for
Health module writers
- School health
providers
- Educators
Health
Governance
-Intersectoral
leadership between
school and larger
community
School
Community
Medicines and
Health Financing Technologies
-Budget allocation for - Personal protective
pandemic response equipment (masks),
-Financial risk hygiene supplies and
protection for learners equipment (hygiene kits
and community and dispensers),
Human Resources sanitation facilities
(handwashing facilities
for Health and supplies), thermal
-School health scanners
personnel
-Local epidemiology and
public health
practitioners & Private
providers
Person in School
Community Role in School Health Role in Pandemic Response
Administrators Decision-making for Closely interface with local
school/division/region, coordination entities as well as national
with other localbodies bodies (DepEd) regarding school
reopening, expansion of face to
face classes, and pandemic
response
School health physician Directs school health programs Works with administration for
for division/area, provider ofprimary decision-making; case
care services management of affected
learners/school community
members
School nurse Point person for many primary Point person for
care services, links more directly consults, primary care, case
with local community management of affected learners
and school community members
School dentist Point person for oral health May help with implementing
programs for community school reopening programs and
subsequent expansion
Nutritionist/Dietitian Point person for nutrition Provision of nutrition
programs, oversees school feeding interventions, innovations on
school feeding
Non-teaching staff: Implementation of WinS (Water Risk communication, WinS
auxiliary,administrative Sanitation and Hygiene implementation, sanitation, and
staff [WASH] in schools) and other infection control
initiatives
Parents Primary caregivers, coordination Integral to decision to return to
with school health F2F classes, closer coordination
personnel,seen as outside the needed for ill learners and
system reintegration
Barangay, local Seen as outside the system, Decision-making for the larger
government unit (LGU), coordinate with on local initiatives community; must coordinate
municipal health office targeted to learners(deworming, with school administrators and
(MHO), community etc.) community regarding safety of
health office (CHO) resumption of face-to-face
activities
Assessment Questions:
1. What role/s can a teacher/educator play during school reopening?
a. First responder in triage of students
b. Helping affected students with continuity of learning
c. Both a and b
Table 2: Leading Causes of Mortality for Filipino Children 1–14 Years Old (2010)
1–4 years old 5–9 years old 10–14 years old
Cause Rate Cause Rate Cause Rate
Pneumonia 22.3 Pneumonia 5.9 Pneumonia 4.4
Diarrhea and 9.3 Dengue fever 5.2 Accidental drowning 3.6
gastroenteritis of and dengue and submersion
presumed infectious hemorrhagic fever
origin
Congenital anomalies 9.1 Accidental 4.4 Other diseases of the 2.7
drowning nervous system
and submersion
Septicemia 5.5 Other diseases 3.2 Transport accidents 2.5
of the nervous
system
Other diseases of the 5.2 Transport 2.9 Congenital anomalies 2.5
nervous system accidents
By 2019 however, cancers had become the leading cause of death for children aged 5-
14 years old, followed by lower respiratory infections such as pneumonia. Drowning
also remained a leading cause of death in this age groupviii.
Figure 1: Leading Causes of Mortality Children Aged 5-14 in the Philippines (Retrieved from
[https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/causes-of-death-in-5-14-year-olds?time=latest&country=~PHL])
It is important to consider that the Philippines still suffers from the “double burden”
of disease, with both communicable and non-communicable illness causing mortality
and morbidity in the population. The primary causes of both death and illness are
respiratory in nature, followed by cardiac and vascular diseases such as hypertension.
It is important for public health programs and policies to address risk factors for
communicable illness such as poor water and sanitation, as well as for non-
communicable illness such as poor nutrition and sedentary lifestyles. In particular,
pneumonia and diarrheal diseases, two of the most important causes of mortality in
children, are preventable through vaccination, sanitation, and other public health
measures. Accidents and injuries are also important causes of mortality for young
children and adolescents; thus, these must also be addressed through programs for
safer schools, streets, and communities.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Acute A condition with short duration, usually
of only a few hours or days
Bronchitis An infection or inflammation of the
tissues in the bronchial tubes leading to
the lungs
Communicable illness Illness that is infectious or transmissible
Congenital anomalies Malformations or disruptions in growth
and development found in a child,
which
have occurred during pregnancy
Chronic rheumatic heart disease A condition arising from inflammation of
the heart valves, resulting in long-term
damage and impairmentx
Dengue Fever Illness characterized with fever,
headache, and joint pains. This is
caused by viruses carried by mosquitoes
of
several species such as Aedes aegypti or
Aedes albopictusxi.
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever A severe form of dengue fever that
is characterized by bleeding after the
patient’s fever begins to subsidexii.
Disease An abnormal condition that disrupts the
structure or function of the human
body or a part of it and does not
directly arise
from an injury.
Disability Any condition that limits a person’s
capacity to do certain activities or
interact with their surroundingsxiii
First 1000 Days The period covering a child’s growth
and development, beginning from
conception lasting up to the child’s 24th
month or second birthdayxiv
Health Financing The ability of a health system to
mobilize, accumulate, and allocate
funds for the health needs of individuals
and
populationsxv
Health Governance Leadership in a health system that plans
and implements health policy
frameworks and utilizes strategies such
as coalition-building, regulation, and
accountabilityxvi
Health Information Systems The process of collecting, managing,
analyzing, disseminating, and using data
on individuals and populations in a
health systemxvii
Human Resources for Health Also known as health workforce, this
includes individuals in the private and
public sectors who work to enhance
health for individuals or the
populationxviii
Hypertension Elevated blood pressure measured
above 130/80 mmHg. This may be
caused by heart disease or
other conditions related to
lifestylexix
Leukemia Cancer of the body’s blood forming
tissues, most commonly involves the
white blood cells.
Meningitis Inflammation of the protective
membranes (meninges) surrounding the
brain and spinal cord. Meningitis may
be caused by bacteria, viruses, injuries,
or
other infectious agentsxx
Morbidity All instances of non-fatal illness or injury
in a given population or group
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