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Introduction

One of the requirements for this semester was the internship in Public

Health Nutrition. It was the first phase where we were assigned to go through.

The other phases are the hospital and food service which will take place in a

hotel. The National Nutrition Council has chosen the place where we would be

conducting our 250 hours of practicum. We were assigned in the Municipality

of Carmen, Cebu.

The Municipality of Carmen lies at the Northeastern coast of Cebu

Province and is approximately 38.6 kilometers from Cebu City. It is bounded

on the North by the Municipality of Catmon; on the South by the City of

Danao; on the West by the Municipality of Tuburan; and on the East by

Camotes Sea. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 51,325.It

were composed of 21 Barangay namely; Baring, Cantipay, Cantumog,

Cantukong, Caurasan, Cogon East, Cogon West, Corte, Dawis Norte, Dawis

Sur, Hagnaya, Ipil, Lanipga, Liboron, Lower Natimao-an, Luyang, Poblacion,

Puente, Sac-on, Triumfo and upper Natimao-an.

Carmen, Cebu, was founded as a town on June 16, 1851, by Facundo

Buot. It was originally named as Bugho, but eventually renamed by a

Spaniard chronicler. After the coming of the Spaniards, baptism was held as

one of the steps taken to christianize all the natives of Bugho. During the first

baptismal ceremony, only one woman was baptized. She happened to be

wearing a necklace bearing the name "Birhen sa Carmen". A Spaniard who


served as a recorder to take down important notes asked her for the name of

the village before the ceremony took place. She thought the whiteman was

referring to her necklace because he was looking at it. She answered, "Birhen

sa Carmen". Not long after that, the town was named CARMEN by the

Spaniards.

The lucky Barangay that we were assigned to was Barangay Sac-on. It is

a small Barangay composed of 7 Sitios; Baucan, Luayan, Lagundi, Casia,

Cabanbanan, Cumunal and Centro, with the total population of more than a

1000. The barangay hall is located at Sitio Baucan and not at the centro

because it is harder to get there. It is a 30 minute ride from the municipal

proper and is located at the mountainous area. People in the community has

a hard time in purchasing their food supply, especially seafood, due to long

hours of travel and it is more expensive to go to the town proper, instead they

just rely to the manglalako or the vendors that goes around places to sell

products with their motorcycle. Difficulty in life and lack of proper education

among the parents were some of the underlying causes of malnutrition of the

children in Barangay Sac-on. The common work for fathers are farming,

motorcycle driver or construction worker; while the mothers do some farming,

and very few owns a small business or what we call sari-sari store, but

higher numbers of the mothers were plain housewife and teenagers. Some

cannot afford to buy nutritious food.


Activities Done
(Accomplished with Documentations)

Operation Timbang

Pabasa sa
Nutrisyon for
Mothers

Pabasa sa Nutrisyon for Children

Blood Pressure Taking


Cooking Demo
Learnings and Reflection

During the internship in Barangay Sac-on we were able to learn

and experience the following:

1.) Difficulty in travelling to Barangay Sac-on was one of the

hardest parts of our internship. Although, it was worth the

pain and stress because we were able to share the

knowledge and ideas of proper nutrition.

2.) Some individuals in the barangay are not highly educated.

We learned that one must be patient when dealing with

them, especially the older individuals.

3.) Educating parents through Pabasa sa Nutrisyon was

effective in spreading the knowledge and use of proper

nutrition. It should be a part of the first few days of Public

Health internship immersion in the community.

4.) We were also able to help our BNS by talking to the

barangay officials about how important it is to have a budget

for nutrition.

5.) We were able to help organize the structure of the

barangays Barangay Nutrition Committee.


6.) We helped the barangay officials and BHWs to realize that a

spot map is important and is needed to be updated regularly

which led to the making of a better spot map.

7.) Interns should be physically, emotionally, spiritually and

financially ready once in they are assigned to their specific

barangays.
Recommendation

To the upcoming interns:

1.) Be prepared to deal with people in the community. Some

may be hard headed because they seem to think that what they

are already doing is correct and they do not want to be corrected.

This may also be due to how they were raised and taught by their

parents.

2.) See to it that you are prepared for the topics you are going

to discuss, especially in Pabasa sa Nutrisyon because the people

are surely going to ask for clarifications and for the things they do

not understand.

3.) Be physically ready. Especially to those who are assigned

in mountainous areas. The travel alone is already rough, but once

you go out to do your OPTs and house to house inspections, or

even going to the schools, it can be very difficult. You will be

passing through small pathways.

4.) Be sure to budget your money wisely, because you will be

spending more once you are in your assigned area. And that the

barangays do not have the budget to spend for the lacking

materials and supplies needed.


For Unfinished Activities

> Operation Timbang: The operation timbang of some Sitios were

not finish due to Bagyong Auring.

> BNAP Implementation: Implementing of all the proposed

projects.

> Pabasa sa Nutrisyon: Some Sitios that are far from the proper

area are too difficult to reach because there is no proper road and

it could also be dangerous to go to.

For S.F.E Improvement

Suggestions are as follows:

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