PRE-AMERICAN OCCUPATION - Public health works began at the old Franciscan Convent in Intramuros where Fr. Juan Clemente put up a dispensary in 1577 for treating indigents in Manila.
Creation of Board of vaccinators to prevent smallpox
First medical school in the Philippines- UST
General hospitals
San Juan de Dios Hospital
Chinese General hospital
Hospicio de san Jose in Cavite
Casa dela Caridad in Cebu
Enfermeria de Santa Cruz in Laguna
Contagious Hospitals
San lazaro Hospital
Hospital de palestina in Camarines Sur
Hospital delos Lesprosos in Cebu
Hospital de Argencina in Manila for smallpox and cholera
Military hospital
Hospital Militar de Manila
Hospital Militar de Zamboanga
Naval Hospital
Hospital dela Marie in Cebu
Hospital de basilan
Other hospital/Asylums
Hospicio de San Pascual Baylon in Manila
Asylum of St. Vincent de Paul in Manila for poor girls
Hospital of San Jose for orphaned children and mentally ill
Nursing school at Philippine Normal School
JONES LAW YEARS • Retrogression rather than progression in so far as the health was concern
Increase CDR- death rate per 1000 person
Increase IMR - infant death per 1000
Increase Morbidity- rate of incidence of disease
THE COMMONWEALTH PERIOD • Process of gaining and maintaining altitude (because the later years under Jones Law was successful)
Bureau of Census and Statistics was created to gather vital statistics
JAPANESE OCCUPATION • During this time, All public health activities were practically paralyzed THE WORLD WAR II
POST WORLD WAR II - The Philippine Independence
Dichlorodiphenyl trichlorothanel (DDT) saw dust as larvicide and DDT residual spraying of houses in the control of malaria.
dengue virus - was isolated from typical H fever cases
MARTIAL LAW YEARS • Creation of National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)
EDSA REVOLUTION • From Ministry of Health it was renamed again as Department of Health
1987 constitution – more provision on health making comprehensive health care available
Milk code- EO51- required the marketing of breast milk substitute
National Epidemic Surveillance System (NESS)- this was made to track down the occurrence of 14 diseases with potential causing outbreaks.
RAMOS ADMINISTRATION • “Health in the Hands of People” and “Lets DOH it”- by the Sec. Juan Flavier
RA 7394- Consumer Act of the Philippines- an act providing penalties for manufacture, distribution and sales of adulterated foods, drugs and cosmetics
RA 7610- Special protection of Children against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination act
EO 39- which created the Philippines National AIDS Council as a national policy and advisory body in the prevention and control of HIV-AIDS
RA 7432 - Senior Citizen’s Act - which grant benefits and special privileges in order to maximize the contributions of senior citizen to nation building
RA 7719 - The National Blood services Act of 1994 which was passed to promote voluntary blood donation
RA 8172 - An Act of Salt Iodization Nationwide- providing salt iodization nationwide approved in 1996 and renamed FIDEL _fortified for Iodine Elimination)
Expanded Program on Immunization (Oplan Alis Disease)- to eliminate polio, measles and neonatal tetanus
Nutrition- vitamin A, iron and iodine utilization (Araw ng Sangkap pinoy)
The 3 Core Functions of Public health
Assessment
Policy Development
Assurance
Community - It is a group of people with common characteristics or interests living together within a territory or geographical (physical) boundary.
Patient- an individual who is sick.
Client- an individual who is well/not sick.
*Mother is expected to have the ABILITY to provide care and usually takes the role of keeping the family well and healthy by combining:
Knowledge
Attitudes
Skills
Individual: intrapersonal conflicts (conflict within the person/personal conflicts)
Family: interfamilial conflicts (conflict within the family/interpersonal conflicts)