Philippine Health Connections.

Health Connections is here to make a difference. Through Health Connections, the people become empowered and more aware of their health needs. Health information is shared to the people to help them to be well-informed and knowledgeable. They now can make critical decisions because they know the significant information about their health. Health Connections educates people and influence them to be accountable and responsible for their lives. The people’s desire to understand and educate is enhanced. Health literacy is promoted for everyone. Health Connections will open every person’s mind and make them more responsible of their health thus saving their lives and love ones. Health Connections for the Philippines.

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“HEALTH CONNECTIONS”. A group of doctors, medical professionals, alternative medicine practitioners, acupressure specialists, broadcasters, patients and businessmen met recently on “Health Connections”, to influence and urge the general public to be accountable and responsible for their lives by learning to be part in critical and important decision-making on their health. “Health Connections” provides the people the important information they need to know about their health especially those illnesses that are prevalent nowadays. It invites medical specialists and experts that would further explain diseases, their causes, medications, procedures, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, management of the diseases, and lifestyle changes. “Health Connections” is conceptualized for general public and will soon be aired on DWIZ. Photo shows Vicrod Brozas, COO of Enzacta Philippines, (second from right) as he stresses a point during the meeting held at the Via Mare in Shangri-la Mall, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. Mr. Brozas used to be a respiratory therapist before he realized that we should be responsible and accountable as patients by making efforts in the prevention process, which will later on save us from more health problems.

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OFW-Balik Kalusugan Tayo

OFW- Overseas Filipino Workers.
Kayo ang mga bagong Bayani ng Bansang Pilipinas?

OFW remittances fueling growth in real estate

In 2006, OFWs sent back to their local beneficiaries $12.6 billion through the banking system alone. The central bank estimates that this amount is even understated by an average of 30 percent because of funds sent home through informal channels.

At the low end, this means that as much as $4.2 billion in OFW funds were spent on the real estate sector last year–a figure that will rise further, given the central bank’s expectations of as much as $14 billion in remittances for 2007.

“OFWs are really the main factor driving up this market,” said Antonio, whose firm has launched several projects aimed at this cash-rich sector. “In our case, at least 50 percent of our sales come from OFW [buyers].”

What are the effect to the country?

Large and small real estate developers are now investing heavily in wooing expatriate Filipino buyers. These include property blue-chip Ayala Land Inc., Megaworld Corp. and Robinsons Land Corp.

Indeed, the latest data from the National Statistical Coordination Board revealed that the property sector had recorded the fastest growth rate among various monitored industries in recent months.

In the fourth quarter of 2006, for example, gross revenues of the real estate sector grew by 40 percent compared the same period in the previous year.

This marks the 15th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth for the sector since 2003. “The properties cost from P500,000 to P1.5 million and from P1.5 million to P2.5 million or P3 million per unit.”

The manufacturing and the transportation and communication sector–the previous darling of the economy–grew by 8.5 percent and 8.4 percent, respectively.

How many Filipinos in the country were given Jobs in the section of mason, carpenter, construction worker, sales and marketing, accounting, and a lot more?

How many family’s are able to have better food, shelter and clothing from their purchases?

I mean, countless days and night of work away from their family. A choice our OFW made to give a better life for their family back here in the Philippines.

What is the prediction?

“Nowadays, you have high-earning professionals like nurses and information technology people who are highly valued by their employers abroad,” he said. “As long as deployment numbers keep rising, this market will stay strong.”

Are They not the Hero?

Thanks for the writings of:

Daxim Lucas of Inquirer
First Posted 17:25:00 05/20/2007

Ikaw din ay isang bayani. Bayani sa informasyon. Dahil sayo naibahagi ang kabayanihan ng ating mga OFW.

Full Story Balik Kalusugan Tayo.

Hatid sa inyo ng Philippine Health Connections:
Bridging the Gap by Connecting the Experts to Build A Better Team.
Accountability. Knowledgeable. Responsibility

A Case For Medicine

Hippocrates, The Father of Medicine

We find him possessed considerable insight into human nature. This is evident ih his argument for medicine.

“Sheer necessity has caused men to seek and to find medicine because sick men did not and do not profit by the same regimen as do men in health.” he taught.

There are some who refuse to follow standards of right living, so they lose their health, while others with weak constitutions and inherent weaknesses have to follow more intricate health guidelines than the average healthy person, simply to avoid disease, he indicated.

Source: Page 5. Food That Heals of Dr. Bernard Jensen.

The Classical Works

The great development of western medicine which occurred during the Enlightenment and modern period has its roots in the rediscovery of classical medical writings during the Renaissance. The surviving printed copies of Aristotle, Hippocrates, Galen, Discorides, Celsus and other ancient luminaries bear the editorial hand of the most eminent doctors of the day, and often the handwritten annotations of several generations of readers. Collections of early printed medical books can be compared to archaeological digs but the yield is of ideas rather than artefacts.

The value placed on these books at the time can be gauged by the biblical splendour of their production, and it can only be regarded as a small miracle that so many are collected together in the University of Sydney Library, truly Sidere mens eadum mutato.

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Filipino People in the Philippines

The Philippines. Where 90 Million Filipinos Resides.

The Philippines is one of the world’s largest archipelago composed of 7,100 islands with a total land area of 300,000 kms2. It is bounded in the east by the Pacific Ocean, in the west by the South China Sea, in the north by the Bashi Channel and in the south by the Sulu and Celebes Seas. The biggest island group is Luzon (141,395 kms2), followed by Mindanao (101,999 kms2) and Visayas (56,606 kms2). Manila, located in Luzon, is the capital city.

