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Item Restricted The effects of the immediate environment on under-five mortality in the Philippines(2011-03-25) Kho, Maximilian Oh; Oliveros, Ciara Emmanuelle Clemente; Desierto, Desiree A.Although the Philippines is at progress with the current decreasing trend of under-five child mortality, achieving the Millennium Development Goal by Goal by 2015 calls for more research on immediate environmental factors that can improve the rate of child mortality This the nation. This paper studies the effects of the factors within the child's immediate environment namely, location, source of drinking water, and smoking, Philippines. The study mortality in the Philippines. The study also includes factors such as mother's education, mother's Using at first birth and wealth index. Using logistic regression, the researchers estimated the likelihood of under-five child mortality with the incidences on each determinant. The study's results presented a Findings relationship between the immediate environment and under-5 child mortality. Findings also show that the mother's age at first birth is a strong determinant of under-five child mortality.Item Restricted Infant and child mortality in the Philippines(2008-10) Cabal, Billie Kristel D.G.; Morada, Julienne Marie A.; Tan, EditaItem Restricted The socio-economic determinants of childhood injury(2007-10) Buenaventura, Clarissa V.; Campos, Ria F.Accidents are the major sources of lifetime incapacity and premature deaths of children ages 1-14. While the country is winning in its fight against communicable diseases by showing a decreasing rate of mortality due to pneumonia, diarrhea, nutritional deficiency, measles and TB of all forms in the past 30 years, the rate of mortality due to accidents has been constant and, in the turn of the century, increasing. This study aims to help in improving preventive actions against unintentional child injuries by identifying the socio-economic risk factors for injury. Socioeconomic data from the records of trauma patients in UP PGH who applied for medical social service in the year 2006 was analyzed using logistic regression. Results of the regression showed that children who are male, living with only one adult and have a younger, less educated mother are more at risk of getting injured. Paternal characteristics turned out to have an opposite sign than that of maternal characteristics implying that older and more educated fathers offer less preventive efforts for child injury.