COLEGIO DE DAGUPANCOLLEGE OF NURSING

DOCUMENTATION IN COMMUNITY IMMERSIONAT BARANGAY LUCAO, DAGUPAN CITY

(PUROK VI)

Conducted by:

March 2011

Philosophy, Vision, Missionand Objectives of Colegio de Dagupan

PhilosophyThe institution believes that through education, man’s God-given gifts are discovered and developed for his personal fulfillment and community uplift.

VisionIt envisions to create a community responsive to the challenges of the changing world.

MissionIt is tasked to prepare the individuals with the best that education can offer in a manner that is consistent with the needs of society.

Objectives

1. To encourage critical thinking;

2. To provide competent human resources in various fields;

3. To uphold discipline, justice and equality;

4. To improve man's quality of life through research and community services

College of Nursing

VisionTo create a community of nurses that is highly and technologically advanced in training and education while preserving the nightingale’s form of caring.

Mission To enhance and improve the health and wellbeing of the people of the nation, as relevant and appropriate through its programs of education, research, scholarships, clinical practice and community service.

The faculty of the College of Nursing will use its body of knowledge; theory and research to assist the students to develop ethically reflective professional nursing skills and engage in lifelong learning that will uphold the ideals of today’s health care delivery system.

Through evidence-based clinical decision making in nursing practice and the development of information management and leadership skills, College of Nursing prepares the professional nurse to serve and benefit a multi-sectorial society across the life span.

GoalsIn keeping with the mission of the school and College of Nursing, the nursing faculty through teaching, research, service and other scholarly endeavors, seeks to provide a program of learning that assists the students to:

1. Integrate the characteristics and competencies requisite to the practice of professional nursing at the baccalaureate level

2. Promote personal and professional growth that is characterized by professional values and value based behavior.

3. Assume both member and leadership role in nursing and health care system of today and

tomorrow.

4. Employ theory and evidence-based knowledge in the provision of culturally congruent professional nursing care in collaborative partnership with patients and disciplinary heath care system.

Specific Objectives

1. Provide high quality education and training within an environment of scholarly inquiry to prepare competent and compassionate practitioners, scholars of and leaders in nursing who will actively contribute to the goal of a healthy nation and state;

2. Creating a vibrant and highly advanced lifelong learning environment to effectively meet the changing health needs and problems of the state of the nation;

3. Fulfill its covenant of care within the community it promises to serve;

4. Prepare nursing practitioners to the diversity of culture they are to help/serve;

5. Become active member of the community through coordination with other government and non-

government agencies in the implementation of its health care programs.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As we completed this survey, we are enlightened to those people who inspired us for conducting this activity. Above all, we thank our Almighty God for giving us knowledge, courage, strength and guidance for the accomplishment of this task and for keeping safe all the time.

We are very much thankful to the following people:

Our Clinical Instructor Mrs. Angeline Tang for being our adviser, for the support and patience.

To the local officials of Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City for their warmest support and accommodation by giving us all the necessary information and data we needed.

To the kindest residents of Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City who entrusted us all the necessary information which this survey made possible.

And most of all, Our family for being our inspiration. For the love, understanding and support that they are giving us all the time.

And of course, ourselves! This survey would not be possible to made without the help of each other; For good times and bad times, the teamwork and through the sleepless nights.

This experience is unforgettable!

INTRODUCTION

We, the immersion group of BSN IV Block 2 are gladly filled with joyful excitement as we

integrate ourselves at Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City, Pangasinan. Our group was tasked to

immerse in Barangay Lucao in order to attain the community health goals or interest. We are

going to identify the latest status of their health conditions as well as their livelihood. We

assisted every individual, family and as a community of the said Barangay in having their

highest level of holistic health.

We tried to provide and promote healthy lifestyle choices to the community through

education and public awareness. We visited and gave special attention to the underserved area

and conducted health awareness resulting to an increase opportunity for residents to promote

and protect their health and wellbeing.

This survey covers the different health condition in the community and also includes data

gathering in the area such as: community nursing problem and its diagnosis, community nursing

profile, planning objectives, evaluation and conclusion.

DAGUPAN CITY, PANGASINAN

The City of Dagupan (Pangasinan: Ciudad na Dagupan) is a 1st class city in the Philippines. It is an independent component city of the province of Pangasinan. According to the latest census, Dagupan City has a population of 149,554 people in 25,921 households. Located on Lingayen Gulf on the island of Luzon, Dagupan is the chief port, educational, media and communication center, commercial and financial center north of Manila; an active trade is conducted in sugarcane, corn, rice, copra, salt, and an alcoholic liquor produced from the nipa palm. The city is known as the bangus (milkfish) capital of the Philippines because of its abundance of fresh bangus. The city's name is derived from pandaragupan in the local Pangasinan language meaning 'gathering place' as the city has been a regional market center for centuries.

