The Philippines, like any other Southeast Asian countries, is highly susceptible to natural hazards. Yet data on disaster risk and vulnerability is lacking and insufficient. The lack of extant literature on the disaster ...

With the arrival of the Digital Age comes people who are native to its environment, people who are born into a world wherein the Internet and other digital media are widespread and present in all facets of life. These ...

Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAIs) are programs that are based on the Human-Animal Bond (HAB), which emphasizes the notion that these kinds of relationships are beneficial for one’s mental, physical, and social well-being ...

Sexual scripts, or descriptions about sex, instruct sexual conduct. Despite their implications on the sexual agency, health, and safety of women, related studies in the Philippines remain scarce. This grounded theory ...

This study is a qualitative study on the experience of caregivers in pain communication with nonverbal individuals with autism. The framework used in the study is derived from the Social Communication Model of Pain which ...

Breast milk donation is another method which let infants acquire optimum nutrition despite of unavailability of breast milk from their biological mother. The donors have various motivation such as sense of personal ...

Current studies on weight-related experiences show that body satisfaction and body image have been significantly related to individuals’ internalization of sociocultural influence in the form of messages, comments, and ...

In some cases, cemeteries are located near within a settlement, but what if the residential area near the cemetery was engulfed with the widening cemetery space? There is a lack of information and data that documents about ...

A phenomenological study was conducted to explore the current health conditions and health-seeking behavior of garment factory workers in Taytay, Rizal. Using purposive random sampling, a total of 6 participants from two ...

There is very little research about the visually impaired community here in the Philippines. This paper analyzes the Mental Health State of the Visually Impaired in the different institutions that cater to them in Metro ...