Osmenian malnutrition treatment hub (OMTH) : a community - based approach to reduce undernutrition among children ages 0-59 months old in Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte / Maryrose S. Bugtai.
Description: xiv, 109 leaves : color illustrationsSubject(s): Dissertation note: Graduate School of Public and Development Management. Health Systems and Development. Batch 7 Thesis (MPM-HSD)--Development Academy of the Philippines. Summary: The initial 1,000 days from conception to the first two years of life is viewed as a distinctive "window of opportunity" which is as crucial period for growth and development. To guarantee the growth, health and development of children to their utmost potential, adequate nutrition during infancy and early childhood is critical. According to the World Health Organization, a reduction of 13% deaths of children aged less than five years can be prevented from optimal breastfeeding and a further 6% decline in under-five mortality can be prevented due to appropriate complementary feeding practices (WHO, 2003). During the Operation Timbang conducted by the Barangay Nutrition Scholar from January to March 2016, the Municipality of Sergio Osmena ranked first among municipalities in Zamboanga Del Norte with the highest malnutrition rate. Among children ages 0-59 months 16.74% are underweight and 18.69% are stunted while 8.13 are wasted. (RHU, 2016). The causes of malnutrition identified were complex, multifactorial and at different levels of society, the foundational factors were identified to be within the political context, formal and informal infrastructures such as markets, health care and schooling and income generating activities. The next level of causality were identified to be in the household / family level comprising of access and availability of food, direct caring bahavior of caregivers, educational status, early marriage/teenage pregnancy, health environment and access to health care. While the immediate causes identified were food intake wherein breastfeeding and complementary feedings practices come to play and direct health risks. Hence, community-based initiatives anchored at the basic level going up are needed to resolve the problem in the municipality. Strengthening access to basic infrastructures on a par with the rest of the barangays, multi-pronged/integrated approach to ensure durable household food security and support informal adult education/skills development targeting both men and women are recommendations to address the problem. Osmenian Malnutrition Treatment Hub (OMTH) is a community - based multi sectoral and self sustaining approach to combat malnutrition in any given locale. It is adapted from the Pinoy Nutrition Hub (PNH) intervention of World Vision Philippines but was tailored fit to the resources and capacities available in the unit of implementation. OMTH aimed to reduce the prevalence of chronic under nutrition in the municipality through engaging the communities, the families and caregivers of both malnourished and non malnourish children. It sought to build up in every community self - reliance that feeding alone isn't the sole solution to malnutrition. The OMTH is composed of 5 series of phases that must be undergone by a malnourish child chronologically, while the implementation of OMTH is not limited to what is presented, the community can continuously innovate and re-create their own Barangay - based interventions especially the sustainability measures that can be employed in their specified area. This is not a "one size fits all" intervention, the goal is to harness what is locally available and make use of it. OMTH touched on the knowledge, skills and attitude of caregivers, health workers and officials on topics of malnutrition.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Bugtai, M. S. (2017). Osmenian malnutrition treatment hub (OMTH): A community - based approach to reduce undernutrition among children ages 0-59 months old in Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte (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 7 Thesis (MPM-HSD)--Development Academy of the Philippines.
The initial 1,000 days from conception to the first two years of life is viewed as a distinctive "window of opportunity" which is as crucial period for growth and development. To guarantee the growth, health and development of children to their utmost potential, adequate nutrition during infancy and early childhood is critical. According to the World Health Organization, a reduction of 13% deaths of children aged less than five years can be prevented from optimal breastfeeding and a further 6% decline in under-five mortality can be prevented due to appropriate complementary feeding practices (WHO, 2003). During the Operation Timbang conducted by the Barangay Nutrition Scholar from January to March 2016, the Municipality of Sergio Osmena ranked first among municipalities in Zamboanga Del Norte with the highest malnutrition rate. Among children ages 0-59 months 16.74% are underweight and 18.69% are stunted while 8.13 are wasted. (RHU, 2016). The causes of malnutrition identified were complex, multifactorial and at different levels of society, the foundational factors were identified to be within the political context, formal and informal infrastructures such as markets, health care and schooling and income generating activities. The next level of causality were identified to be in the household / family level comprising of access and availability of food, direct caring bahavior of caregivers, educational status, early marriage/teenage pregnancy, health environment and access to health care. While the immediate causes identified were food intake wherein breastfeeding and complementary feedings practices come to play and direct health risks. Hence, community-based initiatives anchored at the basic level going up are needed to resolve the problem in the municipality. Strengthening access to basic infrastructures on a par with the rest of the barangays, multi-pronged/integrated approach to ensure durable household food security and support informal adult education/skills development targeting both men and women are recommendations to address the problem. Osmenian Malnutrition Treatment Hub (OMTH) is a community - based multi sectoral and self sustaining approach to combat malnutrition in any given locale. It is adapted from the Pinoy Nutrition Hub (PNH) intervention of World Vision Philippines but was tailored fit to the resources and capacities available in the unit of implementation. OMTH aimed to reduce the prevalence of chronic under nutrition in the municipality through engaging the communities, the families and caregivers of both malnourished and non malnourish children. It sought to build up in every community self - reliance that feeding alone isn't the sole solution to malnutrition. The OMTH is composed of 5 series of phases that must be undergone by a malnourish child chronologically, while the implementation of OMTH is not limited to what is presented, the community can continuously innovate and re-create their own Barangay - based interventions especially the sustainability measures that can be employed in their specified area. This is not a "one size fits all" intervention, the goal is to harness what is locally available and make use of it. OMTH touched on the knowledge, skills and attitude of caregivers, health workers and officials on topics of malnutrition.
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