HISTORY OF BARANGAY LUCAO

A. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

13%

14%

16%

22%

20%

14%0 to 56 to 1213 to 2021 to 4546 to 6565 above

44%

56%MaleFemale

AGE GROUP

GENDER GROUP

CIVIL STATUS

56%

39%

4% 1% SingleMarriedWidow/widowerSeparated

CIVIL STATUS

18%

37%

38%

8%

Elementary High School

College Post-graduate

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

2% 2% 4%9%

10%

4%

2%0%

65%

2%

Government employee

Private establishment employee

Employed in private household

Self employed without any employee

Employer in own family operated business

Worked with pay on own family operated business

Worked wihtout pay on own family operated business

Overseas Worker

Unemployed

Retired

SOURCE OF INCOME

RELIGION

CatholicIglesia ni CristoBorn AgainJohovas WitnessOther

B. FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

20%

5%

9%

44%

1%

16% 3% 1%

ExtendedSingle ParentBlendedNuclearCommunalCohabitationalSingle AllianceFoster Parents

62%16%

19% 3%

FatherMotherBothOthers

TYPE OF FAMILY STRUCTURE

FAMILY DECISION MAKER

Below 5,0005000-900010000-1400015000-1900020000-2400025000-2900030000-3400034000 and above

FAMILY INCOME

C. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE

20%

4%

76%

Caretaker/ FreeRentedOwned

OWNERSHIP STATUS OF THE HOUSE

Ownership Status of the Lot which your House is built

5% 11%

2%

12%

69%

Squatter

Caretaker

Rented/Leased

Common property with other family members

Owned

41%

44%

15%

Permanent (Concrete)Semi-permanent (Wood)Temporary (Nipa)

3%25%

71%

No connectionShared connectionOwn connection

TYPE OF DWELLING-UNIT STRUCTURE

ELECTRIC SUPPLY

92%

2%1%2% 2%

Collected woodPurchased wood or sawdustPurchased charcoalKerosene (Gaas)Liquefied petroleum gas

TYPE OF COOKING FUEL SOURCE PRIMARILY USED

D. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

89%

11%

YesNo

AVAILABLE SPACE FOR GARDENING

82%

7%1% 8%

2%

Dug wellCommercial waterShared tube/pipeOwn use tube/pipeOwn use, faucet, Community wa-ter system

SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER

59%

9%

11%

21%

CabinetOpen shelvesRefrigeratorOthers

FOOD STORAGE

40%

60%

Not availableOpen Blind

DRAINAGE SYSTEM

TOILET FACILITIES

8% 3%

89%

Municipal garbage collectionCommunal pitOpen dumpingBurningCompostingOthers

v

3% 4%

57%

16%

13% 5%

Not availableOpen pitClosed pitWater sealed, sharedWater sealed exclusiveFlush toilet

GARBAGE DISPOSAL

58%

42%

YesNo

OBSERVANCE OF GARBAGE SEGREGATION

E. FAMILY HEALTH ORGANIZATION

94%

6%

YesNo

27%

73%

YesNo

NUMBER OF REGISTERED LIVE CHILDREN IN THE SPAN OF LAST 12 MONTHS

NUMBER OF REGISTERED STILL BIRTH IN THE SPAN OF LAST 12 MONTHS

20%

4%

4%

4%

4%64%

PneumoniaInfluenzaHeart Disorder (TOF, RHD)AccidentsEnteritis/ Diarrhea Disease (AGE)Others (SIDS)

24%

46%

10%

3%1%

16%

DiarrheaUpper Respiratory InfectionsDiseases of the heartMeaslesChicken PoxOthers

CAUSES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN IN THE SPAN OF 12 MONTHS

COMMON ILLNESSES OF THE FAMILY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS

11%

89%

BCG, OPV, DPT, Hepa BFIC

17%

5%

13%

21%

1%

4%

19%

18% 2%

Government HospitalPrivate Hospital ClinicMain Health CenterbARAngay Health CenterPrivate Medical StationBarangay Health WorkersHilotHerbolarioOthers

FREQUENCY OF IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN 0-5 YRS OLD

FREQUENCY OF IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN 0-5 YRS OLD

HEALTH RESOURCE AVAILED IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE PRESENCE OF ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY

Conclusion

Health is one of the goals in our community immersion. During our survey, we described

the different factors that affected the existing health illness pattern of the community and its

people; these factors included environmental factors, health resources, socio-economic and

cultural factors.

During our immersion, we conducted a survey at Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City,

Pangasinan Purok VI. In this Barangay, we observed that some houses do not have a good

environmental management, in terms of proper disposal of garbage and appropriate drainage

systems. Majority of the residents burned their garbage that may have caused the high

incidence of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in the barangay.The open drainage system,

source of water from a dug well, and the storage of leftover foods in their cabinets may also

have contributed to the high incidence of diarrhea.

Some families do not recognize their health needs and problems, and the appropriate

health actions to take. They have inadequate knowledge on the importance of personal hygiene

and sanitation which is essential in health maintenance. This may be brought about by lack of

information on the subject or lack of formal education as evidenced by the high percentage of

individuals in the community who had not finish high school and also was unemployed at the

moment, and their only source of income depended on the products of their lands.

Although most of the residents rely on their Barangay health center, the means of

prevention and treatment of diseases may still be vague to them. In this survey, we identified

that there is a presence of health threats and health deficits that should be inspected further.

Recommendation

We suggest that the Barangay Lucao Purok VI will seek help and support to the City

Health Office of Dagupan City in conducting Seminars about promotion of health through health

awareness in order to prevent spread of diseases and assistance about their waste

management. They must also ask for financial assistance in developing their Barangay Health

Center for better delivery of health in their place.

BARANGAY OFFICIALS

BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS