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    Household food security and nutritional status of preschoolers in Valderrama, Antique
    Braga, Mayet Ann D.; Gordon, Cyrus John G.; Guisihan, Thanz Pamela G., II; Jamili, JC John T.; Ledesma, Migil G.; Lim, Diana L.; Lim, Lenny Joy G.; Malalu-an, Rosalie A. (Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2005-03)
    The study is a cross-sectional survey of 138 randomly selected households from ten (10) similarly randomly-selected barangays in Valderrama, Antique. This study aims to determine household food security and nutritional status of pre-schoolers in Valderrama, Antique. The study specifically aimed to: determine the status of household food security in Valderrama, Antique; describe the characteristics of households in terms of Age and Highest Educational Attainment of Caretakers, Annual Family Income (in Pesos), Income Allotment for Food, House Ownership, Number of Household Members and Food Source; and compare the nutritional status of pre-schoolers of food secure and food insecure households based on the following anthropometric parameters: Weight for age (WFA), Height / length for age (H/LFA) and Weight for height (WFH). The study is patterned after the national survey done by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) that ranked Antique as the province with the highest degree of malnutrition. Food security was determined using the Food-Security/Hunger Core Module, 3-Stage Design, with Screeners. Anthropometric measurements were taken from randomly selected preschoolers aged 0-5 from each household to determine the nutritional status. The current study revealed that the prevalence of food insecurity in Valderrama, Antique is very high at 94.9%. The level of food insecurity was further determined and the following results were obtained: 17.6% of the food insecure households were without hunger; 56.5% were the food insecure households were without hunger; 56.5% were food insecure with moderate hunger, and, 26.0% were food insecure with severe hunger. Only 5.1% of the households surveyed were food secure. The results showed that in terms of the anthropometric parameters used in the study (Weight for Age, Height for Age, Weight for Height), all pre-schoolers in food secure households were normal. On the other hand, in food insecure households, the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting were high. Using the parameter Weight-For-Age (WFA), the prevalence of underweight children was 38.2%, which is higher than the national average of 27.6%. Using the Height-for-Age (HFA), 43.5% of pre-schoolers in the area were stunted (underheight) and which is again higher than the national average of 38.5%. The prevalence of wasting in the study was alarmingly high (14.5%) which is almost three times higher than the national average of 5.5%. The results obtained may be used as baseline data in planning intervention programs by the municipal government and concerned agencies (Government Organizations and Non-Government Organizations) to address the alarming problem of malnutrition in the municipality.
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    Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on dengue vectors of households in Tumagboc Catchment Area, Miagao, Iloilo
    Arbizo, Jeric L.; Baldevarona, Rosa Lea S.; Caoyonan, Louise Asuncion D.; Gabasa, Marah Febcy J.; Mapa, Fernie Love D.; Patria, Elaine Joy M.; Tenchavez, Darlene Ruth B.; Trivilegio, Enna Fleur C. (Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2011-03)
    Previous studies have shown that knowledge, attitudes and practices have an association with the dengue vector control. As such, the independence of mosquito population on the sociodemographic characteristics and KAP of the household heads in Tumagboc Catchment Area, Miagao, Iloilo was tested. Based on the results, the household heads generally are unemployed, married females aging 41 to 50. Their households are composed of 4 to 7 members with no or one child below 15 years, and usually receive below P 1999 per month. Most of them are informed about dengue fever, but only one had suffered from it in the last two years. Moreover, they have moderate knowledge, poor attitudes, but good practices regarding dengue prevention. The container index is 2.71 for crude mosquito larvae and pupae population, and 0.39 for Aedes sp. The house index is 9.72, while the Breteaux indexis 13.19. Chi-square analysis at 0.05 level of significance confirmed the independence of mosquito larvae and pupae population from monthly income, dengue information reception, knowledge, attitudes and practices. A solid reason was the untimely conduct of the study in the beginning of the summer season, when stagnant water has dried up and with few vulnerable breeding sites.
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    Risk zone mapping of 2010 dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever cases in the Province of Iloilo based on land cover
    Andrada, Thresdale; Cañonero, Gertrude Mikee; España, Regine Marie; Puno, Abigail; Sarangaya, Dorothy Rose; Tan, Leonard; Tejada, Ma. Corazon (Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2013-04)
    Dengue is considered as one of the most important vector-borne diseases in many tropical and subtropical countries. Iloilo Province had 8201 cases in 2010. Heterogeneity in the risk of disease transmission results from spatial heterogeneity in both land use and land cover. Thus, the present study was conducted to identify the risk zones of Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Province of Iloilo in 2010 based on land cover types by using GIS software. Results of the study show that all land covers in the 6th district pose moderately low risk on dengue incidence. In the case of the 1st district of Iloilo, on the other hand, water bodies have the highest probability of dengue incidence, while the rest of the districts (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th). built-up areas have the highest probability of dengue incidence. The land cover type in Iloilo, therefore, with the highest risk for dengue incidence are built up areas due to its high population density, multitude of households and stagnant water areas.
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    Health risks associated with bacteriological quality of bathing waters in Villa Beach, Brgy. Sto. Niño Sur, Arevalo, Iloilo City
    Abad, Sue Ellen T.; Catinan, Mary Joy A.; Hautea, Therese Angelie T.; Mabang, Moctar M.; Narida, Leah Joy S.; Panggat, Kevin Matthew B.; Turija, Maisie Mae L. (Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2004-04)
    A special problem submitted to Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo. The study investigated the bacteriological quality, using E. coli, Salmonella spp., and culturable Vibrios as bacterial indicators, of four selected bathing waters in Villa Beach, Brgy. Sto. Nino Sur, Arevalo, Iloilo City, as well as the incidence of symptom occurrence associated with these microbes among 33 respondents. This was to determine health risks associated with bacteriological quality of bathing waters in Villa Beach. Conventional and modified laboratory procedures were used in the detection of E. coli, Salmonella spp., and culturable Vibrios, while pre-structured interview schedule was utilized in the epidemiological survey. p-value was used as statistical tool to measure association. All four water samples tested positive for E. coli and culturable Vibrios. Salmonella spp. was negative in all of the water samples. The MPN for E. coli in water sample C was 460 per 100 ml water sample, while in water samples A, B and D it was 240. Obtained MPN were above the DENR MPN standard for fecal coliform for Class SB, which is only 200. There were 52 individual participated in the study but only 33 (63 %) were able to complete the follow up interview done seven days after the actual date of survey. 18 (55 %) of the respondents were females. The mean (SD) age was 19.3 (14.5) years with an age range of 3-56 years. 11 (34 %) respondents came from sampling site C and 32 (97 %) were visitor-swimmers. Only 13 (39 %) of the respondents reported to have experienced symptoms during the follow up, and the most common symptoms reported by 10 (77 %) of the symptomatic respondents were upper respiratory tract symptoms such as colds, cough and sore throat. Among the symptomatic respondents, only four (31 %) were classified as cases. Significant differences were observed only in the case of symptom occurrence relative to MPN and sampling site as indicated by p-values (0.0004 and 0.003, respectively) less than 0.05. The presence of E. coli in significant concentration and culturable Vibrios in all of the four water samples indicated poor bathing water quality of Villa Beach which may pose health risks among swimmers. The incidence of symptom occurrence or health risks was positive as reported by some of the respondents in the follow up survey. Positive relationship was observed only in the case of symptom occurrence with variables sampling site and MPN for E. coli. Symptom occurrence was found out to be more likely relative to the sampling site, and that it increases with E. coli concentration present in water samples.