Participatory Children's Health and Nutrition Program (PH0064)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Philippines Action Plan 2019-2022
Action Plan Cycle: 2019
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Department of Social Welfare & Development (DSWD)
Support Institution(s): Unang Hakbang Foundation, Save the Children, Social Watch, World Vision, E-Net, UNICEF
Policy Areas
Gender, Health, Marginalized Communities, Public Participation, Public Service Delivery, SubnationalDescription
What is the commitment?
The emerging concerns (malnutrition and child pregnancy) within the context of the Pantawid Program have not been fully explored by researchers, and need further study. To do so, however, we need to have a better understanding of the context of the target families’ lived experiences.
● The commitment of the agency is the conduct of two Participatory Action Researches (PAR). PAR is an approach to research that emphasizes participation of community members in defining the problem, gathering and analyzing data, and arriving at solutions to the problem collectively. It is best for planning to emanate from the families themselves as only they know the situations they actually face and the options readily available to them. As they express how they choose from among available and potential options, solutions can be tailored to their specific needs and the capacities of the community to act on or absorb a program. The process of engaging the community and stakeholders through all the phases of PAR will be documented.
● Through the PAR, the community will be able to look deeply at the issues and address some of the identified factors impacting nutrition, in particular socio-cultural beliefs and perceptions which contribute to the problem of nutrition not being perceived as ‘urgent’ and issues related to accessing quality health facilities, such as transportation costs and unavailability of free medicines. While Municipal Nutrition Action Plans exist and are described as ‘comprehensive’, the participation and inputs of the community, especially of families who are in most need of assistance, in its crafting must be central and their involvement in the plans’ impact assessment and evaluation made more visible. Results of the research are also expected to be considered in the crafting of local policies on the focus areas.
● The first PAR will focus on the nutritional status of children in 4Ps families and will be led by 4Ps parent leaders and volunteers. The second PAR on the problem of teen-age pregnancies will be led by leaders and volunteers of 4Ps youth groups. In both researches, the program component of 4Ps—the Family Development Session and Youth Development Session—will be utilized to promote open conversation with beneficiaries, both adults and youth.
● In spearheading this conversation, DSWD will leverage its access to the families and children in 4Ps and other programs, as well as its role as head of the Cabinet Cluster on Human Development and Poverty Reduction and its network of NGO/CSO partners. The design and implementation of programs, projects, and activities (PPAs) are expected to be grounded on what its target beneficiaries want and need and delivered in a manner that responds holistically to the articulated needs. The approval and support of the local government units on the process and outputs will be solicited to facilitate integration in local development plans and sustainability of initiatives.
● Finally, the commitment hopes to ensure that the objectives and processes involved in the PPAs are understandable to the recipients themselves such that they become interested, undertake the required training, and enthusiastically participate in the accountability process that will be put in place to monitor and evaluate the value and impact of the PPAs.
The inclusion of those who will be directly affected by policy initiatives should help refine the context within which problems are understood and approached to reveal issues that are otherwise overlooked, such as ‘invisible’ barriers that impede or limit demand and access to government services by those who most need them. Likewise, by allowing local and marginalized voices to be heard, people are empowered and hopefully encouraged to engage in the political process so that they are less isolated and able to share their public policy successes with other communities to become part of a virtuous cycle of active citizen engagement.
The highest objective is to bring the results of these conversations to policy-makers and program managers at the highest levels so that they hear what the people for whom policies, programs, and projects are intended have to say. By enabling them to examine and articulate their own needs, the people that government say they serve will be able to influence how programs are designed and delivered so that these are contextualized and behavioral barriers normally not apparent to policy-makers are addressed.
The weight and might of the whole of government is brought to bear on the protection of children and the corollary need to support their families. This is the convergence approach referred to in the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 that requires the implementation of a multi-sectoral roadmap for children to “build an enabling environment that respects, protects, and fulfils the rights of all children in the country . . . [in order for them to] attain their full potentials as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).”
