Problems and Coping Mechanisms among the Bachelor of Science in Community Health Management International Students of a University in Northern Luzon

Abstract

The study determined the problems and coping mechanisms of the Bachelor of Science in Community Health Management International Students of a University in Northern Luzon. It also looked into the significant relationship between the socio-demographic profile of the respondents and their problems. Significant relationship between the respondents’ level of problems and their level of coping mechanism was also determined. The study is a descriptive correlational type of research. A questionnaire-checklist formulated by the researchers and content validated by a pool of experts was the main tool in gathering the data. It involved all the 191 Bachelor of Science in Community Health Management International Students from the College of Health Sciences. Ethical protocols were followed in the study. Frequency count and percentages, mean and simple linear correlation analysis were the statistical tools used. The findings of the study reveal that a marked percentage of the respondents are 18 years of age and with one sibling. Majority of the respondents are males with monthly family income of Php 4,999 and below, with professional fathers, and belong to a nuclear type of family. Almost all the respondents are single and live-in dormitory outside the campus. A great majority of the respondents have parents who are college graduates and with non-working mothers. Most of the respondents are Hindu in religion. There is a “serious” problem of the respondents along financial while there is “no serious” problem on family. The level of coping mechanism of the respondents is “high”. There is an inverse relationship between the extent of problems of the respondents and their socio-demographic profile. There is no significant relationship between the level of coping mechanism and the socio-demographic profile of the respondents.