The Philippine has a tropical and monsoonal climate. There are two distinct seasons – the dry season from December to May and the wet season from June to November. About 20 to 30 typhoons lash the country during the wet season.

In 2003, the estimated population in the country is 81,081,460 with an almost equal ratio of male to female. About 55 percent of the population lives in the island of Luzon. Metropolitan Manila, which is the largest urban center in the country, is home to an estimated 10,574,000 people in 2001. The Philippines has one of the highest growth rates in the world at 2.36 percent. This is almost twice the global rate of 1.30 percent. About 34.65 percent of the population is between 1 and 14 years old, and 4.25 percent is 65 years old and above.

The presence of a well established educational system accounts for the high literacy rate of 95.10 percent, which is higher among females and in urban areas. In 2003, about 61 percent of the population lives in urban areas, which are continuously attracting numerous migrants from rural communities.

According to the Human Development Report, in 2002 infant mortality rate was 29 for every 1,000 live births while under-five mortality rate was 38 for every 1,000 live births. In 2000, about 83.35 percent of newborn infants weigh at least 2500 g at birth. A low-birth-weight child or a child exposed to environmental pollution and poor living conditions is more susceptible to diseases, which has a substantial influence on physical, mental and social growth.

The Philippine economy traditionally depends on agriculture, forestry, mining and fishing. Arable farmland comprises an estimated 26% of the total land area. Since it is surrounded by water, thePhilippines has a very diverse range of  fishing areas. However, in recent years, the manufacturingsector has grown rapidly.

Economic growth was spurred by the development of ecozones or industrial estates that are intended to boost industrial activities both in the urban and rural communities. There are about 137 industrial estates (IE) in the Philippines with about 886 locators or firms, half of which are semiconductor and electronics companies, which contribute about 70% of export earnings.

The country is well-endowed with mineral and thermal energy resources. Natural gas reserves off Palawan Island were recently discovered. Philippine copper and chromite deposits are among the largest in the world. Other important minerals include gold, nickel, silver, coal, gypsum, and sulfur.

The Philippines is still developing slowly. In 2001, at current prices, the gross national product (GNP) was $ 75,702 million while the gross domestic product (GDP) was $ 19,749 million. The total health expenditure of the country reached Php119.40 billion in 2001, posting a growth rate of only 5.20 per cent, much lower than the 9.70 per cent in 2000. A large proportion of the total health spending (55 per cent) is from private sources, 37.50 per cent from government and 8.0 per cent from social insurance.

Source: World Health Organization. March 1, 2005

Ang Aking Health Connections

Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit hindi masabi ng isang Pasyente sa kanyang Doctor na sya ay may ginagawa o iniinum na sa pananaw nya at ng mga tao palibot sa kanya ay nakakatulong sa kanyang kalusugan at karamdaman?

Nakakaapekto ba ito sa pagbibigay ng lunas ng isang experto sa medisina-doctor?

Sa Pilipinas lang ba ang problemang ito?

Alamin natin at ating buksan ang mundo ng isang pasyente at ang kanyang doctor kung anong nangyayari sa kanilang relasyon.

Sa baba ay mababasa ang mga information na kinuha mula sa mga pagsusuri at pag-aaral ng mga experto.

Buksan. Gumising. Alamin ang Bagay-Bagay.

Source: University of British Columbia Public Affairs, Closing the doctor-patient communication gap (1996), British Columbia, viewed 25 March, 2009, .

Closing the Patient-Doctor Communication Gap

This article was released by the University of British Columbia Public affairs dated November 21, 1996. The media release discusses the new project that the UBC conducted which concerns the doctors and the patients. Their goal is to make the doctor and patient work together in a shared role for decision making in medical care. They called this project as Informed Shared Decision Making. The project consists of training of physician-patient teaching teams. According to the project head William Godolphin, a professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, he stated that patients need to be informed, and physicians need to know how to help their patients become informed. He also said that this project is a reflection of several trends which includes greater interest in health promotion, people taking more responsibility for their own health care and changing the environment for doctors in which the traditional paternalistic model of medicine is given away to more consumer-oriented attitudes. He also added that most of the complaints made against the physicians are because of their lack of communication skills. This project teaches the physicians on how to communicate better to their patient like breaking the bad news and getting the important information from their patients. Godolphin also pointed that the project is aiming for a higher range of communication. He also said that the patient can be a powerful agent for changed of physician’s behavior. That’s why they included patients, advocacy and community groups and those who are involved in patient education.

Source: Barbara Seaman, Charting the doctor-patient relationship, The Spiral Notebook, viewed 25 March, 2009, .

Charting the Patient-Doctor Relationship

This article by Barbara Seaman tells about the why doctors and patients are having communication problems which results to frustration and less satisfaction for both of them. She cites the reasons why communication between doctors and patients are like tug of war, each one of them is at the end of the rope. She also enumerates why doctors fail to connect with their patients and why patients are as difficult as their doctors when it comes to communication. Examples according to Seaman, doctors do more talking than listening and patients do not follow instructions. The resolutions for this conflict makes its way by the doctor making a patient-centered partnership with the patients, soliciting patients’ concerns and opinions, working on mutual trust and develop communication to test results to patients. On the part of the patients, they should know how to tell their illness story, they also should learn how to present concrete examples to describe their illness, and learn about their illness so they can ask the right questions. These are just a few of what the doctors and patients can do to promote better communication as discussed by Seaman.

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