ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researchers bow down with humility in acknowledging the Divine Providence for the wisdom and inspiration he bestowed on us, “the very reason that we do exist and that we’re able to accomplish this study”… THANK YOU! Overwhelming gratitude and THANKS to our parents, for the financial and moral support, for the love, time and everything; it has given us the enthusiasm to strive for the best and thank you for the greatest gift you all shared to us, Education. Our siblings and friends, in your own little ways you all impelled us to complete this study, thanks. And certainly to the ever hardworking, solicitous and indispensable nursing research instructor Mrs. Expeditha Bandiola who have been so supportive and who have bestowed on us sage advises and knowledge, an adept teacher who doesn’t stop till his students may be able to learn. We hope that we can never forget her, thank you… To our dean of the College of Nursing, Ms. Fidela B. Ansale, RN MAN for recognizing the work and the welfare of the Nursing students. For supporting us fully ma’am, we appreciate it. Thank you also to Mr.Francis Marfori for being a critic and as a panel for our research. Thanks for the advices for the further improvement of our study. To all the people in Tagoloan who have been a big part of the completion of the study, especially to the honorable mayor Mr. Yevgony “BAMBI” Emano; and
iii to his executive assistant Brgy. Capt. Mr. Roger Achas for accommodating us warmly and for providing us some answers of our questions that we needed to finish this research. To the Tagoloan Nat’l Police, thank you for the concerns and for guiding us where to consult and where to go. Thank you so much. To Ms. Maria Luisa Yrastorza for the eternal and divine considerations she has granted us especially the advices she gave us which served for us to ponder. ThanK U ma’amY. We Love You MA’AMY!! Sincerest thank you to the management of PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority and of the Mindanao Container Terminal; especially to Mr. Gudofredo De Guzman, Mr. Jose Mari Fernandez.; and to all the guards and employees especially Mr. Hinlo who welcomed us; for the inspiring cooperation and hospitability and of course for being the key towards the achievement of our study. We also would like to extend our sincere gratitude and genuine thanks to those individuals and institutions whose priceless assistance and collaboration lead us to the culmination of our research, we owe you so much… And to all the people who, in their own little ways have made this study prolific and challenging…. THANK YOU!!
iv ABSTRACT
1. Title: Assessment of the Determinants of health of the employees of Mindanao
Container
Terminal
of
Philippine
Veterans
Investment
Development Corporation, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental 2. THIRD YEAR NURSING STUDENT OF CAPITOL
UNIVERSITY,
SCHOOL YEAR 2008-2009 3. Authors: Azpa, Krystel Ann Paclar, Lani Kristine Palomares, John Rey Salada, Ar Evans Torres, Sheila Mae
4. Type of Document: Research Report 5. Type of Publication: Unpublished 6. Host Institution: 7.
Mindanao Container Terminal, Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corporation.
Address: PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority, Administration Building, Mindanao Container Terminal 8. Sponsor: None 9. Key
Words:
Biological,
Demographic
and
Environmental factor, Health and Medical history.
socio-cultural
factor,
v
Summary This study provides in depth information and analysis of assessment of the determinants of health of the employees/workers of Mindanao
Container
Terminal
of
Philippine
Veterans
Investment
Development Corporation. This study comprises of the different departments of the administration building and the port operations division of the terminal operations building of the Mindanao Container Terminal. The researchers used descriptive and quantitative methods and provided a questionnaire which was patterned and adopted from questionnaire and data sheet of the Family Nursing Care Plan which was formulated by the World Health Organization. It questions regarding the profile of the respondents in terms of gender, age, religion and ethnic background. The researchers wanted to know
the
biological,
demographic
socio-cultural
background
of
the
workers/employees, the environmental conditions of the company and the health and medical history of the employees/workers. A simple random sampling design was implemented using the Slovin’s formula and responses were subjected in percentage To sum up, Mindanao Container Terminal of Philippine Veterans Investments Development Corporation can be the tool for a progressive industrial community that is socially, economically and environmentally sound contributing to the growth and development of the country. And another is as a company totally dependent of its work force they prove themselves
vi responsible and worthy of being called a “world class facility” capable of uplifting the social and economic as well as health status of our Nation.
vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
TITLE PAGE
i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ii
ABSTRACT
iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
vii
LIST OF TABLES
x
LIST OF FIGURES
xv
Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM Introduction
1
Conceptual Framework
4
Schematic Diagram
6
Statement of the Problem
7
Significance of the Study
8
Scope and Limitation
10
Definition of Terms
11
Chapter 2: REVIEWS OF RELATED LITERATURE AND RELATED STUDIES Related Literature
13
Related Studies
24
Chapter 3: METHODOLOGY
viii Research Design
37
Research Locale
37
Research Respondents
40
Sampling Procedure
40
Research Instrument
43
Statistical Treatment
43
Chapter 4 PRESENTATIONS, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
44
Chapter 5 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Summary
79
Findings
79
Conclusions
89
Recommendations
90
REFERENCES APPENDICES A. Letters B. Sample Questionnaire C. Documentation
CURRICULUM VITAE
91
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LIST OF TABLES
x Problem One:
What are the Biological, Demographic and Socio-
cultural Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of age, sex, ethnic background, religious affiliation, participation of company’s activities and the availability of company’s privileges?
Table
1:
Biological,
Demographic
and
Socio-cultural
factors
of
the
worker/employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of their Age bracket Page: 44
Table
2:
Biological,
Demographic
and
Socio-cultural
factors
of
the
worker/employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of Gender or Sex Page: 46
Table 3: Biological, Demographic and Socio-cultural factors of the worker/employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of their Ethnic Background Page: 47 Table 4: Biological, Demographic and Socio-cultural factors of the worker/employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of their Religious Affiliation Page: 49
xi Table 5: Biological, demographic and socio-cultural factors of the employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the participation of the workers towards company’s activities Page: 50
Table 6: Biological, demographic and socio-cultural factors of o employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the patronization of the company’s health privileges. Page: 52
Problem two:
What are the Environmental factors of the
employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s working facilities, safety against accidental hazards, sources of food, water supply, toilet facility, garbage and refuse disposal system, drainage system, social and health programs, safety programs/drills, safety rules/policies and the communication and transportation system of the company?
Table 7: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of The company’s working facilities Page: 54
xii Table 8: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s Safety towards accident hazard Page: 55
Table 9: Environmental Factors of employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s sources of food. Page: 57
Table 10: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s water supply. Page: 58
Table 11: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s Toilet facilities. Page: 60
Table 12: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s waste and refused disposal Page: 61 Table 13: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s drainage system Page: 63
xiii Table 14: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s social and health facilities Page: 64 Table 15: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s social and health programs Page: 65 Table 16: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s safety programs and drills Page: 67 Table 17: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s rules and policies for safety Page: 68 Table 18: Environmental Factors of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of the company’s communication and transportation system Page: 70
xiv Problem three: What are the Health and Medical history of the employees/workers of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of previous hospitalization/illnesses, hereditary diseases, value towards health and health chief complaints
Table 19: Health and Medical History of the employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of history of work related past hospitalization or illness Page: 71
Table 20: Health and Medical History of the employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of history of any heredity diseases (self and family members). Page: 72
Table 21: Health and medical history of the employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of hereditary diseases (self and family members) Page: 74
Table 22: Health and Medical History of the employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of how much they value their health Page: 75
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Table 23: Health and Medical History of the employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of complaints regarding health condition. Page: 76 Table 24: Health and Medical History of the employees of Mindanao Container Terminal in terms of complained illnesses Page: 78
xvi
LIST OF FIGURES
Page Figure
1:
ECO-SYSTEM
FUNCTIONING (OLOF)
INFLUENCES
ON
OPTIMUM
LEVEL 22
OF
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