As the world transitions to a life with COVID-19, it is critical that we incorporate healthy habits into our daily lives. 

This year's Nutrition Month celebration theme is “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon!”.

The theme emphasizes the role of nutrition interventions in recovery from the pandemic as well as in transitioning from a pandemic to an endemic paradigm. The term "new normal" was coined to illustrate the transition to a better normal while bringing the positive impacts of the pandemic to become more resilient and to prevent future pandemics.

The Barangay Motibot is committed to spread awareness on proper nutrition and healthy lifestyle. The group had several programs centered on nutrition interventions, and encouraging the participation of residents to promote nutrition. 

1. MUAC training (June 21 - 22, 2022)

-The team joined the Barangay Health Workers and Barangay Health Nurse in conducting the Mean Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) Training which was participated by parents with children ages 6-59 months. MUAC is used to determine nutritional status and is found to be a good predictor of mortality in children better than any other anthropometric indicator as suggested by many research studies. 

By involving mothers and caregivers in MUAC screening, it enabled them to gain a better understanding of the signs of malnutrition, actively participate in the monitoring of their children's nutritional status, and in increasing the frequency of child screening at the community level.

  

      

2. Health Education (June - July 2022)

-The team is committed to spread awareness on proper nutrition in the whole 7 sectors of the  barangay for this nutrition month through health teaching covering topics such as Basic food groups, food handling, healthy lifestyle, pinggang pinoy, nutrition in pregnancy, and breastfeeding. These health teachings were done between the months of June to July using different Platforms.

1. Health Teaching on the basic food groups, food handling and importance of hand washing to the parents and head of households; 

 

2. Barangay Motibot Facebook Page post on Importance of healthy lifestyle and Pinggang Pinoy;

3. Health Teaching on Nutrition in pregnancy and breastfeeding mothers conducted during prenatal;

 

4. Health teaching to mothers on the importance and benefits of breastfeeding childhood nutrition conducted during children vaccination.

3. Biggest Loser and Zumba sessions (June -July 2022)

-Together with the project on Antihypertensive, the group Launched the first ever Bigest Loser Contest in the barangay and conducted zumba sesssions. The program aims to promote an active and healthy lifestyle among residents of Barangay Motibot. 

1. Biggest loser registration and official weigh in was done between June 28 - July 6 2022 at the health center, the winner of which will be declared after one (1) month from the registration;

   

2. Zumba kickoff organized by the Municipality of Sindangan was headed by the Team Motibot;

3. Zumba sessions were held on several days every afternoon at the barangay covert court.

These were the plans of the Group for this year's celebration of Nutrition Month. The group hopes that through these activities, the community will realize the importance of having healthy habits and that they will eventually adopt an active lifestyle. 

written by:

ROLDAN LEGAL JR.

LEVEL 4, ADZU SOM

Blood pressure monitoring booklets were distributed to members of hypertension club "Hugpong Kontra Hypertension"  to raise awareness regarding hypertension and the importance of regular BP monitoring.  

Motibot BHWs also posted tarpaulins  for hypertension awareness. Health teaching regarding hypertension were done by Barangay Health Workers (BHWs). 

APPLE ROSE CALUD

MEDICAL STUDENT, ADZU-SOM

 Last April 22, 2021, face masks and face shields were turned over to our Barangay Health Workers to ensure their safety as they visit and monitor individuals coming from COVID-affected areas and those manifesting the signs of symptoms of COVID-19. Other members of the BHERT core team, senior citizens, and those in need were also given face masks and face shields. 

 

Video lecture about Basic Life Support was provided to serve as refresher to the BHERT core team. The video was made by the group using AHA guidelines. The same video was shown to the heads of the households for them to have an idea on how to respond to medical emergencies and perform proper CPR. This health education was conducted by the BHWs of Motibot and they as well administered the pre and post tests. On April 16, 2021, the health teaching materials were sent to Barangay Motibot. All needed materials and equipment were provided by the group.

Also, the core team were given health teaching via infomercial, that we ourselves once again made, regarding the safety measure on how to prevent the spread of the virus to ensure their own safety as they perform their duties and watch out for the health of the people of Motibot. The same video was shown to the heads of household of Motibot as well to strengthen the campaign in fighting COVID-19.  

To strengthen the campaign on emergency response and proper performance of high quality CPR, posters were posted in different landmarks in the Barangay. To further the reach of our campaign against COVID-19 and basic life support, informercials were posted in our facebook page.

Having a functional transport vehicle, which is mainly used for emergency transport purposes and transport of LSIs during this pandemic, the team provided several basic supplies and equipment through the help of our generous sponsors. Supplies and equipment given are splint, bandages, neck brace, alcohol, povidone iodine, and cotton.

Despite our physical absence in Barangay Motibot, activities are still on-going and are continuously being carried-out. This is made possible with the support and hardwork of our Barangay Health Workers and Nurse, as well as the active participation and eagerness of our residents. 

SAKUR T. IBRAHIM

MEDICAL STUDENT, ADZU-SOM

Due to the COVID-19 in the country,  the group weren’t able to have our  5th community exposure. For it, the school decided to move it into online platform. The community were able to implement activities while observing the covid-19 protocols. It was attained by way of us (the group) guiding our barangay health workers (BHW) in the community to implement some of our planned actives.

Firstly, the department of agriculture together with Barangay Health Station were able to vaccinate 65 dogs and cats in the barangay for this year. During the said activity, the Barangay Health Station were able to have a list of participants for this years vaccination and pet owners were given pet cards which served as a personal record for their pets. These pet cards were also distributed in the different houses in the different sectors of the barangay. 

Secondly, the group also focused on awareness campaigns about responsible pet ownership and rabies. Our BHW posted tarpaulins in the Barangay Hall, barangay health station, and in the the community elementary school. The BHW distributed pamphlets with topics about rabies and the relation of house pets and covid 19 (together with petcards) in the different sectors in the community. BHWs also conducted health education to the heads of household in the different sectors.

 

Lastly, the group (medical students) created an infomercial that was posted in our facebook page to further extend the campaign to the social media platform.

The implementation of activities were limited because of the pandemic but it would not be possible without the help and participation of the government officials, barangay key persons and officials, barangay health station staff, and the entire community.

ROLDAN LEGAL JR

MEDICAL STUDENT, ADZU-SOM