Initial Data Base

A) Family structure, characteristics and dynamics

The Laderas family has 10 members. The head of the family is Manuel Laderas 58 years old
his wife is Nardita Laderas 59 years old together they have four children, the eldest is Mandy
Laderas 34 years old next is Marinette Clores 30 years old next is Marjorie Seda 28 years old
and the youngest is Mark Anthony Laderas 26 years old. Marinette Clores is married to Romeo
Clores 34 years old and they have two children together Christopher John Clores 13 years old
and Jersrey John Clores 11 years old. Marjorie Seda is also married to Edhar Seda and together
they have one son Christian Jiro Seda. Both Marineete and Marjorie still live in their parents’
house along with their own family, therefore making the Laderas Family an Extended Family.
And the family authority is egalitarian. There are no presences of any obvious or readily
observable conflicts between the family members and they have harmonious barrier less
communication among members.
B) Socio-economic and cultural Characteristics
Manuel Laderas is a Pedicab driver in Barangay 732 with a daily income of 100 pesos. Mrs.
Laderas is a vendor in Divisoria with a weekly income of 450-500 pesos. And Romeo Clores is a
mailman with an income of 2500 pesos every half month. Most of Mrs. Laderas income is spent
on the electricity bill and water, while most of Mr. Laderas' income is spent on viands for lunch
or dinner. While Romeo Clores spends most of his income to his own family first, that is, his
wife and two sons. The whole family are able to meet their needs like shelter, food and clothing.
They don't have any ethnic backgrounds and they are all Catholic. For the educational attainment
all of the children of MR. And Mrs. Laderas have finished High School in Pandacan, Manuel E.
Roxas High School. Christian Jiro Seda is currently in Kindergarten in San Antonio Community
Center, Jersrey John Clores is currently in 5th grade in' Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School'
and Christopher John Clores is now in 1st year High School in 'Manuel Aurollo High School'.
The eldest son Mandy Laderas doesn't reside in the house but is second in command on
authority, he also makes decisions for the family, since he is just their neighbour. The family are
not involved in any particular acivities in the community.

C) Home and Environment

The housing structure has two floors the first floor is made up of concrete walls and floor and
the second floor is made up of wooden walls and ceiling. It has 2 rooms, a toilet and a kitchen.
The area of the house is around 4 x 2.5 meters approximately. Marjorie Laderas said that "
komportable at makakatulog naman kami ng maayos sa bahay". They have adequate living space
for her perception, but the standard living space for 1 person is 6 square meters. Therefore they
have inadequate living space. The whole family except Mandy sleeps in the same room together.
They have a pet dog named 'naruto' and there are vectors in the house, i.e., mosquitos and
cockroaches. The dog is not any trouble and had shots for rabies. Marjorie said "hindi naman
siya nangangagat, tahimik lang siya lagi". There are no presences of any accidental hazards.
They don't store any food because it is mostly bought in carinderias, Marjorie said "Inuubos
naming ang mga pagkain binibili namin, kasi po baka puntahan ng mga ipis o daga". They use a
gas stove and a charcoal operated stove, which is outside the house, for their kitchen facilities.
They buy purified water for their drinking water, as for other usage of water like bathing;
washing etc. they fetch water from the water pump 10 metres away from their house. They have
their own toilet but its flush handle is broken so they flush it manually. Their drainage system is
clean and it's frequently sprayed to prevent dengue. The neighbourhood is congested. The nearest
health facility is the Fabella Center at Fermin St., but the family prefers to consult to Pedro Gil
Hospital at Pedro Gil due to their belief that the physicians in Fabella centre are not qualified
enough. They ride on pedicabs and jeeps, whenever the family goes out for shopping, bonding
and to get to their work place.

D) Health status of the family members

Mrs. Nardita has a high blood pressure and she is also diabetic and is currently on
maintenance for her blood pressure, we are not able to do physical assessment on Mrs. Laderas
because she was not present on our family visit. Manuel was paralyzed on half part of his body,
that is, his left upper and lower extremities, but is currently in good condition. Marjorie has
current condition of goiter, she is on a waiting list for operation, she has waited since October
2009, is at Pedro Gil Hospital. She is asthmatic, it comes every month but it stopped for the last 2
months. She said the usual onset of her asthma is due to tiredness or stress. Whenever she gets
asthmatic she uses a nebulizer from her neighbor. (BP=90/70mmHg) Christian Jiro Seda 5 years
old (60 mos.) born Aug. 28, 2005 and weighs 19 Kg taken on Aug. 26 2010.
3 Day Diet Recall

1st Day 2nd Day 3rd Day

Breakfas Pancit 3serving Pancit 3 servings Pancit 3 servings
t Rice 3 Kg Rice 3 kg Rice 3 kg
Pandesal 30 pcs. Pandesal 30 pcs Pandesal 30 pcs
Champorado 2 cups Champorad 2cups Champorado 2cups
(Christopher o(Christoph (Christopher
only) er only) only)
Coffee 180 ml* Coffee 180 ml* Coffee 180 ml*
Water 2.2 L Water 2.2 L Water 2.2 L
Longganisa 2 pcs Longganisa 2 pieces Longganisa 2 pieces
(Christian (100 (Christian (100 g/pc) (Christian (100 g/pc)
&Jiro) g/pc) &Jiro) &Jiro)

Lunch Coffee 180 ml* Coffee 180 ml* Coffee 180 ml*
Rice 3 Kg Rice 3 kg Rice 3 kg
Pakbet 3 Minudo 3 servings Sinigang 3 servings
servings (beef) (Bangus)
Dinner Fried 3 pcs Fried 5 pcs Fried Imelda 3 pcs(500
Mayamaya (500 Bangus (250g/pc) fish g/pc)
fish g/pc) 3 kg Rice
Rice 3 Kg Rice 2.2 L Water 3 kg
Water 2.2 L Water 2.2 L

(*)= one person

1 serving=100 g

Most of their meals are bought especially on breakfast and lunch, but they always
cook for dinner, the way of preparing their dish for dinner is mostly fried. These are
hypertension and diabetes of Nardita while Goiter and asthma of Marjorie and smoking
because of Romeo and most of the male members are alcohol drinkers. Marjorie had been
diagnosed at the hospital (PGH) and she needs to be operated as soon as possible, but she
is still waiting for the call from the hospital she was diagnosed for Goiter since Oct 2009.
Nardita is currently maintaining her blood pressure and eats low calorie and low fat meals
to improve her current health status.
E) Values, Habits, Practices on Health Promotion, Maintenance and Disease
Prevention

All children and adults of Laderas family have complete vaccination. There are no
specific lifestyles that they follow to be healthy. Marjorie said that all of them get enough
time of sleep but they do not practice any healthy activities such as exercising, which will
contribute to their health. For the protective measures, they use slippers or shoes when
going outside the house but when they are just inside the house they are barefoot. When
they sleep they don’t use bed nets but only the fan is turned on for comfortable sleep.
And also Marjorie stated that “Wala naman narereport na dengue dito sa amin kaya
electric fan lang and gamit naming.” In management of stress or relaxation, they watch
TV or walk around the shopping areas. They don’t use or apply any promotive-preventive
health services.
FLOOR PLAN

Second Floor

CABINET CABINET

WINDOW

STAIRS

TABLE

First Floor

TOILET KITCHEN

KITCHEN

STAIRS

DOOR