National Planning and Orientation Workshop

on Oplan Kalusugan sa Department of Education (OK sa DepEd)

Overview of OK sa DepEd
7 May 2018 (Luzon Cluster)
10 May 2018 (Visayas and Mindanao Cluster)

Maria Corazon C. Dumlao, MD, MPH, DBHI

 School Health Division Key Areas
Nutrition Support to
Learners
• School-Based Feeding Program (1)
• Nutrition Education
• Gulayan sa Paaralan Program
Healthy School
Environment
• National Preventive Drug Education
Program (2)
Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health
• School Based HIV and AIDS Education
• Adolescent Reproductive Health
Education (3)
• WaSH in Schools (WinS) (4)
Policy/Advocacy on:
• Health-Promoting Schools
• Smoke-Free Environment
• Toxic-Free Schools
• Rabies Prevention and Control
• Healthy Food and Beverages Choices
• National Salt Iodization
• Food Safety
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Medical/Dental Health
Management
Medical/Nursing Service (5a)
• Mental Health and Psychosocial
Support
• Integrated Helmith Control Program
(IHCP)
• School-Based Immunization Program
• Learner Health Appraisal System
(LHAS)
• Nutritional Assessment
• BP ng Teacher Ko Alaga Ko
• TB Control Program
Dental Health Service (5b)
• Oral Urgent Treatment (OUT)
• Oral Health Care Program- Bright
Smiles, Bright Future (BSBF)
(#) – Flagship programs
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What is OK sa DepEd?

Learners’ full
educational
potential

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 3
 Why OK sa DepEd?

Before OK sa DepEd

Programmatic Convergence
• SBFP • SBFP
• ARH • ARH
• WinS • WinS
• NDEP • NDEP
• E-UMDC • Medical/ dental/ nursing services
• Many other programs • Other support programs

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4
 SCHOOL TWG
• Clinic Teacher (Focal Person)
• Guidance Counselor/ Guidance Teacher
• Teacher Coordinator(s) of the School Health and Nutrition
Programs (e.g., Feeding Coordinator, NDEP Coordinator,
WinS Coordinator, Physical Facilities Coordinator, etc.)
• PTA Representative
• Representative of the Barangay/LGU
• Representative(s) from partner organization(s)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5
 Medical and Nursing

1. Conduct health examination, treatment/referral of learners

2. Provision of medical supplies
3. Issuance of permission slips to pupils to be signed by
parents/guardians
4. Conduct of post conference to school administrators to discuss
observations and findings of cases and recommendations
5. Integration of health service delivery in the SIP
6. Conduct of examination of athletes and coaches in sports events
7. Conduct of vision screening (K, G1, G4 G7, G10)
8. Conduct of color vision testing (G10)
9. Conduct of hearing screening

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6
 Medical and Nursing
10. Conduct of the School-based Immunization for Measles, Rubella,
Td for G1, G7
11. HPV for G4 female learners
12. WIFA for Grades 7 to 12 female learners
13. Issuance of medical certificates as needed
14. Discussion of health concepts in the curriculum
15. Enlistment of teachers and non-teaching personnel for the
availment of TSEKAP in PhilHealth accredited facilities
16. Conduct of medical consultation and/or referral for teaching and
non-teaching personnel needing healthcare
17. Conduct follow up of pupils with ailments and those referred for
further evaluation and management
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 7
 Medical and Nursing
18. Enlistment of health personnel to augment the health manpower
of DepEd
19. Prepare schedule of school visits/deployment plan (monthly and
yearly)
20. Prepare the areas where the examination and treatment will be
done
21. Mobilize the teachers and community members/parents to
support the activity
22. Source out funds for medical supplies and medicines
23. Provision of mental health and psychosocial support
24. Psychological First Aid

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 8
 Medical and Nursing

25. Conduct medical missions during disasters

26. Ensure compliance with data privacy act
27. Ensure proper safe keeping of the health records
28. Accomplish needed forms, consolidate data
29. Submit reports
30. Conduct action researches
31. Provide Brief Tobacco Interventions
32. Conduct advocacy for Tobacco Control, Rabies Prevention and
Control, Toxic Free Schools, Mental Health and Psychosocial
Support, TB Prevention and Control, Health Promoting Schools
and other health advocacies

