00000ctmaa22000004a 4500 UP-1685594773859523742 Buklod 20080210003025.0 t r |||| u| ta 071011s2006 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPD-00000311381 DCHE eng DMLUC LG 995 2006 N87 T33 Tablante, Josephine F. Community health workers' perceptions of the government's guideline on the use of fats and oils in the daily diet of Filipinos Josephine F. Tablante. 2006. viii, 66 leaves ill. "March 2006." Thesis (M.S. Nutrition)--University of the Philippines Diliman. National nutrition surveys had consistently shown that Filipinos do not meet their daily energy requirement; this has been attributed to their low intake of dietary fat. In view of this, the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos 2000 recommends "eat foods cooked in edible/cooking oil daily" or in Filipino "kumain araw-araw ng mga pagkaing niluto sa langis/edible oil."This specific guideline and others are explained in a handbook recommended for use of field workers for their nutrition education activities. This study determined the community health workers' perceptions of the national government's guideline on the use of fats and oils, as a whole and in terms of its key concepts. Four focus group discussions were conducted using the Filipino language. Twenty-nine females, 32 to 59 years of age and with elementary school education participated in the study. The community health workers perceived the guidelines not only from a technical or scientific standpoint. They were not in favor of the government's recommendation because of specific considerations related to health, cost of oil, food preferences and day-to-day food-related practices. Moreover, since there are many ways of increasing fat intake, zeroing in on cooking foods in oil was considered a limited approach. The respondents perceived "edible oil" as food, whereas "langis" is in the local language, it was perceived as meant for lower income groups whereas "edible oil" is for higher income groups because it is written in English. On the whole, the health workers' conceptualization of the guideline is more broadly based compared to those who developed it since the respondents did not limit themselves to technical or scientific considerations. The two groups also differed in terms of health rationale for the guideline and the appropriateness and usefulness of the recommendation. Moreover, contrary to the claim that the guideline is clear and understandable to elementary graduates and need no further explanation, the health workers, all of whom completed the elementary grades, had difficulties comprehending the guideline. Community health aides Philippines Quezon City. Nutrition Government policy Philippines. Communication in nutrition Philippines. FI UP Thesis UPD DARCHIVES LG 995 2006 N87 T33 Thesis