Chapter 3

Chapter III  METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the research design, research locale, respondents

of

the

study,

sampling

technique,

research

instrument, research procedure, and statistical treatment of the data. Research Design

In this study, frequency and percentage was used. This type of research is utilized since it would determine the disease prevention and health promotion among the residents in Barangay Zone

III

and

Descriptive

Station

research

is

District designed

in to

Rosales,

summarize

Pangasinan.

the

status

of

phenomenon of interest as they currently exist. Sources of Data

This study was conducted among the residents of the

two

communities in Rosales, Pangasinan; Barangay Zone III, with a household of 792 and Station District with a household of 1178 (Statistics Gathered from Rural Health Unit, 2012). The site is selected

due

to

its

accessibility

and

to

achieve

a

more

comprehensive study. Instrumentation and Data Collection

The

respondents

of

the

study

consisted

of

the

selected

residents of Barangay Zone III and Rosales Pangasinan above 18 years of age. Through these respondents they aimed to determine

the level of disease prevention and health promotion of the two communities. The researcher also believes that these respondents will be honest and truthful upon answering the questionnaires. Table 1

Distribution of the Respondents Community

 Actual No. of Household  January 2012 – December 2013

n (Sample Size)

792

133

Station District

1178

199

Total

1970

332

Barangay Zone III

Table 1 show the actual number of household in Barangay Zone III which is 792 ( January 2012 –  December 2013 Statistics Gathered from Rural Health Unit) while in Station District is 1178 (January 2012 –  December 2013 Statistics Gathered from Rural Health areas

Unit). is

Thus,

1970.

The

the

total

number

number

of

of

households

households

that

in

will

the be

2

the

respondents of this study in Barangay Zone III is 133 while in Station District is 199 and the total sample size of the two areas is 332. Proportion and allocation is use to distribute the respondents. Sampling Technique

Random sampling is the method used in this study. The researcher research

used study

this

method

involves

the

because whole

the

respondents

household

and

in that

this the

researcher

just

chose

randomly

one

representative

each

household. The researcher used the Slovin’s formula to determine the sample size of the two communities that was the respondents of this study as shown below: n =

N

_

(1 + Ne2) Where: 1 - constant N- population size n- sample size e- margin of error

n=_____1970_____ 1+1970 (0.05) 2

n=_____1970_____ 1+1970 (0.0025)

n=_____1970_____ 1+4.925 n=____1970______

n= 332.4894515

5.925 The total sample size of this study is 332.

Tools for Data Analysis

The

researcher

determining

the

utilized

respondents’

a

level

survey of

questionnaire

disease

prevention

in and

health promotion.

The scale below is found in the survey questionnaire and was

use

as

the

basis

in

determining

the

level

of

disease

prevention and health promotion among the selected residents of Barangay Zone III and Station District. Rank

Interval

Interpretation

4

3.27 - 4.0

Very Effective

3

2.52 – 3.26

Effective

2

1.36 – 2.51

Good

1

1.0 – 1.35

Poor

Research Procedure

Permission Barangay

to

officials

of

conduct

the

Barangay

study

Zone

III

was and

obtained

from

Station

the

District

through a communication signed by the researcher and noted by the adviser and the dean. Permission to conduct the study was granted, and

it

the was

questionnaire also

retrieved

was

administered

after

the

by

the

respondents

researcher

had

finished

answering it. After, the data collected were then be tallied and statistically treated.

A. Disease Prevention Total Number of Population

Population Served

Percentage

Barangay Zone III Station District

792

554

70 %

1178

624

53 %

Population Served

Percentage

792

554

30 %

1178

554

47 %

B. Health Promotion Total Number of Population

Barangay Zone III Station District

2.) What are the types of disease that affected the health of the residents of the two Barangay’s? Types of Diseases affected the Barangay

Total  population affected in Barangay zone III

Percentage

Total  population affected in Barangay zone III

DENGUE FEVER

14

56

THYPHOID FEVER

30

84

PULMONARY

49

279

PNEUMONIA

23

328

AMOEBIASIS

28

243

MEASLES

62

193

ACUTE

97

485

Percentage

TUBERCULOSIS

GASTROENTERITIS

3  Activities where engaged in by the health personnel in the rural health unit serving the Barangay’s during disease prevention and health promotion

 Activities

Barangay  Mean zone 3

Interpretation

Station  Mean District

Interpretation

Fogging Distribution of anti PTB drugs  Monitoring of PTB patients Educating  persons with PTB  Measles  Vaccination BCG  Vaccination Cleaning of canals and  waterways Seminars on food  preparations

Disease Prevention and Health Respondents of Barangay Zone Rosales, Pangasinan

Promotion among the Selected III and Station District in

In

the

40-item

questionnaire

given

out,

the

researchers

ranked the mean score in both baranggays into highest and lowest and

compared

the

difference

between

the

two

baranggays.

The

highest mean score in Catalunan Pequeno is 3.58 which means that most of their respondents always takes a bath every day, while in Sto. Niño has a highest mean score of 3.53 which means that their respondents also do the same thing. This implies that most of the respondents of both the community knows the importance of proper hygiene and applies it to themselves not only as a means of preventing diseases but also as a means of promoting health and well being. The lowest mean score in Catalunan Pequeno is 1.90 which means

that

their

respondents

sometimes

drink

alcoholic

beverages, while in Sto. Niño has a lowest mean score of 1.94 which means that their respondents also do the same thing. This implies that most of the respondents of both the community have a good reputation in taking alcoholic beverages occasionally. The rest of the items are not interpreted as poor but rather good, very good and excellent, this implies that both the communities

has

developed

in

keeping

self-care

practices

by

doing proper hygiene in order to prevent diseases and promote healthy lifestyle for the benefit of their children. 4

Problems being met by the rural health personnel serving the two Barangay’s relative to their promotion with disease prevention and health promotion and how serious are they?