CHAP 4 & 5

• Evidence-based practice (EBP)


  is defined as the integration of best research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values. The aim of using evidence-to-guide practice is to support effective practice by using evidence-based patient management strategies which are known to result in best patient care.
• Rural Health Physician


  answers to the policies and health strategies set by the City Health Officer.
• Kagawad or Councilor on Health


  is on his/her political side. This person answers to the

  Barangay Captain and is the link to providing resources in the barangay level to the health center.
• The Rural Health Nurse,


  usually one, has a higher command responsibility than the midwives. This is because they have knowledge of every aspect in the day-to-day business of the health center.
• Rural Health Midwifes


  usually more than one, have the next degree of responsibility. It is because they are specialized to specific tasks inside the health center.
• Barangay Health Workers


  are the lowest group but are not paid through the city health officer. Some are volunteers with only indemnity provided by the local government.
• Local governments


  are political units composed of provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays. They have long been existing with their own legislative bodies which are endowed with specific powers as defined in the Revised Administrative Code and individual local government unit (LGU) charters.
• Department of Social Welfare and Development


  is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for the protection of the social welfare of rights of Filipinos and to promote social development.
• Commonwealth Act No. 439


  created the Department of Health and Public Welfare and in 1941, the Bureau of Public Welfare officially became a part of the Department of Health and Public Welfare.
• Republic Act 5416,


  known as the Social Welfare Act of 1968, created the Department of Social Welfare, placing it under the executive branch of government.
• In 1976, the Department of Social Welfare was renamed Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) through Presidential Decree No. 994. This was signed into law by President Ferdinand E. Marcos and gave the department an accurate institutional identity. On June 2, 1978, the DSSD was renamed Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) in line with the change in the form of government.
• In 1987, the MSSD was reorganized and renamed Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through Executive Or der 123, which was signed by President Corazon C. Aquino. Executive Order No. 292, also known as the Revised Administration Code of 1987, established the name, organizational structure and functional areas of responsibility of DSWD and further defined its statutory authority. In 1991, the passage of Republic Act No. 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 effected the devolution of DSWD basic services to local government units.
• The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)


  is a human development program that invests in the health and education of poor families, primarily those with children aged 0–18.
• The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – National Community-Driven Development Program (Kalahi CIDSS–NCDDP)


  is the community-driven development program of the Philippine Government implemented through the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Supplemented by the government of the Philippines.
• The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP)


  is a community-based capacity building effort that seeks to improve the program participants’ socio-economic status through two tracks: Micro-enterprise Development and Employment Facilitation.
• Listahanan


  An information management system that identifies who and where the poor are in the country. It is being operated by the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR).
• Supplemental Feeding Program


  Provision of food in addition to the regular meals, to target children as part of the DSWD's ECCD program of the government.
• Disaster Response Operations


  Life-saving emergency relief and long-term response.
• Recovery and Reintegration Program for Trafficked Persons (RRTP)


  is a comprehensive package of programs and services, enhancing the psychosocial and economic needs of the beneficiaries.
• Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA)


  aims to improve access of poor communities to basic social services and promote responsive governance.
• Protective Services Program


  Provides a range of interventions to individuals, families, and communities in crisis or difficult situations and vulnerable or disaster-affected communities.
• International Social Welfare Services for Filipino Nationals (ISWSFN)


  is a program for migrant Filipinos and other overseas Filipino nationals who are in crisis situation and in need of special protection are encouraged to seek assistance in the Philippine Embassies in their countries of destination.
• Residential and Non-Residential Facilities


  Services rendered in facilities 24-hour that provide alternative family care arrangement to poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals or families in crisis.
• Adoption and Foster Care


  The act of adoption, of permanently placing a minor with a parent or parents other than the birth parents in the Philippines.
• Gender and Development


  Gender is about relations—between men and women, women and women, also between men and men and boys and girls. The GAD as perspective recognizes that gender concerns cut across all areas of development and therefore gender must influence government when it plans, budget for, implements, monitors and evaluates policies, programs and projects for development.
• Pilot tested in 2013 and now on its 3rd cycle, the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) Process is proposed to ensure implementation of priority poverty reduction projects.
• National Nutrition Council,(NNC)


  is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Health responsible for creating a conducive policy environment for national and local nutrition planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and surveillance using state-of the art technology and approaches.
• The creation of the Philippine Institute of Nutrition (PIN) as a first attempt to institutionalize a national nutrition program.

  In 1958, PIN was reorganized into the Food and Nutrition Research Center (FNRC) under the Science and Development Board.
• In 1971, Executive Order No. 285 was promulgated, mandating the National Food and Agriculture Council (NFAC) to coordinate nutrition programs in addition to coordinating national food programs, thus, superseding the NCCFN.
• In 1974, Presidential Decree No. 491 (Nutrition Act of the Philippines, June 24, 1974), which created the National Nutrition Council (NNC) as the highest policy-making and coordinating body on nutrition, was promulgated.
• In 1987, Executive Order No. 234 (Reorganization Act of NNC, July 22, 1987) was promulgated, reaffirming the need for an intersectoral national policy-making and coordinating body on nutrition. It expanded the membership of the NNC to include the Departments of Budget and Management (DBM), Labor and Employment (DOLE), Trade and Industry (DTI), and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). The Department of Social Welfare and Development was named chair of the NNC Governing Board.
• In 1988, Administrative Order No. 88 named the Department of Agriculture as the NNC Chair of the NNC Governing Board.
• In 1995, Republic Act No. 8172, An Act Promoting Salt Iodization Nationwide, designated the NNC together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and a representative each from the medical profession and the salt industry, as the Salt Iodization Advisory Board (SIAB). The SIAB is the policy-making body and coordinating body for the salt iodization program.
• In 2000, Republic Act No. 8976, Food Fortification Act of 2000, designated the NNC as advisory body on food fortification. As such, the NNC shall set policies on food fortification, i.e. what foods to be fortified with what micronutrient.
• In 2005, Executive Order No. 472 named the Department of Health as the chair of the NNC, with the DA and DILG as vice-chairs. It also called the NNC to re-orient its operations to be more client-oriented and to prioritize addressing hunger and malnutrition, and authorized NNC to generate and mobilize resources.
• 1967 -Seventeen heads of state including the Philippine President signed the United Nations Declaration on Population which stressed: The Population problem must be recognized as a principal element in long-range planning, if governments are to achieve their economic goals and fulfill the aspirations of their people.
• 1970-The Philippine Population Program was officially launched through the Executive Order No. 233. The Commission on Population (POPCOM) was mandated to serve as the central coordinating and policy making body of the government in the field of population.
• 1971-Republic Act 6365, known as the Population Act of the Philippines was enacted by Congress.
• 1972-Presidential Decree 79 was signed directing public and private sectors to undertake a National Family Planning Program which respects the religious beliefs and values of individuals.
• 1975-Presidential Decree 166 further strengthened the Program. It required the participation of private organizations and individuals in the formulation and implementation of population programs and policies.