Fernan Torenno
Vice-Chairman, Center for Midwifery Research
Title: A Descriptive Study on the Implementation of the Essential Newborn Care Protocols in Rural Health Units in Eastern Pangasinan
Biography
Biography: Fernan Torenno
Abstract
The study aims to evaluate the perspective of health care professionals on the implementation of the Essential Newborn Care Protocol as well as the problems encountered of respondents from the 6 Rural Health Units of Eastern Pangasinan along with Governance, Service Delivery, and Regulation. A descriptive quantitative research design was employed through a survey questionnaire; total enumeration was employed with 90 respondents. Frequency count, mean, and rank was used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that there is a moderate implementation (2.91) along with Governance, and Service Delivery; and respondents stated a poor implementation (1.98) of the Essential Newborn Care Protocols. Problems encountered by health workers include time pressure due to an increased number of clients (2.72), uncooperative mothers (2.62) knowledge deficit about the protocols of the "Unang Yakap" (2.45), and lack of related seminars and training (2.32). It can be concluded that there is a poor implementation of the existing program in other areas because they lack training and knowledge regarding the Essential Newborn Care.