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GARANCHON
BARANGAY HEALTH SURVEY CONCEPT 6. HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT- Refers only to
the highest level completed in the regular and formal system of
Guidelines in filling up the Survey forms & in tabulating the education, i.e. elementary, high school and collegiate education.
Data Excluded are attendance in nursery and kindergarten schools and in
purely vocational courses such as dressmaking or carpentry. Enter
1. Interviewee should also be included in the list of family members
only the last level of education completed and the one the person is in
2. Members are only applicable to those who are at present residing at the time of assessment.
with the family, and this will include relatives and helpers
a. For the Elementary level, write G-1 to G-6 (Grade 1- 6
3. MARITAL STATUS b. For High school, HS-1 to HS-4
c. For College education, C-1 to C-4, as the case maybe. For
 Single (S)- a person who is not and has never been married degree holders, write the degree, e.g. BSE or BSN
 Married (M)- a person living with another as a couple
married by legal rite/s. 7. RELIGION
 Common-law (CL)- a person living with another as a a. Islam
couple not married by legal rite/s. b. Christians
 Widowed (W)- a person whose spouse is dead and who has  Catholics
not remarried  Protestants
 Separated/ Divorced (Sep)- a person legally separated  Baptist
from his/her spouse because of marital discord or similar  Etc
reason/s. a person whose bond of marriage has been
dissolved and can therefore re-marry. 8. IMMUNIZATION STATUS

4. AGE distribution- Erickson’s Stages of Development a. Fully immunized child (FIC)- a child who received one
dose of BCG;
 Birth to 18 months – infancy (TRUST VS MISTRUST) - 3 doses of OPV; 3 doses of DPT; 3 doses of HB and one
 18 months to 3 years - early childhood (AUTONOMY dose of measles before a child’s first birthday
VS. SHAME AND DOUBT) b. Complete- a child who received all required vaccine based
 3-5 years - late childhood (INITIATIVE VS. GUILT) on his/her age
c. Incomplete- a child who has incomplete required vaccine
 6-12 years (11 years and 11 months) - school age
based on his/ her age.
(INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY)
d. none
 12-18 ( 17 years and 11 months) – school age (IDENTITY
VS. CONFUSION) 9. NUTRITIONAL STATUS
 18-35 years ( 34 years and 11 months)- young adulthood
a. Normal
(INTIMACY VS. ISOLATION)
b. Underweight
 35-65 years- adulthood (GENERATIVITY VS.
c. Overweight
STAGNATION)
 65 years to death- maturity (INTEGRITY VS. DESPAIR) 10. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS USED FOR HOUSE

* Take note of the demarcation line between ages a. Light- refers to such materials as bamboo, nipa, sawali,
coconut leaves or cardboard.
DOH b. Mixed- refers to a combination of light materials, wood
and/or concrete
 10 to 24 years – young person c. Strong- refers to a predominantly concrete house
 25 to 59 years– adults
 60 and Up – older person 11. Number of rooms used for sleeping- this refers to the number of
rooms in the house, not necessarily private bedrooms that are used as
sleeping area. Write the number.

