Province Of Batangas Research Articles

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Perceived Practices on the Importance of Folate Among Filipino Women of Child-bearing Age in the Province of Batangas

Objectives. Folate is an essential nutrient associated with healthy pregnancy outcomes. Women of child-bearing age (WOCBA) are advised to maintain optimum blood folate status through adequate dietary folate intakes and folic acid from supplements. This study was aimed at assessing the level of knowledge, attitude, and perceived practice (KAP) among WOCBA on the importance of folate periconceptionally. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 184 healthy WOCBA in the Province of Batangas. The level of KAP was expressed as percent mean scores and were interpreted as poor, moderate, or high for knowledge and perceived practices and negative, neutral, or positive for attitude. Pearson’s correlation of coefficient was used to measure the linear correlation between variables at a 95% level of significance. Results. About 70% of respondents have heard of folate. The study showed a moderate level of knowledge, positive attitude, and moderate perceived practices related to folate among WOCBA. Age and civil status were associated with KAP. A significantly weak positive association (r=0.4, p<0.000) between the level of attitude and perceived practice related to folate was observed. Further, the level of knowledge showed significantly positive moderate association to attitude (r=0.7, p<0.000) and perceived practice (r=0.5, p<0.000). Conclusion. Increasing the level of knowledge on folate suggests a positive attitude and a higher level of perceived practice. The findings of the study suggest a need to increase knowledge on folate among WOCBA, especially, in younger women. Also, there is a need to emphasize the importance of adequate folate intakes from food and folic acid supplements, periconceptionally.

Economic Analysis of Enrollees and Dis-Enrollees in Sugarcane Block Farming: Evidence from Province of Batangas, the Philippines

Sugarcane Regulatory Administration (SRA) began to implement Sugarcane Block Farming (SBF) in 2012 to increase farm productivity and sugarcane yield. SBF is the operation consolidation using multi-purpose cooperatives. Since SRA launched SBF 7 years ago, there have been few empirical studies on SBF in terms of its economic performance. Our primary purposes are as follows: First, to describe the differences in characteristics between enrollees and dis-enrollees: Second, to estimate average treatment effects on the treated by SBF participation: Third, to determine the relationship of input variables and sugarcane production for enrollees and dis-enrollees.To answer these purposes, we used primary data from the household survey in Province of Batangas, Philippines, in September 2019. The respondents comprise 165 farmers. The results indicated that differences in gender among household heads might influence SBF participation. Also, statistically positive and significant factors affecting sugarcane production are inputs of fertilizer and planted land size for both enrollees and dis-enrollees, and enrollees have higher input elasticities of sugarcane production than dis-enrollees. We recommend that smallholder farmers use inputs of fertilizer and planted land size for best sugarcane production so that they would get more sugarcane production and reduce more cost of agricultural input.

Collaborative Governance in Batangas, Philippines: A Manifestation of the Implementation of SALINTUBIG (Sagana at Ligtas Na Tubig Para Sa Lahat) Program

For the past decades, collaborative governance has evolved as a substantial concept and method of yielding outcomes to the research and literature of various scholars. It is also a practical and innovative way of governance wherein different stakeholders share a common goal in pursuing a collective action. At the very core, this study focuses in ‘collaborative governance’ as a manifestation of the implementation of SALINTUBIG (Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig Para Sa Lahat) program in the province of Batangas, specifically in the municipalities of Balayan, Lemery, and Tuy. The SALINTUBIG program is a pro-poor initiative of the central government of the Philippines providing water supply systems with priority given to waterless areas and enhancing their local capacities in the planning, implementation, operation, and management of water services. The program is jointly implemented by national institutions such as the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), in collaboration with the local government units (LGUs) and the citizens. The study has utilized Thomson and Perry’s Antecedents-Process-Outcome Framework (2006) which presents the collaborative process in five dimensions: governance, administration, organizational autonomy, mutuality, and norms of trust and reciprocity. The framework has highlighted the stakeholders of the SALINTUBIG program that operates in the collaborative process. Based on the findings and analysis concluded through the key-informant interviews, surveys, and legal documents from the stakeholders, the collaboration of the national agencies and LGUs of Batangas has been effective in terms of the following: provision, rehabilitation, and enhancement of water supply system; accountability and transparency on the operation; joint decision-making process of the involved institutions; and commitment to the SALINTUBIG program.

Social Media Marketing (SMM): Measuring Its Effects to Resorts in Batangas Province, Philippines

In recent years, social media has become ubiquitous and most important for social networking, content sharing and online accessing. Marketing which occurs via social media is known as Social Media Marketing (SMM). The study aimed to assess the use of social media marketing to measure its effect on resorts business in the Province of Batangas, Philippines. Specifically, it determined the profile of the selected resorts in terms of classification, years of operation, location, and the years media marketing was introduced in the business; identified the forms of social media utilized by the selected resorts; cited the positive and negative effect of social media marketing in the resorts business; specified the problems encountered by customers in using social media; ascended the differences of the responses of the selected resorts on the effects of SMM; and proposed a development plan for the proper utilization of SMM. The descriptive method was used with a self-made questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument. Different statistical tools were used to answer the objectives of the study. Frequency distribution, ranking, weighted mean, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were employed to interpret and analyze the gathered data. It was concluded that the majority of the resort businesses in the Province of Batangas are classified as American Automobile Association ( AAA) which is the highest quality rating for resorts and operates ten years and above. Most of the resorts are found in the 1st District of the Province of Batangas and have started introducing SMM from 2006 – 2010. All of the Resorts owner and customers were using the Facebook account. Both owners and customers of the resorts strongly agreed that there was a positive and negative effect of SMM. Among the problems encountered in the use of SMM, frequent posting as well as account not maintained or updated. A proposed action plan was made for the proper utilization of SMM.

