Urban Health System Development (UHSD)

How does the CIPH process differ from PIPH process?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

The CIPH process challenges the city-wide health system, wherein the City Health Officer has effective control, to develop public investment plans in health covering the utilization, mobilization, and rationalization of the cities’ relatively abundant resources, more extensive capabilities and stronger institutions to attain health sector goals of the city.  In developing PIPH, which is province-wide in scope, a lot of effort is needed to coordinate the Provincial Health Office and all the Municipal Health offices of a province.

In terms of focus and scope, the CIPH includes the identification of health-enhancing activities and partnership with non-health sectors whose concerns impinge on health, and application of interventions on urban poor populations particularly those living in slum communities.  This is in line with the DOH approach on UHSD that emphasizes the management of social determinants.

 

How has the proportion of urban population in the Philippines changed in the last two decades?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

The proportion of urban population in the Philippines has been increasing over the last two decades, i.e.,

Year              Urban Population     Proportion of Urban

1990               28,530,506                       47 %

2000               44,530,000                       59%

2010               63,684,791                       65%

Total Phil. population: 97,976,603 (July 2010) 

 

How is the CIPH translated to operational terms?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

The CIPH is translated to operational terms through the formulation of Annual Operational Plans (AOPs), which provide a mechanism for the adjustment of LGU and CHD/DOH actions.  The yearly translation of the approved CIPH also includes supplemental plans (Training Plan, Procurement Plan, and Rationalization Plan).

 

How many cities are there in the Philippines?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

There are 122 cities in the Philippines as of August 28, 2010. Thirty-eight cities are independent: 33 are classified as "highly urbanized" and 5 as "independent component;" the rest are component cities of the provinces in which they are geographically located.

 

What are social determinants of health?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

Social determinants of health are those critical characteristics of societies and communities in which people live that have an impact on their health.  These include the level of education, water and sanitation, housing, employment, food production, among others.

 

What are the components of the Urban Health System Development (UHSD)

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

The components of the Urban Health System Development are

  •  Programs/Strategies
  1. Healthy Cities Initiative (HCI).
  2. Environmentally Sustainable and Healthy Urban Transport (ESHUT).
  3. Reaching Every Depressed (RED) Barangay.
  • B.Planning Tools and Framework
  1. Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART).
  2. City-Wide Investment Planning for Health (CIPH).
  • Capacity Building
  1.  Short Course on Urban Health Equity (SCUHE).

What are the key components of Urban HEART?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

The key components of Urban HEART are:

  1. Intersectoral Technical Working Group (TWG)
  2. Data Collection
  3. Data Assessment
  4. Response

 

What does equity in health mean?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

It implies that ideally, everyone could attain their full health potential and that no one should be disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of their social position or other socially determined circumstance.

 

What is City-wide Investment Planning for Health (CIPH)?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

City-wide Investment Planning for Health (CIPH) is a tool that provides a framework for the development of a medium-term public investment plan in health for cities. It is undertaken by the City Health Office particularly of Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs) in coordination with other local health partners and key stakeholders.  It serves as a guide for LGU action and DOH support to the LGU.

 

What is Healthy Cities Initiative (HCI)?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

Healthy Cities Initiative (HCI) is an approach that continually creates and improves physical and social environments to address social determinants of health and improve health of urban dwellers.

 

What is Reaching Every Depressed (RED) Barangay?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

Reaching Every Depressed (RED) Barangay is a strategy that targets depressed communities in the delivery of special health services in order to reach the vulnerable groups and hidden slums.

 

What is Short Course on Urban Health Equity (SCUHE)?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

Short Course on Urban Health Equity (SCUHE) is a 6-month course that aims to improve the knowledge, practice and skills of health practitioners, policy and decision-makers at the national, regional and city levels to identify and address urban  health inequities and challenges, particularly in relation to social determinants of health.

 

What is Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART)?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) is a tool that measures performance in poor or vulnerable populations across health and socio-cultural indicators.  It is used in situational assessment and monitoring for planning purposes in cities, in tandem with the LGU Scorecard.

 

What is a Highly Urbanized City (HUC)?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

A city with: (1) a minimum population of 200,000 inhabitants, as certified by the National Statistics Office; and (2) the latest annual income of at least 50 million pesos based on 1991 constant prices, as certified by the city treasurer.

 

What is an Environmentally Sustainable and Healthy Urban Transport (ESHUT) Initiative?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

Any initiative that pertains to the development or enhancement of existing projects to improve the policy, design and practice of an urban transport system (e.g., decreasing air and noise pollution and greenhouse gas emission from motor vehicles, pedestrian footpaths, bicycle lane) and lead to improvement of health and safety of urban population.

 

What is an Environmentally Sustainable and Healthy Urban Transport (ESHUT) Initiative?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

Any initiative that pertains to the development or enhancement of existing projects to improve the policy, design and practice of an urban transport system (e.g., decreasing air and noise pollution and greenhouse gas emission from motor vehicles, pedestrian footpaths, bicycle lane) and lead to improvement of health and safety of urban population.

 

What is healthy urbanization?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

Healthy urbanization is the desired direction of urban health systems development that aims to protect and promote public health rather than threaten or erode health of individuals and communities in urban areas.

What is the DOH approach to urban health systems?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

The Urban Health Systems Development framework specifies the DOH approach to urban health systems by putting emphasis on the management of social determinants of health in urban settings with focused application on urban poor populations particularly those living in slum communities/settlements in order to reduce health inequities.

 

What is the time frame of the CIPH?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

The CIPH usually covers a period of 3-5 years.

 

Who are target participants of SCUHE?

Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (BLHD)

The following are the target participants of SCUHE:

  1. City Health Officer
  2. City Health Office Technical Staff
  3. City Planning and Development Officer
  4. City Social Welfare/Budget/Urban Development
  5. Technical staff of government agencies