COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Activity #1

BARANGAY CONUNCILOR: Mrs. Amelia J. Dungca

Sto. Niño, Plaridel, Bulacan

1. Identify some of the health needs of that community.

 Medicine and vitamins for senior, PWD, and pregnant woman
o Children – vitamin A (Patak Vitamin A)
o PWD – DOT
o Senior Citizens – vitamins and for hypertension
o Pregnant woman – vitamins
 Immunization vaccines
o Infant 0-12 months
o Age 5-11
o Age 12-17
o 18 years old above
 Monthly check up
 Feeding program
2. Where do members of this community receive health care? Give 2-5 examples of
the health care services that they can access in the community RHU.
 Medicine and immunization vaccine
o Senior citizen
 hypertension
o PWD
 DOTS – Directly Observed Treatment Strategy
o Infant
 Monthly vaccine (0-12 months)
o Children and Adults
 COVID vaccine
 Children (deworming)
 5-11 years old
 12-17 years old
 18 years old – above
 Midwife, Nurse, and Volunteers
o Midwife
 Check up for pregnant women
 Referral for hospitalization of pregnant woman (giving birth)
  Before midwife in the barangay is the one who is
delivering the baby. But now, in the hospital.
o Nurse
 Check up for children, adults, and senior citizens
o Volunteers
 Data collection
 Reminding the PWD for the DOTS
o Barangay Health Worker
 Assisting the patients
 House-to-house check-up for children
 Vitamin A (Patak Vitamin A)
 Monitoring for malnourish children in the barangay
 Feeding program
o Every 3 months the barangay is organizing a feeding program
 Malnourish and indigent
 Day Care and Kinder pupils
3. Are there people in the community who do not have access to health care? Who
are they? What services are they not able to access?
o The whole community can access all the services that health center
has.
o When the national ordered to distribute the care to the whole
Philippines
 National  Governor  Mayor  Barangay – barangay captain
and barangay councilors