Group Activity for IH 211 Health Promotion Theory Diploma in International Health UP Open University

1. Global Health
Challenges in the
Hospital Setting
IH 211 HEALTH PROMOTION THEORY

2. Group Members (Hospital Group)
Bading, Shaer May
Bernal, Lucianne Angelicque
Damilig, Karisa Mae
Judan, Shar Lyn
Macindo, John Rey
Mirana, Dolly Dianne
Sanchez, Maria Anya Paola

3. HIV and AIDS

4. Strengthen Community Action
HIV 101 Lectures
Lectures on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression
Open Forum with HIV patients as speakers

5. Develop Personal Skills
Sex Education (including the proper use of contraceptives)
Training for health educators

6. Non-Communicable
Diseases (NCDs)
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CANCERS, DIABETES, AND RESPIRATORY
CONDITIONS

7. Build Healthy Public Policies
Adaptation of Employees’ Wellness Program for All National Government Agencies
Risk Assessment Approach through PhilHealth’s Primary Care Benefit
Tobacco and Cigarette Taxation
Excise Tax on Sweetened Beverages

8. Build Healthy Public Policies
Smoking Cessation Program
Restriction of Junk Food in Schools
Belly Gud Health Program for government officials

9. Create Supportive Environments
Penalize littering and improper waste disposal.
Promote urban gardening.
Develop eco-friendly infrastructure.
Conduct regular clean-up of streets, bodies of water, and sewage systems.

10. Strengthen Community Action
Community Fun Runs
Sports Events and Group Exercises sponsored by the local government
Information Dissemination through social media, posters, flyers, brochures, lay fora,
etc.
Establishing support groups for patients and their families

11. Develop Personal Skills
Lessons in cooking healthy meals
Workshops on meditation and other stress relaxation techniques
State-subsidized continuing education about NCDs for health professionals

12. Reorient Health Services
Engaging in clinical research about NCDs in the Philippine setting
Encouraging each family to have a family physician who can a) recommend
lifestyle changes that will prevent the onset of NCDs and b) narrow down referrals
to the specialists that will be most helpful for patients with NCDs and their
families.

13. Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD)

14. Build Healthy Public Policies
Develop and implement policies that will allow graduates of occupational therapy (OT) and
speech-language therapy (SLT) programs to work as OT Assistants (OTAs) and SLT Assistants
(SLTAs) for less expensive fees if they do not pass the board exams (to be supervised by licensed
therapists).
Provide CHED accreditation to 2-year associate’s degree programs for high school graduates
who wish to become OTAs and SLTAs.
*The recommendations above are meant to address the shortage of occupational therapists and speech-
language therapists in the Philippines, as well as the skyrocketing fees for therapy services.

15. Create Supportive Environments
Incentivize private businesses to build parks, gardens, and playgrounds where
children with ASD can play in order to improve their motor skills and sensory
processing.
Improve public infrastructure and transportation so that families living in far-
flung provinces will be able to bring children with ASD to the nearest healthcare
facilities.

16. Strengthen Community Action
Train school teachers on how to develop inclusive academic programs for students
with ASD so that they can learn at their own pace and socialize with typically
developing peers.
Train prospective employers on how to transition teenagers and adults with ASD
into the workplace.

17. Develop Personal Skills
Organize seminar-workshops for parents and caregivers in order for them to learn
therapeutic strategies that they can use at home to help their children who have
ASD.
Teach the proper body mechanics that family members, teachers, and security
personnel should observe when handling children with ASD who are engaging in
injurious behaviors.

18. Reorient Health Services
Establish a stronger referral and collaboration system between hospital-based
clinicians and school-based therapists so that the therapeutic approaches can be
incorporated into the school activities of children with ASD.
Develop culturally sensitive screening tools that school teachers and daycare
workers can use to identify children who might have ASD in order to have a basis
for referring the children’s family to developmental pediatricians.

19. Addictions
SMOKING, ALCOHOL, BETEL NUT, AND JUNK FOOD

20. Build Healthy Public Policies
Liquor ban/restriction
Restriction of Junk Food
No Smoking Policy

21. Develop Personal Skills
Provide family counseling on how to deal with addictions.
Organize leadership and personal development seminars to redirect people’s
energies to more productive activities.

22. Reorient Health Services
Establish withdrawal clinics.
Conduct research studies about the effectiveness of interventions among Filipinos
who are struggling with addiction instead of merely relying on peer-reviewed
journals from Western countries.

23. References
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