Consistency of Community Health Team (CHT) Recording and Reporting Forms

Abstract

Community Health Teams (CHT) Mobilization presumes to improve the health condition of Filipinos especially the poor. As it operationalize, recording and reporting forms are necessary to monitor their progress towards the attainment of the three strategic thrusts of Kalusugang Pangkalahatan (KP). However, CHT recording and reporting system is inefficient because of the diverse forms developed by other offices aside from the Department of Health-Central Office (DOH-CO). This resulted to difficulty in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the CHT strategy. Analysis of these forms helps in streamlining, reframing, and improving the disorganized recording and reporting system of CHT.

This study aimed to describe the consistency of the home visit and mobilization indicators of the CHT recording and reporting forms. Through descriptive analysis, indicators were cross-tabulated to determine similarities, differences, and inconsistencies between the recording and the reporting forms prescribed by DOH-CO and other offices.

Recording and reporting forms of other offices added several important indicators both for CHT mobilization and home visits. Considering these indicators could help in evaluating the effectiveness of CHT in achieving the KP’s three strategic thrusts. However, inconsistencies between the recorded and reported indicators exist in the CHT system.

Revision is very important to address the inconsistencies on the CHT forms. Consensus about the indicators needed by the different end-users to create forms aligned with legislative needs of the department. Detailed recording and reporting mechanism and guidelines shall be established to facilitate data retrieval from the CHT up to the regional level.