Community Involvement in the Beach Tourism Industry in the Province of Batangas, Philippines

This study looked into the extent of community involvement in the beach tourism industry in the Province of Batangas, Philippines in the specific areas of peace and security, marketing and promotion and environmental protection. The descriptive method of research was utilized using a self-constructed questionnaire in order to gather the data needed for the study. The research settled on restricting the paper sample size to 400 respondents as based from a matrix which showed the actual number of the participants, resort owners, resort managers, domestic tourists and foreign visitors as well as the residents of the municipalities under focus. Except for the Provincial Tourism officials and staff, all other respondents were identified from the four selected municipalities of the Province of Batangas. The results of the study revealed that Batangas, Philippines is a beach tourism haven which gives high regard to a quiet and peaceful community, is beaming with pride of the existence of such beach tourist destinations in their respective localities and advocates the protection and preservation of the environment.

Political leadership and education politics: the mayor and education services in Nasugbu, Batangas

AbstractThis study looks at political leadership and education politics at the municipal level. In particular, it looks at the informal rules governing the local education service sector, and how these rules affected the assumed roles of the municipal mayor as the local chief executive and as one of the local school board co-chairs in the municipality of Nasugbu in the province of Batangas. Using a new institutional approach, this study focuses on the informal institutions or the rules-in-use in the context of local education politics, and uses Ostrom’s typology of working rules to identify the specific rules and Leach and Lowndes’ classification of leadership roles. The findings suggest that the municipal mayor, through the informal rules, was able to shape, create, and/or recreate his position. This enabled him to assume specific roles in the local education service sector, which are not necessarily provided in the formal rules. However, there were limitations as to the extent of the effect of rules-in-...

Transition into teaching - The lived experience of De La Salle Lipa education graduates: A hermeneutic phenomenology

The first year of teaching is the deciding factor whether a new teacher will embrace this noble profession or quit at the end of the school year. No matter how equipped a beginning teacher is, there are intricacies and challenges that arise especially in the first few months of being in the battleground called classroom. Studying the lived experience of new teachers can serve a two-fold purpose: it can be therapeutic on their part and it can help improve the experiential learning courses of undergraduate students. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological design, this study aims to explore on the meaning of lived experience of 20 De La Salle Lipa Education graduates batch 2014 employed in various schools within and outside the province of Batangas. Following Lichtman’s (2006) six-step process of Codes, Categories and Concepts, key themes illuminated from the study: the real classroom is an entirely different world, the first step to teaching is really full of challenges, some positive personal traits are essential to survive teaching, teaching competencies are crucial in the practice of the teaching profession and Lasallian education plays an important role in creating a positive attitude towards teaching and in facilitating their transition to it. Results will be important in enhancing current practices in teaching pedagogy courses and in designing interventions necessary for curriculum improvement.

A Community-Based Validation Study of the Short-Form 36 Version 2 Philippines (Tagalog) in Two Cities in the Philippines

ObjectiveTo evaluate the validity and reliability of the Philippines (Tagalog) Short Form 36 Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2®) standard questionnaire among Filipinos residing in two cities.Study Design and SettingThe official Philippines (Tagalog) SF-36v2 standard (4-week recall) version was pretested on 30 participants followed by formal and informal cognitive debriefing. To obtain the feedback on translation by bilingual respondents, each SF-36v2 question was stated first in English followed by Tagalog. No revisions to the original questionnaire were needed except that participants thought it was appropriate to incorporate "po" in the instructions to make it more polite. Face-to-face interviews of 562 participants aged 20-50 years living in two barangays (villages) in the highly urbanized city of Makati City (Metro Manila) and in urban and rural barangays in Tanauan City (province of Batangas) were subsequently conducted. Content validity, item level validity, reliability and factor structure of the SF-36v2 (Tagalog) were examined. ResultsContent validity of the SF-36v2 was assessed to be adequate for assessing health status among Filipinos. Item means of Philippines (Tagalog) SF-36v2 were similar with comparable scales in the US English, Singapore (English and Chinese) and Thai SF-36 version 1. Item-scale correlation exceeded 0.4 for all items except the bathing item in PF (correlation: 0.31). In exploratory factor analysis, the US two-component model was supported. However, in confirmatory factor analysis, the Japanese three-component model fit the Tagalog data better than the US two-component model. ConclusionsThe Philippines (Tagalog) SF-36v2 is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring health status among residents of Makati City (Metro Manila) and Tanauan City (Province of Batangas).

