HEALTH QUARTER 3

MODULE 3

Developing Skills in the Prevention of

Communicable Diseases
 What self-monitoring skills do I need to prevent
communicable diseases?
 Self-monitoring skills are a set of abilities needed to check,
observe, and keep, keep track of one’s own behaviors, values
and actions.
 Self monitoring strategies allow people to recognize their
choices or decisions to satisfy these needs.
 Self-monitoring strategies prompt a person to act appropriately
when faced with specific situations and challenges.
 BENEFITS OF
SELF-
MONITORING TO
LEARNERS AND
YOUTH
1. It increases individual awareness of own behavior,
values, and actions done and to be done. It corrects
processes to produce better outcomes.
2. It prompts sound decisions that result in individual
improvement over time.
3. It naturally engages the youth especially students and
makes them emulate good behavior observed from
responsible persons.
4. Builds up communication between adults and
youth and provides a useful and effective feedback
system.
5. Useful in the development of both academic and
social skills such as counting, reading, cooperating,
decision-making, and other life skills.
 Self-monitoring skills that help in the prevention
of communicable diseases vary depending on
the kind of diseases you want to prevent.
 Monitoring skills for airborne diseases are
different from monitoring skills for foodborne,
waterborne, and vector-borne diseases.
 Policies and Programs
Available in the Prevention
of Communicable Disease


1. Republic Act No.10152

Mandatory Infants and Children Health Immunization
Act of 2011
Keyword: Free Immunization Program for Children
=the policy of the State to take a proactive role in the
preventive health care of infants and children.
(Hepatitis-B, Poliomyelitis, Tuberculosis, Diphtheria,
tetanus, and pertussis, Haemophilus Influenza type
B(HIB), measles, mumps, and Rubella(German Measles)

Keyword: Free Immunization Program for Children

.2 . Republic Act No.10532
Philippine National Health Research System Act of 2013
Keyword: National Health Research System
 it is the policy of the State to protect and promote the right to health
of the people, instill the consciousness among them, and improve the
quality of life of every Filipino through health research and
development initiatives.


3.
Republic Act No.10606
National Health Insurance Act of 2013
Keyword: Philippine Health Insurance

=the policy of the state to adopt an integrated and

comprehensive approach to health development, and shall
endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social
services available to all the people at affordable cost, and to
provide free medical care to those who are extremely poor.
Keyword
: Free Immunization Program for Children
4. Republic Act No. 9482
Anti-rabies Act of 2007
Keyword: Rabies Prevention and Control
 the policy of the State to protect and promote the right to health of the
Filipino people
5. Republic Act No. 9275
Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
Keyword: Clean Water

 the State shall pursue a policy of economic growth in a manner

consistent with the protection, preservation, and revival of the quality
of our fresh, brackish and marine waters.
6. Republic Act No.9271
Quarantine Act of 2004
Keyword: Quarantine Regulations

 the bureau shall have the control and jurisdiction over examinations of
ports of entry and exit in the Philippines of incoming and outgoing sea
vessels and aircraft, thenecessarry surveillance over the sanitary
conditions, as well as over the cargoes, passengers, crews and all
personal effects, and the issuance of qauarantine certificates bills of
health or other equivalent documents shall be vested in and conducted
by the Bureau.
7. Republic Act No. 11332
Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and
Health Events of Public health Concern Act
Keyword: Mandatory reporting of disease

 this law declares that it is the policy of the State to protect and
promote the right to health of the people to instill health
consciousness among them.
HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR
THE PREVENTION AND
CONTROL OF
COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE
1. Adolescent Health Program
 aims to promote the total health and well-being of young people through
the youth-friendly comprehensive health care and services on multiple level-
national, regional, provincial or city, and municipal

2. Expanded Program on Immunization

 aims to produce morbidity and mortality among children 0-11
months due to vaccine-preventable diseases.
3.DOH Complete Treatment Pack(ComPack Program)
 a program designed to make medicines accessible to the poorest of the poor
with a complete treatment plan for the topmost common ases in the country.

4.Health Facility Enhancement Program(HFEP)

 aims to make quality health facilities accessible to all the
Filipinos by building new and upgrading the capacity of existing
public facilities such as barangay health centers, rural health
units, and health centers, LGU and DOH hospitals.
5.Malaria Control Program
 aims to significantly reduce the incidence of malaria so that it will
no longer affect the socio-economic development of individuals
and families in endemic areas
6. National Health Insurance Program(NHIP)
 aims to protect all Filipinos, especially the poor, from the
financial burden of accessing and availing preventive and
curative healthcare services.
7. National Dengue Control Program
 is directed towards community-based dengue prevention and
control in areas where the disease is constantly present to a
greater or less extent
8. National Rabies Prevention and Control Program
 is a multi-agency program for the control and elimination of
rabies in the country
9. National TB Program
 aims to reduce morbidity and mortality from tuberculosis by
scaling-up and sustaining coverage of DOTS(directly observed
treatment, short-course) implementation, ensuring provision of
quality TB Services and reducing out-of-pocket expenses
related to TB care.
10. National HIV, AIDS, and STI Prevention and Control
Program

 aims to prevent the further spread of HIV infection and AIDS

and reduce the impact of the disease on individuals, families,
sectors, and communities by improving the coverage and
quality of prevention programs for persons at most risk,
vulnerable, and those living with HIV persons
11.National Filariasis Control Program
 aims to eliminate filariasis(elephantiasis) as a public health
problem through a comprehensive approach and universal
access to quality health services
12. Schistosomiasis Control Program
 is an area-based schistosomiasis case-finding and treatment
program concurrent with vector-borne disease control and
environmental engineering measures.
13.Event-based Surveillance and Response(ESR)

 is an organized and rapid capture of information about

events that are a potential risk to public health including
those related to the occrrence of a disease in humans and
events with potential risk-exposures to humans.
14. Surveillance in Post Extreme Emergencies and
Disasters(SPEED)
 is a project developed as an early warning system designed to
monitor diseases(both communicable and non-communicable),
and health trends that can be harnessed as a powerful tool by
health emergency managers in getting vital information for
appropriate and timely response during emergencies and
disasters.
 AGENCIES AND OFFICES
RESPONSIBLE IN THE PREVENTION
AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE
 PRIMARY PARTNERS OF DOH
1. Department of Agriculture(DA)
2. Bureau of Animal Industry(BAI) of the Department of
Agriculture
3. Department of Environment and Natural
Resources(DENR)
4.Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR)
5. Department of the Interior and Local
Government(DILG)
6. Disease Prevention and Control Bureau(DPCB)
 PRIMARY PARTNERS OF DOH

7. Department of Science and Technology(DOST)

8. Department of National Defense(DND)
9. Armed Forces of the Philippines(AFP)
10. Office of the Civil Defense(OCD)
11. Department of Transportation(DOT)
12. Department of Education(DEPED)
13. Philippine National Police(PNP)
14. Local Government Unit(LGU)
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