https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/620 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:19:02 GMT 2026-04-13T17:19:02Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1691 Phenomenological study on infant care among teenage mothers Boteros, Julieta H.; Soledad, Novie Joy C. This study, using the descriptive phenomenological approach, explored the infant care experience of teenage mothers. Seven teenage mothers, ages 15-19 years old, were interviewed. These participants came from diverse educational, socio- economic, and geopolitical backgrounds, who were primary caregivers of their children 0-12 months old at the time of the interview and delivered termed babies without any congenital disorders regardless of the method of delivery. The interview with teenage mothers was recorded using a digital recorder and was transcribed using Hycner’s (1985) method. Findings of the study showed that essence of the infant care experience of teenage mothers is characterized by four major themes: adapting to infant care routines, facing challenges in infant care, adjusting to become a teenage mother, and feeling of fulfillment of motherhood experience. These teen mothers cared for their babies with support from their families, partners and significant others. Some of them regretted becoming mothers at an early age and deprived of social life, sleep, and time for self. They desired for self-improvement and tried to manage time. They may be young, but they feel happy and fulfilled seeing their babies grow. Journal article Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1691 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/618 Perceived sources and levels of stress among Central Philippine University employees Alibogha, Salex E.; Concepcion, Ester L.; Querol, Faith Leila A. A study on the perceived sources and levels of stress was conducted among 151 faculty and staff at Central Philippine University for school year 1999-2000. The Social Readjustment Rating Scale (Holmes & Rahe, 1967) was modified to assess the extent of stress an individual is exposed to. From a list of life events, respondents were asked to rate the extent by which these stressors had affected them. Many of the respondents indicated that the perceived sources of stress had affected them to some extent. Results revealed that inadequate pay, unfair performance rating and lack of supportive superiors and administrators affected them to some extent. In terms of working conditions or atmosphere, all of the perceived sources of stress presented to them were rated to affect them to some extent and the top three stressors were too much noise, inadequate ventilation, and limited working conditions. Among the forty-three life events considered that have occurred in the last five years which caused them to feel tension and needs readjustment to their lives, death of a close family member, Christmas and personal injury or illness and vacation top the list while trouble with boss, jail term and marital separation ranked the least. An alarming 89 employees from the 151 respondents (59 percent) is expected to get sick the following year as caused by these stressors. Furthermore, the hassles of daily life affected them to some extent while the greatest micro-stressor that contributed to their distress and illness was having too many things to do. On the other hand, among the ten uplifts of life or motivators presented and considered by the respondents, completing a task ranked first, followed by spending time with family and feeling healthy or relating well with spouse or lover. The majority of faculty respondents claimed that exposure to chalk dust, infectious agents and illnesses in hospital and community, travel and exposure to hazardous chemicals, fumes and microorganisms were hazardous to their health while exposure to computer radiation was reported risk by staff members. The most common health problems presented were Upper Respiratory Infection and its accompanying symptoms like cough, colds, running nose, sore throat, headache and fever. Other reported illnesses were hypertension, asthma, allergy, rheumatism/arthritis, ulcer, hyperacidity, migraine and diabetes mellitus. Journal article Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/618 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/53 Knowledge about, attitude towards reproductive health and their health seeking behavior among adolescents in Iloilo City Abioda, Nenalyn D.; Yoro, Carolyn L. The main objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of and attitude towards Reproductive Health (RH) and their relationship to the health seeking behavior of adolescents in all high schools in Iloilo City. This is a descriptive-relational study that used the one-shot survey design. The respondents were the 332 randomly selected fourth year students enrolled in private and public high schools supervised by DepEd and Higher Education Institutions with high school department in Iloilo City for SY 2007-08. Results revealed that the majority of the students belong to the younger age group, are females, enrolled in public high school and residing within Iloilo City; had average level of knowledge about RH, had neutral attitude towards RH, and with good health seeking behavior. A significant relationship existed between: the type of school where the students are enrolled and their knowledge about and attitude towards RH; students’ sex, type of school where they are enrolled, location of residence, attitude and their health seeking behavior; knowledge about and their attitude towards RH. No significant relationship existed between: the students’ age, sex and location of residence and their knowledge about and attitude towards RH; students’ age and knowledge about RH and health seeking behavior; and knowledge about RH and their health seeking behavior when attitude was controlled. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/53 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z