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Gumama, Hanna L. Block CCC Individual Activity #11 Instructions: Write an Individual Learning Feedback on video documentaries provided, answering the following questions:

1. What did you learn or observe about the Badjaos in general? (What caught your attention the most- based on the documentaries***) The Badjaos or the “Sea Gypsies” are the generous and warmest people despite of their status, you can see them smiling, and their eyes are full of wonders. they are basically happy with their lives, even though they are graded lowest in the society or those who lives in extreme poverty, they can be found in many coastal settlements and inhabit the waters and shores of the Sulu archipelago, these hardworking and proud Badjao people are sea nomads, although some of them are settled in slums or in squalid settlement on land.

What caught my attention in the documentaries I’ve watched is that when young Badjao’s are married at a very young age 13 to 18. I’m delighted for that they’ve preserved their culture as of today like weaving mats, tribal dance, their source of livelihood as expert fishermen, deep sea divers, and navigators. Badjao’s have been a resilient tribal group, they are basically left out in this age of modernization, but despite that they find the ways to maintain their unique lifestyle and culture, passed down in today’s generation. Regardless of being branded among the most obscure, misunderstood and marginalized among the Filipino ethnic-linguistic groups.

2. What health practices did you observe that you think are good or helpful in achieving optimal maternal and child health?

The health practices I observed in the Badjaos community, that I think are helpful in achieving their optimal maternal and child health is that some of them started using over-the-counter medications, but lacks knowledge on the use of knowledge in terms of its specific usage of the medicines. Although badjao’s performs healing rituals, believing their soul will be their true healer. Educational advancement has also led to the adoption of modern practices and the use of modern medicine. From reliance on the spirits, it is now common among the Badjaos to consult the medical doctor when they are sick.

Some herbal medicines used by the Badjaos are the Sibukaw leaves, use to treat loose bowel movements, the Luya and Coconut oil for rheumatism, Mankono (Xanthosemum verdogonianus) guava leaves for dislocated joints (to lessen the pain), Pantili for infections (for extracting pus).

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3. What health practices did you observe that you think are detrimental or not helpful in achieving optimal maternal and child health?

The detrimental or not helpful in achieving optimal maternal and child health that I observed among the Badjaos is that due to poverty majority of the children suffers from malnutrition due to the lack of nutrients and vitamins because of their poor diet, children’s do no meet their nutritional needs for they lack the resources and unable to take in adequate amount foods. Children’s also don’t have the luxury of constant selfcare, for they rely on their parents, where in return lacks the knowledge too and the best option for them is to hope that their parents can take care of them.

Early marriage is among of the top issues I observed among this tribal group, in which is not very helpful in attaining optimal maternal and child health, for they do not consider the physiological readiness of young couples for child bearing. Unfortunately, early marriage put teenagers at risk, as they are not physically developed to care for pregnancy. Early marriage results in early and frequent child birth, and gradual increase of family size. The high rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion, preterm labor, delivery of low birth weight babies, and fetal and maternal mortality are observed among teenage girls and these are strongly correlated with early marriage. Moreover, they are affected psychologically and they are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders.

Badjaos have poor housing conditions lead to unsanitary environments and an increase in infections, due to lack of proper sanitation. Much of their domestic waste, including excretions and rubbish, are thrown into the water and swept in different directions by the tide. Diseases such as fever, cholera, ulcers, tuberculosis, malaria are recurrent in their community and with these diseases maternal and child health are at risk and worst can lead to death if not treated, for Badjaos are not capable of maintaining their health and could not afford health care expenses if diagnosed with a serious illness that requires them to be hospitalized.

4. How can you help these minority group improve their maternal and child health in general?

Raising awareness of the programs related to improving their maternal and child health that is implemented by the government is one of the ways I can help these minority group, the local government in partnership with DOH should be aware in order for them to look into the accessibility of the Badjao tribe to avail free immunization for their children’s. For Badjao people have the difficulty of obtaining free immunization due to lack of knowledge and lack of access to health care facilities.

Comprehensible learning materials or health teaching according to their level of understanding should be implemented or conducted so that confusion on the immunization schedules that can contribute to inadequate immunization will be prevented. Health education also can help Badjao parents, because educating them will disregard their false beliefs and misconceptions that are not useful and to increase their comprehension of immunization recommendations. And through health teaching not

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only the importance of immunization should be taught on them but the proper sanitation, eating nutritious foods that might help their pregnancy and what are the things that should be avoided to prevent complications and might put the mother and the baby at risk.

The importance of family planning should be taught also among them, by giving them the idea of how can it benefit them, recommend the programs that the government implemented, like the UNFPA which is working with the Philippine Society for Responsible Parenthood, with support from Family Planning 2020, which provides access to contraceptive implants, including far-flung communities and that includes indigenous women’s who often live in geographically isolated areas with poor health services. They also tend to have fewer education and economic opportunities, which can limit their access to family planning.

The utilization of media advertising for information dissemination also, is one of the helpful ways, and in fact an effective tool for reaching Badjao community. Media can be used to address specific concerns and this may contribute to increased immunization rates among the children’s of Badjao.

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