00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1686042739785034088 Buklod 20240613085615.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 240613s2007 xxu r |||| u|eng d NURS rda eng LG 993.5 2007 N8 A232 Evaluating community competence of Barangay Balinacon, Nagcarlan, Laguna Yahwe Keyan G. Abad ... [et.al]. Manila College of Nursing University of the Philippines Manila 2007 137 leaves 29 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Accomplishment report (In partial fulfillment of the requirements in N121.2: Intensive Nursing (Community-Based) Experienced) -- University of the Philippines Manila, March 2007. The concept of conducting evaluative studies in the health sector have risen from the need to determine the efficiency of health programs in terms of focus of action and delivery of ervices. This research aims to provide a qualitative and descriptive evaluation of the community competence of Barangay Balinacon in terms of impact, process and outcome indicators for the problems on waste management, diabetes, hypertension, lifestyle, and parasitism, as well as the proficiency of the supervisees and core group members as leader, health service provider, and health educator after 4 years of entry of student nurses in the community. Several evaluation tools were constructed in replication of and utilized from a previous study of Abaca et. al (2006). In constructing the evaluation tools, process indicators for the programs on parasitism were identified through several means namely: 1) review of literature, 2) Focused Group Discussions and Key-Informant Interviews. The identified process indicators were then subjected to content-validity and reliability testing by allowing 5 content specialists to rate the items in the tools according to their relevance to the objects being measures. The questionnaire for parasitism obtained an average congruency percentage of 90% and was proven statistically valid. The observation checklist on the other hand obtained an average congruency percentage of 83% and a K/Kmax = 0.72, implying low content validity and moderately high statistical reliability. To further establish the validity of the tools, given that the observational checklist had low content validity, revisions were made using the comments and suggestions of the same content specialists who rated some of the items in the tools as irrelevant which contributed to the low content validity. The observational checklist for the evaluation of the core group members and supervisees obtained an ACP of 96.89%, implying high content validity, and a K/Kmax = 1 indicating a perfect consistency of observations between the two raters, implying high reliability of the tools. After the revisions, the tools were pre-tested at Barangay Sinipian and were revised based on responses for ease of answering and understanding of each item. Analysis of the data gathered in Brgy. Balinacon using the evaluation tools from Abaca et. al. (2006) and the constructed tools for Parasitism, Diabetes, and Family Planning revealed positive responses for the knowledge and attitudes necessary for the 8 dimensions of community competence of Cottrell (1976) but lacking skills in the implementation of programs for the identified problems. Among the dimensions that were found to be the strengths of the community are the dimensions on self-other awareness and clarity of definition and conflict containment, while the other dimensions have been found to be inadequate and thus needs further development and emphasis on future community development efforts. The evaluation of the supervisees and core group members revealed that they are more skilled and knowledgeable on their role as health educator and health service provider than they are as a leader in community development. Nonetheless, it was also concluded that though they are skilled as educators, less, if none, opportunities were presented to them for them to be able to exercise their roles as educators in the form of health teachings and trainings. The researchers recommend a test-retest procedure and item-congruence validity testing be conducted to further establish the validity of the tools constructed after the necessary revisions were already made in this study. It is also beneficial for future studies if a system of scoring is developed and applied for the constructed tools in order to determine the level of community competence on a quantitative basis. This will provide quantitative analysis on the community competence of the areas being studied and thus provide a clearer picture of where the community is in terms of competence in addressing the identified problems stated in this study. Intensive community experience. Abad, Yahwe Keyan G. Amancio, Ma. Jenie Ruth H. Aromin, Paula Benilda C. Gaspar, Aldin D. Isidro, Pocholo N. Lejarde, Julius G. Lim Reymund Jay L. Maniego, Ma. Christianne R. Medina, Kristine Marie D. FI UPMNL NURS LG 993.5 2007 N8 A232 Thesis