5. TYPES OF WORK 12. TOILET FACILITIES

a. Full-time work- Employment that is based upon a contract a. Overhung latrine- the toilet house is constructed over a
of employment for a standard hours engagement ( generally body of water (Stream, lake or river) into which excreta is
between 35- 40 hours per week) allowed to fall freely
b. Part-time work- Work performed by any employee who
engaged for a no. of hours, fixed or varied, but are fewer
than those specified as standard hours in the relevant
award.
c. Casual work- A casual worker is someone hired by an
employer on an hourly or daily basis. Casual workers
should be employed to perform work of a short-term,
irregular or seasonal nature, either working full time or part
time hours.
d. Temporary/contract work- Temporary employees are
often employed for a specific time period to complete a
particular project or to replace employee absent on leave
e. Self employment
f. Classification can also be: b. Open pit privy- consists of a pit covered by a platform
- Farmer with a hole. The hole is not usually not covered. The
- Housekeeper platform may, in its simplest form, consists only of two
- DH pieces of wood or bamboo.
- Employee
- etc…
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c. Closed pit privy- a pit privy in which the hole over the
platform or toilet floor is provided with cover
d. Bored- hole latrine- consists of a deep (usually more than
10 feet) but relatively narrow (Lee than 2 feet in diameter)
hole made with a boring equipment
e. Water-sealed latrine- non- antipolo type of toilet, bored-
hole latrine or any pit privy wherein water- sealed toilet
bowl is placed instead of the simple platform hole.
f. Flush type- a toilet system where waste is disposed by
flushing water through pipes (sewers) into a public
sewerage system or into an individual disposal system like
an individual septic tank.
g. Pail system- a pail or box is used to receive the excreta and
disposed later when filled, this includes the “balot” system
wherein excreta is wrapped in a piece of paper or plastic
and thrown later.
h. Antipolo type- the toilet is elevated and the shallow pit is
extended upwards to the platform (toilet floor) by means of
a chute or pipe made of clay, metal, aluminum or board
13. STORAGE OF WATER
1. large- contain 4 gallons or more
14. DRAINAGE
a. Open- waste water flows through a system of pipes (could be
improvised from bamboo) to an open pit or canal
b. Blind –waste water flows through a system of closed pipes to an
underground pit or covered canal.
c. None- water flows freely from source to the ground or thrown to
the ground after being used.
15. WASTE DISPOSAL
a. hog feeding- garbage is used as a hog fee
b. open dumping- refuse and or garbage is piled in a dumping place
(w/or w/o pit) with no covering
C. Open burning- regularly piles refuse/garbage piled in a dumping
place [w/ or w/o pit) with no soil covering then burns them
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D. Burial pit- refuse/garbage is placed in a pit and covered when

filled up. There is no intention to dig it up later for use as fertilizer The health datasheet keep an eye on at least seven(7) public health
programs in the households of a community. This programs are the
E. composting- involves burying or stacking of alternating layers of health indicators:
organic-based refuse/garbage and “treated coil” arranged so as to
hasten rapid decay and decomposition into compost. This organic  Immunization
mixture can later be used as fertilizer.  Prenatal
 Family planning
 Nutrition
 Water
 Garbage disposal
 Toilet

Community health plan and GANNT chart

GANNT chart
F. garbage collection-refuse/garbage collected by garbage truck or
any type of garbage collection in the community
 Visual representation of a project schedule
 A type of bar chart that shows the start and finish
dates of the different required elements of the
project
 Typically, tasks are shown on the vertical axis,
and the project time span on the horizontal axis
 Each task has a corresponding bar that shows the
time span required for the task
 Developed by Henry Laurence Gannt, an
American mechanical engineer

REMINDERS

Survey forms

 Submit with the list of households surveyed in alphabetical

order
 Arrange the forms per purok/sitio
 Number the forms based on its number in the spot map
 Summarize the data using the guide below

SPOT MAP/ COMMUNITY HEALTH DATA SHEET(whole

purok and per block)

 Individual households, locations and distances from each

other
 Physical characteristics of the community such as:
- waterways ( river, etc…)
- land use (rice fields, etc)
- Public service infrastructure (bridges, etc)
- Non-residential structures (churches)
- Boundaries of the purok
- All types of water sources

= The community health datasheet is like a spot map. It gives you an COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PARTICIPATORY
idea about the health status of families and guides community ACTION RESEARCH
managers in planning projects needed by the community.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
= The health indicators are provided on the datasheet. The color
coding stand for health status or condition of each household.  Process by which health services, agencies, and people of
the community brought together to:
The household datasheet. Individual presentation of every household  Identify/learn their own problem
presented as data matrices that contain information.  Plan activities
 Act on this basis
- health programs (columns  Evaluate

Community organizing emphasize:

 Strengthening the community members capability in:

 Problem solving skills and
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 Decision Making skills (Necessary for self reliant  Training of faculty if CO-PAR
development)  Coordinate participation of other departments
within the institution
Roles and Responsibilities of a Community Health Nurse  At the community level
 Community consultations/dialogues
 Manager
 Setting of issues related to site selection
 Guide
 Development of criteria for site selection
 Advocate
 Coordinator, Counselor, Change Agent
 Health Care Provider CRITERIA IN SELECTING COMMUNITY
 Nurse Trainer
 Researcher Site must be (DOPES)
 Organizer
 Depressed and underserved
 Leader
 Oppressed
 Educator – Primary role, Primary responsibilities
 Poor
promotion of health and prevention of illness
 Exploited
 Supervisor
 Struggling
Community Organizer
 Person who mobilize:  Area must not have a serious peace and order problem
Individual  Willingness to be organized
 Community needing health assistance
Family Sick or Well  Check vital health statistic  can determine general health
Community status
 Malnutrition rate
To come together in unity and collectively address given:  Lack of health facility/health care providers
Issues  Counter-part of the community (support, commitment,
resources)
Needs  Accessible to transport and communication
Problem At the community level
* assess by way of research
 Site selection
PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH  Preliminary Social Investigation (PSI)
o Identify contact person
 Is an investigation on problems and issues of the o Gather “overview” of the demographic
community by way of research. characteristics, health services and facilities of the
 Representatives of community participates in the actual community
research.  Networking with LGU’s, NGO’s and other departments
 Local Researcher
 Outside Researcher = Community Health Nurse ENTRY PHASE
 Act as researchers themselves, doing research of their own  Integration with the community  main objective: Gain Trust
problem. First task  courtesy call to the Brgy. Captain
 The essential element of Participatory Action Research is Establish rapport
participation * house calls
* joining to social activities
OBJECTIVES:

 To encourage consciousness of the suffering Imbibe their lifestyle

 To empower people to determine the cause of their own
problem Immerse yourself
 To analyze these problem
 To develop competence for changing their own situation Live with them
 To act by themselves in responding to their own problems
Reside on the area
* live in the center/modest dwelling
COPAR PHASES / PROCESS

Ideal participatory research process involves the community in

all research aspect

1. Identification of research problem

2. Formulation of research design
3. Data gathering
4. Validation of research
5. Data presentation
6. Recommendations
7. Action of activities

PRE-ENTRY PHASE
CORE GROUP FORMATION (CG)
 At the NGO level
 Formulation of institutional goals, objectives and  Consist of identified potential leaders
targets for the program  Characteristics of a potential leaders
 Revision of curriculum
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1.Respected community members

2. Responsible/committed

3. Willing to work for a desired change

4. Has good communication skills

5. Has wide “influence” to elite/poor community members

 Self-awareness and leadership training (SALT)

 Coordination with other community organization
 Representing different sectors of the community

COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS/STUDY PHASE (research phase)

 Selection of the research team

 Training on data collection
 Planning for the actual gathering of data
 Data gathering
 Training on data validation
 Community validation
 Presentation of the community study/diagnosis and
recommendations
 Prioritization of community needs/problems for action

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING / CAPABILITY BUILDING

PHASE

 Community meetings to draw-up guidelines for the

organization
 Election of officer
 Development of management systems:
(Delineation of the Roles, Function, and Task of Officers)
 Training of leaders
 Team building exercises - to enhance cohesiveness
 Action-Reflection-Action-Session

COMMUNITY ACTION PHASE

 Organization and training of BHW’s Village or Grassroot

Workers
 PIME of health services
 Project Implementation/Monitoring and Evaluation
(Project Management)

 Resource mobilization
 5 M’S
 MANPOWER
 MACHINE
 MATERIAL
 METHOD
 MONEY
 SPACE

 Setting up of linkages/network/referral system

SUSTENANCE AND STRENGTHENING PHASE

 Formulation and ratification of constitution and by-laws

 Identification and development of “secondary” leaders
 Setting up a financing scheme
 Continuing education and training of BHW’s
 Development of long term community health development
plans
 Formalizing linkages, networks and referral system

TURNOVER / PHASE OUT

 Transfer of community organizer roles and responsibilities

and documents
 subsequent follow-up