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Nutrition Program
By: Joanne Bernadette C.

Aguilar
Definition
 Malnutrition continues to be the public health concerns in the
country. The common nutritional deficiences are; 1.) Vitamin A,
2.) Iron , and 3.)Iodine. These deficiences lead to a serious
physical, mental, social and economic condition among children
and women.
Purposes
 Nutrition program is the application of nutrition and public health
principles to design programs, systems, policies and
environments that aims to improve or maintain the optimal health
of populations and targeted groups.
 It encompasses individual and interpersonal-level interventions
that create changes in knowledge, attitudes, behavior and health
outcomes among individuals, families or small targeted groups
within community setting.
Goals
 To improve quality of life of Filipinos through better nutrition,
improved health and increased productivity.
 Educate individuals and the public on food choices that will optimize
health and prevent disease
 Monitor trends and issues in the discipline of nutrition and translate
this information into curriculum and training programs.
 Apply research principles and methods to the examination of current
problems in nutrition and health.
Objectives
 1. Reduction in the proportion of Filipino households with intake below
100% of the dietary energy requirement from 53.2% to 44.0%.
 2. Reduction in:
 a. underweight among pre school children
 b. stunting among pre school children
 c. chronic energy deficiency among pregnant women
 d. iron deficiency among children 6 months to five years, pregnant and
lactating mothers.
 e. prevalence of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases
 f. reduction in the prevalence of iron deficiency disorder among
lactating mothers.
 g. elimination of moderate and severe IDD among school
children and pregnant women
 I. reduction in the prevalence of low birth weight.
Strategies
 1. Food Based interventions for sustained improvements in nutritional
status
 2. Life-cycle approach with strategic attention to 0-3 years old
children, adolescent females and pregnant/lactating women.
 3. Effective complementation of nutrition interventions with other
services
 4. Geographical focus to needier areas.
Programs and Projects
 1. Micronutrient Supplementation- is one of the interventions to
address the health and nutritional needs of infants and children
and improve their growth and survival.
 2. Food Fortification- is also pushed to improve the nutritional
status of the populace to include the children. The addition of
essential nutrients to a widely consumed food product at levels
above its natural state is a cost effective and sustainable
intervention to address micronutrient deficiences.
 3. Essential Maternal and Child Health Service Package- This
ensures the right of the child to survival, development,
protection and participation. It includes the delivery of essential
maternal and child health and nutrition package of services that
will ensure the right to survival, development, protection and
participation as follows:
 Breast feeding
 Complementary feeding
 Micronutrient supplementation
 4. Nutrition information, communication and education – these

includes the promotion to nutritional guidelines for Filipinos and
other nutrition key messages and training of health workers.
 5. Home, School and Community Food Production – It includes
establishment of Kitchens, gardens in homes, school and in
communities in urban and rural areas to serve as source of
additional food for the home and establishment of
demonstration centers and nurseries and distribution of planting
materials.
 6. Food Assistance includes center based complementary
feeding for wasted/stunted children and pregnant women with
delivering lown birthweight. This may be done in school.
 Rice distribution is done in school through the efforts of local
units. Food discounts were provided through Tindahan Natin
Program.
 7. Livelihood Assistance is done by provision of credit and
livelihood opportunities to poor households especially those
with malnourished children through linkage with lending and
financial institutions. Functional literacy training helps in this
endeavor.
Activities
 Kitchen garden, school garden and community garden set up to
promote the concept of balanced diet, as well as to increase
production
 Supplementary feeding through local food production was given
to vulnerable pregnant and lactic mother and children
 Food safety and hygiene
 Providing better seeds as well as bred cattle
Oral Health Program
Definition
 In the Philippines, the main oral health problems are dental
caries(tooth decay) and periodontal disease(gum disease).
These two diseases are widespread that 92% of our people are
suffering from tooth decay and 78.0% have gum disease.

Purposes
 Help community to prevent gum disease and tooth decay.
 To keep mouth healthy
 Help community to attain and maintain oral health, making an
important contribution to your overall health.
Goal
 Reduce the prevalence rate of dental caries and periodontal
diseases.
Objectives
 1. To increase the proportion of Orally Fit Children under 6
years old
 2. To control oral health risks among the young people.
 3. To improve the oral health conditions of pregnant women
Strategies
 Reducing oral disease burden and disability, especially in poor
and marginalized populations.
 Promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing risk factors to oral
health that arise from environmental, economic, social and
behavioral causes.
 Developing oral health systems that equitably improve oral
health outcomes, respond to people’s legitimate demands, and
are financially fair
 Framing policies in oral health, based on integration of oral
health into national and community health programs, and
promoting oral health as an effective dimension for
development policy of society.
Programs and Projects
 Oral Examination – is the careful checking of the oral cavity by
duly trained dentist to detect and diagnose oral diseases and
conditions, oral examinations, and detect signs and symptoms
of Sexually Transmitted Disease-AIDS and other non
communicable diseases such as diabetes.
 Oral hygiene- is a basic personal measure to prevent and
control tooth decay and gum disease. It includes among others
oral prophylaxis, regular and proper way of tooth brushing, gum
massage, eating detersive foods and the use of mouthwashes
 Pit and fissure sealant program- a non invasive preventive and
control measure against tooth decay for children. Flouride
therapy is best for smooth surfaces but limited where grinding
surfaces are concerned owing to the presence of pit and
fissures on the surfaces.
 Flouride Utilization Program – a non invasive and control
measures through multiple use of flourides in areas where
flouride content is low. Flouridation can be done in systemic and
local route.
Activities
 Permanent filling which is the restoration of savable teeth with
amalgam, composite or glass filling materials
 Gum treatment is the deep scaling and root planning of affected
tooth or teeth for pregnant mothers and older person with
periodontal disease.
 A traumatic restorative treatment is one form of permanent
filling for priority target groups by manually cleaning dental
cavities using hand instruments and filling the cavities with
flouride releasing glass ionomer restorative materials.
 Temporary filling is the treatment of deep seated tooth decay
with zinc oxide and eugenol
 Extraction is the removal of unsavable teeth to control foci of
infection
 Treatment of post extraction complication such as dry sockets
and bleeding
 Drainage of localized oral abcesses-incision and drainage.

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