A Mixed-Method Study on Rural Community's Response to Public Health Emergency in the Philippines: Lessons from the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: People from rural communities are not spared from COVID-19. But implementing preventive measures and strategies can be made to control the spread.

Objective: This study was conducted to describe the epidemiologic situation and the healthcare capacity of the locality, determine the responses and strategies implemented in the control of COVID-19, and explain the activities performed in relation to the epidemiologic situation in Tarangnan, Samar - a low-income class municipality in the Philippines.

Revisiting the factor structure of the insomnia severity index among survivors of the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan.

Objective: The insomnia severity index (ISI) is often used as a screening tool used with its recommended clinical cutoff scores. However, this practice presumes a single-factor structure, which has received little theoretical or empirical support. This study examined the factor structure of the ISI with the aim to validate its clinical application in postdisaster contexts.

Long-term displacement associated with health and stress among survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.

Unlabelled: Displacement from one's home after a natural disaster results not only in physical separation from significant others but also in profound disruptions of psychological and social resources such as community support and sense of belonging. Frequent displacement can exacerbate health and mental health problems brought by the disaster, especially among lower-income families in resource-scarce regions.

Objective: The present study examined the association among frequency of displacement after the disaster, health status, and psychological adjustments among survivors four years after the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

A community-based strategy in medical education of the university of the philippines manila-school of health sciences - Lessons from innovations in human resources for health development in a developing country.

Background: After nearly four decades of testing an innovative model for training health workers for marginalized communities, the evidence base for the impact of University of the Philippines Manila-School of Health Sciences (UPM-SHS) medical program needs to address important gaps. Has it succeeded in contributing toward socially accountable medical education where medical schools will be evaluated in terms of their contribution to society's health outcomes? To answer this question, this study examined human resources for health (HRH) inequity in the Philippines and reviewed the medical school's performance in terms of addressing HRH distribution.

Methods: The evaluation of the school's performance was done through two phases.

Sleep disturbances, posttraumatic stress, and psychological distress among survivors of the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan.

Sleep disturbances and their relation with posttraumatic stress and general psychological distress were examined after the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan. Sleep disturbances were hypothesized to be associated with posttraumatic stress and general psychological distress in two samples of survivors across two time points (N = 361) in the Philippines. Sample 1 (n = 223) and Sample 2 (n = 138) were collected 18 months and 30 months after the storm, respectively.