Sotoza, L. R. (2015). Developing a culturally sensitive birthing and newborn care protocol for the Palawan tribe in Brookes point, Palawan (Unpublished master's thesis). Graduate School of Public and Development Management, Development Academy of the Philippines.

Graduate School of Public and Development Management Health Systems and Development Batch 5 Thesis (MPM-HSD)--Development Academy of the Philippines.

The utilization of maternal and child health care services is influenced by providing a blueprint on designing approaches to deliver maternal and newborn services especially to populations that are most at risk from maternal and child deaths. This study was conducted guided by the objective of improving maternal health and child health outcomes by developing a culturally sensitive birthing and newborn care protocol for the Palawan tribe in Brookes Point, Palawan. Although this study is confined to maternal and neonatal health care, there is an expressed desire and need to adequate and equitable access on general health services among the tribe. Key problems are on sufficient livelihood, equitable access to healthcare and cultural sensitivity of basic health care services. In order to improve health outcomes, the role a number of identified factors were strengthened, strategies such as operating an accessible birthing facility where services are provided free of charge and safe traditional practices can be performed without discrimination, continued IEC to the community people and to health staff as well, regular medical schemes under the sponsorship of the L:GU, accreditation of the facility to Philhealth as mechanisms to minimize out of pocket expenditure for health, establishment of maternity waiting home. Incentive endowment schemes and easier documentary processing for birth registration were adapted.