CHN LEC: Evolution of Public/Community Health Nursing in the Philippines

Earlier Times

CHN was dominated by metaphysical rituals and traditions.

Earlier Times

Mostly influenced by colonizers: Spanish and Americans.

Spanish Regime

First medical dispensaries offered basic health services.

Spanish Regime

First vaccine – smallpox (1805).

Spanish Regime

Feudal healthcare systems were managed by religious orders.

Japanese Regime

Widespread illness and malnutrition.

Japanese Regime

Disrupted services, fear, and uncertainty.

Japanese Regime

Public Health Nursing Efforts: Continued care.

Japanese Regime

Public Health Nursing Efforts: Health propaganda.

Japanese Regime

Public Health Nursing Efforts: Adaptation.

American Regime

The Board of Health of the Philippine Islands was created in 1901, later evolving into the Department of Health.

American Regime

Expansion of Public Health Services.

American Regime

Formal Nursing Education.

American Regime

Disease Control Programs.

Post World War II and Beyond

Continued expansion.

Post World War II and Beyond

Devolution of health services (1990).

Post World War II and Beyond

Implementation of Universal Health Care.