The Oxford Health Alliance | www.oxha.org

You are here: Frontpage > Initiatives > CAPCoD > CAPCoD Finalists 2005 > Philippines – Manila
The Oxford Health Alliance | www.oxha.org
 
Philippines – Manila
   
 

Schools as health-promoting chronic-disease prevention centres project.


Principal investigator

Josefine A. Tuazon, RN, MN, DrPh

Co-principal investigator

Luz Barbara P. Dones, RN, MPH

Araceli O. Balabagno, RN, MN, PhD

Elena E. Pernia, PhD

Intervention type

School-based intervention

Targeted population

Elementary students, their parents and teachers

Target factors

Risk factors    Diseases
  • Smoking
  • Diet/nutrition
  • Physical inactivity
 
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Diabetes
  • Chronic respiratory disease
  • Cancer

Purpose/Goals

To utilise the school as a means for educating students as well as the community (parents and teachers) about chronic diseases and for providing interventions to promote behavioural changes.