Wellness Program and Health Status of Teachers in Pila District, Division of Laguna: Basis for A Proposed Health Service Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In the school situation, Public School Teachers mostly handle six (6) classes wherein each class has more than forty (40) students and they are the one who provides the students physical and mental health needs, and some of them have assigned to do things out of their comfort zones, like teaching different subjects and levels or even reports which need to be submitted at once and this is coupled with, doing a lot of paper works, meetings concerning the different problems in mental capability and behavioral aspects of every student. These in effect influenced their health status in one way or another. Teachers do maximize their contributions to an organization only when their health and mind are active and healthy. A wellness program can help improve their productivity, classroom effectiveness, attendance, punctuality and the cost of their health care. This prompted the researcher to conduct this study to find out if the implementation of Department of Education's wellness program suits the health needs of teachers.

METHODS

This study uses a descriptive method to deal with the degree of response on Department of Education’s wellness program and the health needs of teachers, input to the proposed health service program. The data gathered were the bases for a proposed health service model/program to lead the teachers towards a healthy lifestyle. This study used a self-made questionnaire.

RESULTS

Data shows that: Only dental checkup, Chest x-ray, and checkup for vital signs such as BP, Respiratory have fully complied. The rest of the mandatory requirements are partially implemented. Medical records significantly show that teachers are frequently sick by frequently receiving medications, submitting to test results and suffering from medical allergies. In so far as the health status of teachers are concerned in terms of personal declaration, commonly suffered from were headaches, colds, UTI or urinary tract infection, lower back pains, voice disorders, and asthma.

DISCUSSIONS

The study was all about the researcher's drive to bring out the wellness program and likewise draw out about the health status of teachers in Pila, District Division of Laguna as a basis for the proposed health service program. The level of participation of teachers in the wellness program activities being implemented by Department of Education was educed because it will give light to the construction of the basis/bases for the proposed health service programs. These data gathered about the considered four pillars of this study previously mentioned were supposed deemed necessary to appropriately craft a proposal for the health service program.