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DOH - DM No. 2021-0244 - Health Promotion Playbook Modules
DOH - DM No. 2021-0244 - Health Promotion Playbook Modules
Department of Health
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SUBJECT:
Playbook
Pursuant to the mandate of the DOH leading in the implementation of population-wide
Health
health promotion policies and programs across social determinants of health and behavioral
risk factors as per the Universal Health Care Law, the DOH Health Promotion Bureau (HPB)
has developed eight (8) Health Promotion Playbook modules. To assist Province- and
Modules
City-wide Health Systems (P/CWHS) and their component local government units in
Promotion
implementation, the modules include ready-to-use template policies, evidence briefers,
implementation plans, capacity-building outlines, basic resource requirements, and
monitoring and evaluation plans, communication plans and prototype materials.
The COVID-19 pandemic has surfaced a host of related concerns at the local level which
may be addressed through health promotion. In acknowledgement of the role these issues
play in increasing or reducing vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on
Filipinos’ health and its determinants, the Health Promotion Playbook modules for 2021
recommend a series of interventions that can be adapted to the local context: