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GUIMARAS – A survey is being conducted in three barangays in this island province to gather information on disabilities.
The 2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey is the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) way of monitoring compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
“The survey will provide information about how people conduct their lives and [deal with] difficulties regardless of any underlying condition,” said Nelida Losare, chief statistical specialist for PSA-Guimaras.
Two enumerators were deployed to barangays Alaguisoc and San Miguel in Jordan town, and Napandong in Nueva Valencia. The survey ends Tuesday, Dec. 13.
Losare called on the support and cooperation of the residents.
The survey aims to:
* provide key information about the current number (prevalence) of persons in need of care and assistance because of health issues
* provide information on different background characteristics of individual respondents and gives indication of and socioeconomic status
* assess whether health status contributes to unemployment, or whether people in different types of occupations experience varying levels of health
* identify factors in the environment that may influence health-related day-to-day life problems
* collect detailed information regarding the availability and need of personal assistance, aids and devices and facilitators
* monitor functional problems such as mobility, self-care, hand and arm use, seeing, hearing, pain sleep, and energy breathing, interpersonal relationship, handling stress, communication, cognition, household tasks, community and citizen participation, caring for others, work, and schooling
* determine the number of individuals with problems in day-to-day life exclusively because of their health, number of health conditions and how many of these people actually receive treatment. (PIA/PN)
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