See Action Plan for additional information
Commitments
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Citizen Participation in Local Government
PH0056, 2019, Capacity Building
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Participation in Local Tourism Development
PH0057, 2019, Capacity Building
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Basic Education Inputs Program
PH0058, 2019, Capacity Building
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Open Data Portal
PH0059, 2019, Access to Information
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Participatory Monitoring of Infrastructure Projects
PH0060, 2019, Capacity Building
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Implement EITI
PH0061, 2019, Access to Information
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Passage of Freedom of Information Law
PH0062, 2019, Access to Information
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Labor Inclusivity and Dispute Resolution
PH0063, 2019, Access to Justice
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Participatory Children's Health and Nutrition Program
PH0064, 2019, Gender
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Indigenous Representation in Local Legislative Councils
PH0065, 2019, E-Government
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Open Contracting Data Publication
PH0066, 2019, Access to Information
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Civil Society Participation to Improve LGU Service Delivery
PH0042, 2017, Access to Information
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Engage Communities in the Fight Against Corruption, Criminality and Illegal Drugs
PH0043, 2017, Capacity Building
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Ease of Doing Business:Competitiveness
PH0044, 2017, Legislation & Regulation
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Ease of Doing Business: Philippines’ Anti-Red Tape Challenge)
PH0045, 2017, Capacity Building
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Citizen Participatory Audit)
PH0046, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center
PH0047, 2017, Public Participation
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Government Feedback Mechanism
PH0048, 2017, Capacity Building
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Access to Information Legislation
PH0049, 2017, Access to Information
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e-Participation Through the National Government Portal
PH0050, 2017, Access to Information
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Open Budget Index and Budget Reform Bill
PH0051, 2017, Access to Information
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Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
PH0052, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Institutional Mechanisms for Disaster Response
PH0053, 2017, Access to Information
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Shelter Development for Informal Settler Families
PH0054, 2017, Access to Information
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Open Local Legislative Processes
PH0055, 2017, E-Government
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Law on ATI
PH0029, 2015, Access to Information
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Transparency of Local Govs Plans and Budgets
PH0030, 2015, Fiscal Openness
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Open Data
PH0031, 2015, Access to Information
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Extractive Industries' Transparency
PH0032, 2015, Anti-Corruption
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CSO Engagement in Public Audit
PH0033, 2015, Anti-Corruption
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Civic Enagement in Local Budget Planning
PH0034, 2015, Fiscal Openness
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Civic Enagement in Local Budget Planning – Community Capacity-Building
PH0035, 2015, Capacity Building
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Improving Public Service Delivery
PH0036, 2015, Public Participation
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Improving Local Govs' Performance
PH0037, 2015, Capacity Building
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Improve the Ease of Doing Business
PH0038, 2015, Private Sector
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Local Government Competitiveness
PH0039, 2015, Access to Information
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Public and Private Sector Dialogue
PH0040, 2015, Private Sector
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Improving Corporate Accountability
PH0041, 2015, Private Sector
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Sustain Transparency in National Government Plans and Budgets
PH0020, 2013, E-Government
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Support for the Passage of Legislations on Access to Information and Protection of Whistleblowers
PH0021, 2013, Access to Information
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Engage Civil Society in Public Audit
PH0022, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Enhance Performance Benchmarks for Local Governance
PH0023, 2013, Capacity Building
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Enhance the Government Procurement System
PH0024, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Strengthen Grassroots Participation in Local Planning and Budgeting
PH0025, 2013, Fiscal Openness
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Provide More Accessible Government Data in a Single Portal and Open Format
PH0026, 2013, Access to Information
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Initiate Fiscal Transparency in the Extractive Industry
PH0027, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Improve the Ease of Doing Business
PH0028, 2013, Private Sector
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Disclose Executive Budgets
PH0001, 2011, Fiscal Openness
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Access to Information Initiative
PH0002, 2011, Access to Information
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Broader CSO Engagement
PH0003, 2011, Public Participation
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Participatory Budget Roadmap
PH0004, 2011, Fiscal Openness
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Local Poverty Reduction
PH0005, 2011, Public Participation
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Empowerment Fund
PH0006, 2011, Capacity Building
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Social Audit
PH0007, 2011, Anti-Corruption
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Results-Based Performance
PH0008, 2011, Capacity Building
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Performance-Based Budgeting
PH0009, 2011, Capacity Building
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Citizen’S Charters
PH0010, 2011, Capacity Building
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Internal Audit
PH0011, 2011, Anti-Corruption
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Single Portal for Information
PH0012, 2011, Access to Information
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Integrated Financial Management System
PH0013, 2011, E-Government
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Electronic Bidding
PH0014, 2011, Anti-Corruption
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Procurement Cards
PH0015, 2011, Anti-Corruption
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Manpower Information System
PH0016, 2011, E-Government
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Expand the National Household Targeting System (NHTS)
PH0017, 2011, Public Participation
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e-TAILS
PH0018, 2011, E-Government
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Budget Ng Bayan
PH0019, 2011, Fiscal Openness