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Barangay Profile

LivelihoodAgriculture: Rice

Poultry: Swine, Goat, Chicken, Ducks

Source of Earning: Farming, Fishing

Dwelling unitsConcrete, Semi-concrete, Nipa Hut, wood

Irrigation System: National

irrigation by NIA, Pumps

Drinking: Deep Well, 8 abyertas

Water Supply

Others

Transport Facilities: Jeepney, tricycle

Toilet Facilities: 120 water sealed,

37 Antepolo sanitary, 41 open pit

Existing Interventions

SPOT MAP

Problem TreeROOT CORE

PROBLEM

EFFECTS

Poor implementation of ordinances on health and environment.

Limited budget for health

Improper Waste Disposal

One doctor serving the whole town of Licab

Diarrhea and Skin infection due to unclean water.

Overcrowded health center and poor health seeking behavior.

Inverted Problem Tree

Improper Waste disposal

Unclean water

diarrhea cases Skin infection

Lack of discipline

Poor implementation of ordinances

Lack of coordination among barangay officials

Objectives Tree

Proper Waste disposal

Clean water

Elimination of diarrhea cases

Elimination of Skin infection

Discipline in caring for the environment attained

Implementation of ordinances improved

Coordination among barangay officials improved

Inverted Problem Tree

Inadequate no. of doctor serving the town of Licab

Overcrowded health center

Poor health seeking behavior

Illnesses and diseases not addressed

Limited budget for health

Incidence of illnesses increase

Objectives Tree

Adequate no. of doctor serving the town of Licab

Overcrowding of health center managed

Good health seeking behavior

Illnesses and diseases addressed

Sufficient budget for health

Decreased incidence of illnesses

Effects: Diarrhea, Skin infection due to unclean

waterOBJECTIVE ACTION PROPOSAL

a. To eliminate cases of diarrhea in the brgy.

b. To eliminate skin infection cases in the brgy.

c. To determine what specific skin infection is prevalent in the brgy.

a. House to house information dissemination (water boiling, handwashing)

b. Prevention of skin infection

a. House to house info dissemination of BHWs in the puroks assigned to them. Data for dissemination should come from the Gabay ng Kalusugan guideline or other guidelines based on evidence.

b. Ask the RHU doctor what causes the skin infection and how to prevent it.

OBJECTIVE ACTION PROPOSALa. To eliminate cases of

diarrhea in the brgy. Purok 1= 0Purok 2 = 5Purok 3 = 7

b. To eliminate recurrent skin infection cases in the brgy. Purok 3 = 2 cases

c. To determine what specific skin infection is prevalent in the brgy.

c. Water testing

d. Documentation of diarrhea, typhoid fever and skin allergy cases

c. Testing of each water source (poso) in the barangay by the sanitary inspector. d. Recording of cases and referrals of the common diseases in a logbook by BHWs.

Effects: Diarrhea, Skin infection due to unclean

water

Possible Association

The number of diarrhea and skin infection cases may be associated with the number of abyertas/ potable water available in each purok.

OBJECTIVE ACTION PROPOSAL

Manage to control the crowd in the health center especially during Mondays.

Licab’s BHW and health worker training

Conduction of training of health workers in the health center by the physician. The seminar should empower and equip them in handling and management of the common diseases (diarrhea, skin infection) in the community.

Overcrowded health center and poor health seeking

behavior

Core Problem: Improper Waste

DisposalOBJECTIVE ACTION PROPOSAL

a. Eliminate garbage in the river.

a. Provide toilet in every home

a.Clean and Healthy River Drive

b. Request letter

a. Active engagement of Local government and community in setting schedules to clean riverbank.

b. Brgy. Captain should submit a request letter for toilet facilities according to the no. of homes lacking the said facility.

OBJECTIVE ACTION PROPOSAL

Add another doctor

Submission of request letter for another doctor.

Filing of request letter by the councilor on health.

Core problem: One doctor serving the

town of Licab

Root Problem: Poor implementation of ordinances on

health and clean environmentOBJECTIVE ACTION PROPOSAL

a. Decrease no. of people defecating along the river.

b. Motivate the local executive and legislative heads of the brgy. to implement ordinances in the community.

Meeting with Sangguniang bayan

Meeting of brgy. captain, councilors on health and environment and BHWs with Sangguniang Bayan regarding stricter implementation of ordinances.

The BHWs understand that the LGU allots more budget for other things that are also vital for the betterment of their community.

They also feel that as BHWs, they don’t have the right to complain about the budget.

Root Problem: Limited budget for health

RecommendationsDoor-to-door campaign to disseminate information about the prevention of diarrhea and skin infections

Document cases and referrals to monitor incidence and prevalence of diseases.

It is the family’s responsibility to provide a toilet facility in their own home. This should not be requested or required from LGU. Tap sanitary Inspector and Council on Health and Clean environment to conduct training on making improvised toilet with the available resources in the brgy. (e.g. mud)

More frequent meetings among the brgy. officials and Sangguniang Bayan to ensure coordination and alignment of objectives and goals.