INTRODUCTION

About CHN (Community Health Nursing)

Community health Nursing is the

synthesis of nursing and public health
practice applied to promote and protect
the health of population. It combines all
the basic elements of professional,
clinical nursing with public health and
community practice.
About CHN (Community Health Nursing)

The primary goal of community health

nursing is to help a community protect
and preserve the health of its members,
while the secondary goal is to promote
self-care among individuals and families.
 About Eastern Samar

The Province of Eastern Samar was created by Republic

Act. No. 4221 approved by Congress on June 19, 1965. 
It occupies a total land area of 4,470.75 sq. km.

Bounded on the north by Northern Samar, on the east

by the Philippine Sea, on the west by Western Samar,
and on the south by the Leyte Gulf.
 About Eastern Samar

The population of Eastern Samar in the 2015 census was

467,160 people,  with a density of 100 inhabitants per
square kilometer or 260 inhabitants per square mile. The
predominant language is waray, and cebuano is also
spoken to an extent.

Governed by a single legislative district, the province of

Eastern Samar comprises 22 municipalities and one city;
Borongan.
About Borongan City

City of Borongan, hail as the City of the Golden

Sunrise is a 4th class city and capital of
the province of Eastern Samar located along
the middle coastal part of the province of
Eastern Samar.
Its cityhood was settled by the Supreme Court
of the Philippines when it decided with finality
on April 12, 2007, the constitutionality of its
city charter, Republic Act 9394.
 About Borongan City

Borongan was just a small town back in 1600 and

was called as Guiborongani. It was called on its
present name due to the heavy fog that usually
covered the place. The people inhabiting the
eastern coast of Samar were originally called
"Ibabao" during the pre-Spanish period. It
developed because of the help of the religious
missions established by the Jesuits during the
1604-1768, and the Franciscans from 1768 to 1868.
 About Borongan City

On its present state, according to the 2007

census conducted by the CBMS, Borongan
City has a total population of 59,354 people
in 10,699 households and is subdivided into
61 barangays.
 About Barangay Can-abong

Can-abong is one of the 61 barangays of the municipality

of Borongan and has four puroks with the distance of
4.5km. It is situated along the riverside and faces Barangay
Cabong in the East; Bounded in the North by Barangay
Bato; Bounded in the South by Barangay Cabalagnan; and
bounded in the West by Barangay Cati-an with
approximately 11.5750, 125.4327, in the island of Samar.
Elevation at these coordinates is estimated at 77.6 meters
or 254.6 feet above mean sea level.
 About Barangay Can-abong

For health care practices and nutrition,

breastfeeding is very much advised and highly
recommended by the health practitioners and
almost every mother is following it. Most of the
household have their own sanitary toilets.
Improper waste disposal can be observed in some
areas though.
 About Barangay Can-abong

The barangay has one day care service, pre-elem.,

and a complete elementary level in terms of
education. A reading centre is also available in the
vicinity. The barangay officials and the residents of
the community are working hand-in-hand their
barangay’s goal towards progress.