DOH Flashcards
is defined as the practice of passing the feces outside
a latrine or toilet or in a natural environment (open field, body of water etc.)
and leaving the fecal matter exposed.
Open defecation (OD)
• It is composed of a sub, mid , and superstructure that
collects excreta or sewage and conveyed in a containment
tank (pit latrine or septic tank)
Basic Sanitation Facility
• Prevention of premature deaths begins with the ability of the local
health system to identify people manifesting high risk factors. Early
identification of risk factors among 20 years old and above population
could lead to responsive/ appropriate preventive measures.
Philippine Package of Essential NonCommunicable Disease Interventions in Primary Health Care (PhilPEN)
is the planned, systematic
attempt to enable people to take action to
prevent or mitigate water, sanitation and hygiene
related diseases
Hygiene Promotion
are living organisms that can transmit infectious pathogens between
humans, or from animals to humans. Many of these vectors are bloodsucking
insects, which ingest disease-producing microorganisms during a blood meal
from an infected host (human or animal) and later transmit it into a new host,
after the pathogen has replicated
Vector-Borne Diseases
•-a hospital facility with an organized HIV/AIDS Core Team (HACT) providing prevention,
treatment care and support services to People Living with HIV (PLHIV)
Treatment Hub
-clinics of the local government unit that are usually part of the municipality/city
health office providing reproductive health service including management of ST
social Hygiene Clinic
• It is a counseling process that enables a client make an informed choice about being tested for HIV.
HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing
VCT
Section 29. HIV Testing. - As a policy, the State shall encourage voluntary HIV testing. Written consent from the person taking
the test must be obtained before HIV testing.
Republic Act 11166: Philippines HIV and
AIDS Policy Act
• systematic screening in the community using
symptoms screening, such as house-to-house visits by community workers.
Enhanced case finding (ECF) –
systematic screening in health facilities among all consults. In the program context, ICF will also utilize chest X-ray screening.
intensified case finding (ICF) –
systematic screening implemented outside health
facilities (i.e. high-risk populations or settings) by bringing the screening
examination/procedures such as chest X-ray to the community. 1,2
Active case finding (ACF) –
– refers to the systematic identification of
presumptive TB in a predetermined target group, using examinations or other
procedures that can be applied rapidly.
Systematic screening for active TB
-refers to any person having:
i) two weeks or longer of any of the following – cough,
unexplained fever, unexplained weight loss, night sweats; or ii)
chest X-ray finding suggestive of TB.
Presumptive Pulmonary Tuberculosis
is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium
tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is
curable and preventable.
Tuberculosis (TB)
is a group of
body depletion disorders which includes Marasmus
(simple starvation) and Kwashiorkor (insufficient
protein intake)
Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
• is the condition that develops when
the body does not get the right amount of vitamins,
minerals and other nutrients it needs to maintain
healthy tissues and organ functions.
Malnutrition
• WHO Definition “The cellular imbalance between
the supply of nutrients and energy and the body’s
demand for them to ensure growth, maintenance
and specific functions.
Malnutrition
To reduce the prevalence of
underweight, anemia, and iodine deficiency
disorder among under five children.
Micronutrient supplementation program
was adopted
in response to the micronutrient malnutrition in the
country. I
Micronutrient supplementation program
To generate data for nutritional
assessment, planning, management and evaluation
of local nutrition programs.
• Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus
is the annual weighing
and height measurement of all preschoolers 0-59
months old or below five years old in a community to
identify and locate the malnourished children
Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus
Refers to women 15-49 years old who are fecund and sexually active
but are not using any modern method of contraception.
Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) with
Unmet Need of Modern Family Planning
• refers to a program which enables couples and individuals to
decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their
children and to have the information and means to do so, and
to have access to a full range of safe, affordable, effective, nonabortifacient modern natural and artificial methods of
planning pregnancy
Family Planning
