OBJECTIVE: To explore traditional beliefs and superstitions influencing reproductive health practices among Filipino women; and to identify behaviors that threaten their reproductive health and protection against HIV. DESIGN: Descriptive study. METHODS: One hundred forty eight women in Pulang Lupa community ...
(1898-1946), followed by a deliberate immigration policy that recruited health care workers from the Philippines to address US workforce shortages. Currently, nurses from the Philippines represent a majority of internationally educated nurses in the US and are more likely to work in inpatient and ...
Food is one of the most defining parts of the Philippine culture. From cooking practices like naming the dishes after the method they were cooked to distinct flavors like ube, the Philippines has made a mark in the world with its rich food culture and history. However, due to the increasing...
Joel Buenaventura's sharing on his seven years of community medicine on the island resonates deeply: 'It is not the island that’s changed, it’s me.' This sentiment echoes CFHI’s powerful slogan, 'Let the World Change You.' The immersion and interactions I had in the Philippines and ...
surveillance data in Oriental Mindoro Province over a 3-year period (2020-2022). Adapting a probabilistic decision tree model, we estimated the burden of rabies, evaluated surveillance performance, and analyzed the costs and be...
. This includes upholding fair treatment and promoting the welfare of Filipino healthcare workers recruited to work in Singapore, and sharing best practices and support programmes that will develop their skills, which can benefit the development of healthcare in both Singapore...
Filipinos, both in their native and adoptive countries, greatly underutilize public outpatient mental health services compared to other Asian populations. Conclusions: Along with stigma, the adherence of traditional practices and healing methods remains a formidable barrier to the appropriate provision of ...
Healthcare HR teams develop hiring practices that ensure their organization attracts the most-qualified candidates, and they work with senior management to create attractive compensation and incentive packages in a highly competitive labor market. They make sure that employees are current with legally man...
To better understand the drivers of health care workforce shortages, uncover leading practices and hear from frontline clinicians, EY teams conducted more than 100 in-depth interviews in 11 countries with health system executives and clinicians. The clinicians were health care workers who had daily re...
Errors in the healthcare sector, especially in the patients’ medical records, can cost lives. According to Healthcare Business Tech, close to $125 billion is lost yearly due to poor billing practices. Medical bills also contain many errors, as changing billing rules and regulations are rarely ...