DOH-NCR CONDUCTS TRAINING OF METRO MANILA PWD COORDINATORS IN FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE Press Release/August 5, 2013 The Department of Health – National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) recently conducted a training of trainers for sign language for health promotion officers and coordinators of person with disabilities (PWD) and non-communicable diseases in Metro Manila. “These trainers will target health care providers in their local government units including health center personnel, local government hospitals and private clinics. They will be the one to train and educate these health workers for them to be able to understand the needs and concern of deaf patients,” Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo stated. “We should empower the members of our health sector through education and equipping them with the necessary sign language skills and literacy training to allow them to communicate effectively and efficiently and be able to share the knowledge to fellow health workers,” he added. DOH-NCR has already trained staffs of government health facilities and other specialty hospitals in Metro Manila. A total of 52 staffs were certified as basic sign language interpreters. The four-day workshop aims to increase the understanding of LGU coordinators and HEPO’s on the sign language and the deaf culture in order to strengthen their knowledge and their communication skills. This program will provide them sufficient training to allow for effective communication with deaf persons in the health care setting and enhance their skill in the Filipino Sign Language. Participants of the training were coordinators and HEPO’s from the 16 local government units of Metro Manila namely Caloocan, Las Pinas, Makati, Manila, Pasig, Taguig, Valenzuela, San Juan, Navotas, Malabon, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Marikina and Pasig. There are a total 0f 1,112 person with disabilities (PWD) in Metro Manila. Those with hearing impairment totalled to 476 and 95 are born with speech impairment. “We should understand that only through sign language that we can fully understand the needs of deaf people. It is essential that we in the health sector should know how to speak their language because sign language is the only way to bridge the gap between deaf education,” Janairo emphasized. “As health care providers, we should make our deaf patients feel and understand that their impairment is not an impediment to their growth and development. Because literacy can be taught in a manner that combines reading and sign,” he concluded.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:10:18 +0000
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