Factors influencing the implementation of local health programs to promote children’s well-being: a case study of Phase 2A San Jose Heights, Barangay Muzon, San Jose del Monte

Abstract

In 2013 residents from San Juan City were relocated in San Jose del Monte to prevent loss of life from living near the river. Consequently, it was to provide permanent homes for informal settlers and improve the quality of life of the former San Juan residents. At the end of the study, it will show how poverty actually plays a role in the worsening conditions of children in urban poor communities and the importance of an effective children’s health programs and eradication of poverty. The study aims to find out how children’s health programs in Phase 2A San Jose del Monte Heights Subdivision in Barangay (village) Muzon are being implemented, how the current situation of children’s health programs affect the well-being of the children in the community, and find out what factors (bureaucratic, political, etc.) affect the implementation of the various health programs after relocation.