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 9
 Dental Services
1. Conduct of Oral Examination and Treatment such as Tooth
extractions, filings, among others
2. Provision of Oral Urgent Treatment (OUT)
3. Provision of Oral Prophylaxis as needed
4. Provide Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) filing
5. Conduct of toothbrushing drills
6. Enlistment of partners for the dental service delivery
7. Prepare the areas where oral examination and treatment will be
conducted
8. Prepare the dental supplies and medicines
9. Source out funds for dental supplies
10. Ensure compliance with data privacy act
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 10
 Dental Services
11. Prepare the schedule of school visits/deployment plan
12. Consolidate data
13. Accomplish needed forms
14. Submit reports
15. Conduct of exit conference with teachers/school heads/community
officials to discuss the results of the oral health examination and follow
through activities
16. Conduct of chairside dental education
17. Referral of complicated dental conditions to appropriate dental authorities
18. Conduct of action researches
19. Coordination with the RHU’s, Philippine Dental Association (local
chapters), other government/non-government associations for a
systematic, functional and sustainable referral system
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 11
 SBFP
1. Conduct height and weight taking and nutritional status assessment for (a)
baseline data; (b) endline data
2. Celebration of Nutrition Month through in school activities like poster
making, quiz bees, slogan making contests, highlighting the importance of
healthy diet and healthy lifestyle
3. Discussion of nutrition concepts in the curriculum
4. Provision of hot meals to wasted and severely wasted learners
5. Observe food safety requirements/procedures
6. Establish and maintain school gardens as ready food basket/source of
vegetables in sustaining supplementary feeding
7. Produce vegetables in the schools that are rich sources of protein,
vitamins and minerals and eventually increase vegetable consumption
and improve learner’s nutrition
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 12
 SBFP
8. Vegetable gardens to serve as laboratory for learners
9. Showcase small-scale food production models
10. Inculcate among the learners the values of gardening, good
health and nutrition, love of labor, and caring for others
11. Enlistment of partners/volunteers to support the daily feeding
activities
12. Conduct advocacy on the National Salt Iodization Program,
Healthy Food and Beverage Choices, and Food Safety
13. Integrate health and nutrition concepts in the curriculum to
contribute to the development and promotion of desirable health
and nutrition values and behavior
14. Mapping of other school feeding initiatives
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 13
 ARH
1. Establish RH hubs/teen centers in coordination with the DOH/RHU
2. Conduct of screening for adolescent health problems
3. Provision of iron supplementation for G 7 to 12 female learners (WIFA)
4. Conduct of counseling of basic counseling for reproductive health
5. Capacitation of guidance counselor on the Adolescent Health
Education and Practical Training (ADEPT) and Adolescent Job Training
AID (AJA)
6. Monitor the integration of health and nutrition concepts into the
curriculum by teachers
7. Implement the Menstrual Health Management (MHM) component of
the WinS Policy
8. Implement the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) through the
Bureau of Curriculum Development
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 14
 NDEP
1. Integration of drug education concepts in the curriculum
2. Training of teachers on the Universal prevention Curricula on Substance
Use Prevention
3. Conduct of Training of Guidance counsellors on ASSIST and Brief
Intervention
4. Conduct of Life Skills Training
5. Conduct of random drug testing
6. Referral of learners found to be positive on drugs
7. Conduct of activities on drug abuse prevention in schools and community
learning centers thru:
• discussion on drug abuse prevention in the curriculum
• poster making contests, slogan and theme writing contests e.g. on drug
abuse prevention and control
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 15
 NDEP

8. Establish linkages with the Barangay Anti-Drug

Council(BADAC)/Municipal Anti-Drug Council (MADAC)
9. Organize the Barkada Kontra Droga
10. Establish NDEP Corners and Drop in Centers
11. Conduct of fora on substance use prevention
12. Set up signages on NDEP
13. Advocate for the Implementation of DM 200, s. 2016
(Strengthening NDEP in Schools), and DepEd Order No. 48, s.
2016 (Comprehensive Tobacco Control Policy)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 16
 WASH/WinS

• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

- A school-based program that promotes correct
hygiene and sanitation practices through hygiene and
sanitation education and the provision of standards for
safe water supply and appropriate sanitation facilities.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 17
 All in One Health Week
• The highlight of OK sa DepEd is the One Health Week
providing health and nutrition services to learners and
personnel. OK sa DepEd shall be conducted every
second week of July to emphasize the importance of
health and nutrition services in achieving the learners’ full
educational potential and supporting the personnel’s
productivity.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 18
 Suggested Activities:
a. School level orientation of parents, communities,
partners, and other stakeholders on different school
health and nutrition programs including important policies
and guidelines;
b. Conduct of school health service activities such as
medical and dental examination and treatment, referral,
deworming, vision and auditory screening, height- and
weight-taking and nutritional assessment;

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 19
• c. Conduct of other school-based and age-appropriate
services such as immunization, counseling, and other
screening services in collaboration with partners;
• d. Launching of age-appropriate health and hygiene
practices such as individual and group daily handwashing
and tooth brushing activities, food hygiene, personal
hygiene, and menstrual hygiene management;
• e. Rapid classroom inspection, conduct of daily cleaning
and the needed repair or maintenance;

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 20
• f. Kick-off activity of the School-Based Feeding Program
and Gulayan sa Paaralan,
• g. Exhibits/ forums on the National Drug Education
Program, Adolescent Reproductive Health Education,
Mental Health, and Tobacco Control; and
• h. Open house of canteens featuring healthy food and
beverage choices.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 21
 End Goals:
• Improve school performance or learning indicators of the
learners, such as improved attendance and class
participation, improved completion and achievement
levels, and reduced drop-out

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 22
• End poverty in all its forms everywhere
• End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition
and promote sustainable agriculture
• Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all
ages
• Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and
promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
• Achieve gender equality and empower all women and
girls
• Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 23
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 24
 OK sa DepED School Calendar

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

BRIGADA ESKWELA
AND ENLISTMENT OF PARTNERS

CONVERGENCE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION

OF APR
 Preparation of areas for medical and dental
OCT PROGRAMS examination
 Refurbishment/ facelifting/ repair of feeding
centers, canteens, school clinics, WinS
facilities, etc.
 Water testing
 Establishment of nurseries and school gardens
 Setting up of signages (e.g., No Smoking)
 Capacity building activities

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 25
It takes a village to educate a child.
(an African saying)

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It takes an educated child to build a nation.
(DepEd)
 Thank you.

Bureau of Learner Support Services- School Health Division

blss.shd@deped.gov.ph deped.gov.ph
@
☎ (+63) 2 632-9935 3F Mabini Building. DepEd Complex
Meralco Avenue, Pasig City 1600