Utilization of Agricultural Wastes in the Manufacture of Composite Boards

Development of useful composite materials out of agricultural waste has become a desirable option in recycling. This led to the production of composite boards being used in the construction industry. In this paper, three types of available agricultural wastes in the province of Batangas — peanut shells, corn husks and banana sheath — were independently utilized in the production of composite boards. The raw materials were either air or sun dried, then crushed (for peanut shells) and extracted (for banana sheath and corn husks) before mixing with the binder. Urea formaldehyde (UF) was used as binder for peanut shells and banana sheaths while cleaned used plastic bags were chopped and mixed with corn husks before subjecting to hot compress machine. For each mat, the followingproportions were used:1000 gm banana fibres, 500 gm of UF mixed with 250 gm of water; 720 gm of crushed peanut shells, 133 gm UF with 12% resin content; 40% corn husks, 60% plastic strips by weight. The physical and mechanical characteristics like modulus of rupture (MOR), internal bond, face screw head test (FSHT) or Nail Head Pull through (NHPT), water absorption and thicknessswelling were determined for each board and the results were compared to the values set by the Philippine National Standards (PNS). Based on statistical results, the corn husk-plastic composite boards conformed to all parameters in the PNS; the density, thickness swelling, IBS, and NHPT/ FSHT of peanut shell-resin composite boards conformed to the PNS; and the thickness swelling,density, MOR and NHPT/FSHT of the banana sheath-UF composite boards conformed to the PNS.

Tourism Industry of Batangas Province, Philippines: Basis for Improved Tourism Program

The goal of this research is to help improve the tourism program of Batangas Province and evaluate competitiveness of the tourism sector companies by helping them on their environmental performance and engage them in community action. The LPU’s College of International Tourism and Hospitality Management (CITHM) being the most awarded hospitality school in the country today aims to produce globally competitive graduates who will be able to contribute to the expansion, enrichment and preservation of the tradition and culture of the Batangueños. This research was conceptualized to help develop the tourism industry in the province of Batangas. This study used the descriptive research design and respondents were different local and foreign tourists who visited destinations in the province of Batangas from January -December, 2008. A self- made questionnaire was used as the basic tool of investigation and interview was also done. Results revealed that the most frequently visited attraction are beach resorts for it is a venue for diving and aqua sports activity. Majority of the local and foreign tourists who visited Batangas are male. Batangas is visited due to the affordability of the tourist attractions and destinations including the amenities offered. Either local or foreign tourists were satisfied and enjoyed visiting beaches due to the warm accommodation of the Filipino staff and personnel. Keywords - Tourist, Tourism, Destination

Women’s Political Participation in the Province of Batangas

The study focused on women’s participation in electoral politics in the province of Batangas, their priority programs, the factors that impede their participation and the platform for action that Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas can propose to help increase women’s political participation in the province. Descriptive-correlational method was employed utilizing convenient sampling. Survey questionnaire and interview was utilized in data gathering. Respondents of the study are women politicians who won in the 2007 local election. Findings revealed that majority of women politician’s priority is health. They were recruited by political parties and their political experience is by being councilors in their respective areas. They believe that support of the community, family and personality are the factors for winning. Lack of financial resources and the type of electoral system as well as the lack of quota reservations are the socio-economic factors that impede women’s participation. On the other hand, the cultural and institutional factors include lack of party support including money and other resources and the lack of coordination and support from women’s organization and other NGO’s, how women are portrayed in media is believe to be the ideological and psychological factors that impede women’s participation in politics. Keywords - feminism, politics, election

Kazusa-Bori Demonstration in the Province of Batangas, Philippines, and Comparison of Its Material and Running Costs in Various Developing Countries

Kazusa-Bori Demonstration in the Province of Batangas, Philippines, and Comparison of Its Material and Running Costs in Various Developing Countries

Abundance and Prevalence of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on Some Philippine Chicken Farms

In total, 10,067 biting midges of the genus Culicoides comprising 17 species were collected in a light trap survey of 50 chicken farms in the province of Batangas, southern Luzon, Philippines, between 14 September and 5 December 1988. The species of greatest prevalence and abundance were Culicoides effusus Delfinado, Culicoides peregrinus Kieffer, and Culicoides palpifer Sen & Das Gupta. Engorged females of C. effusus, C. peregrinus, C. palpifer, Culicoides oxystoma Kieffer, Culicoides arakawae (Arakawa), Culicoides guttifer (Meijere), Culicoides albibasis Wirth & Hubert, Culicoides huffi Causey, Culicoides clavipalpis Mukerji, and Culicoides wenzeli Delfinado were collected. The abundance and prevalence of C. effusus, C. peregrinus, and C. C. palpifer in the overall sample of farms as well as in farms with previous occurrence of leucocytozoonosis indicated that these species are potential vectors of Culicoides-borne Leucocytozoon caulleryi Mathis & Leger among chickens in this area. Although blood-engorged females of C. arakawae were collected frequently, the prevalence and abundance of this species were limited.