6 research outputs found

    Working mothers: Balancing career and homelife

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    This study describes the perceptions of working mothers from the Accounting and registrar\u27s office of De La Salle University, Taft Campus regarding the competing demands imposed on them and the support that they receive from their home and workplace. This aims to determine the perceptions of working mothers towards the competing demands of their career and home, and how these demands are addressed. A descriptive research design was made utilizing in-depth interviews among fifteen respondents. This consists of the ten respondents coming from the Accounting office and the remaining five coming from the Registrar\u27s office, who hold full-time-8-hour clerical jobs everyday. These respondents were purposively chosen from the Accounting and Registrar\u27s offices of De La Salle University. Findings show that the working mothers engage in a lot of tedious clerical work, thus they perceive their work as demanding. At home, the working mothers still assume a lot of responsibilities but the support that they receive from both institutions, help them go about the different responsibilities they assume everyday. This study reveals that the demands imposed on the working mothers vary depending on the age group of the children. In order to balance these competing demands, time management is determined as the most effective tool. It is also evident that the working mothers have competing demands to handle but they are unable to express and articulate the manifestations of these competing demands. Society, therefore should develop the consciousness, of providing a more considerate and favorable environment for the working mothers

    Fortification for Iodine Deficiency Elimination salt iodization programme

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    Iodine deficiency is a major global health concern because its adverse, long-term consequences affect not only the mental and physical well being of an individual but the productivity of the whole nation as well. International agencies have bonded together to come up with programs that seek to address this situation in order to curb the negative effects. One of these is the Salt Iodization Programme, a worldwide program, that advocates the iodization of food grade salt and the consumption of iodized salt in order to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders. In the Philippines, there is still a generally low level of complete understanding of the consequences of iodine deficiency. Many Filipinos believe that goiter is the only effect of a lack in iodine. For this reason, iodine intake has been overlooked. There is a high awareness of iodized salt, but the understanding of its uses and the benefits derived from it is low. In addition, its price, which is higher than that of ordinary salt\u27s, and its limited availability contribute to the consumers\u27 preference for ordinary salt. As a consequence, demand for iodized salt has been low. In the light of these developments, and in response to the call for Universal Salt Iodization, the Department of Health has developed and launched the FIDEL (Fortification for Iodine Deficiency ELimination) Programme. It aims to have all salt iodized and to encourage the use of iodized salt. An inter-agency alliance has been formed, and one of its objectives is to educate the Filipinos about iodine, iodine deficiency disorders, and the means of preventing these disorders. This advertising plan was developed to contribute to the alliance\u27s efforts in promoting the use of iodized salt. The focus of this plan is on the benefit of iodized salt to the mental and physical development of children. Through the use of TV, radio, posters, calendars, and brochures, the public will be informed of the benefits that people of different ages will derive from using iodized salt. With regard to media strategy, TV and radio stations are free to decide when to air the commercials subject to some instructions. Presidential Decree 1362 provides that government advertisements be aired for free. In return, the station gets an importation tax reduction which is equivalent to the cost of airing that commercial during that program or timeslot

    Analysis of Outcomes in Ischemic vs Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation A Report From the GARFIELD-AF Registry

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    IMPORTANCE Congestive heart failure (CHF) is commonly associated with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF), and their combination may affect treatment strategies and outcomes

    Annual Selected Bibliography

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