Document Type
Paper presentation
School Name
Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Manila
School Code
ARCH00016
Abstract / Executive Summary
Healthcare facilities are essential for the public, especially for the middle-to poor population during the pandemic. This project identified the needed Quezon City public health facilities based on the barangay’s population. Since the pursuant of a national policy of primary health care (PHC) in 1978, health stations delivered a beneficial and participative program to reach the populace. The World Health Organization recommended that there should be health facilities per 10,000 population. In this context, the barangay is a small administrative unit with a relatively small population. Thus, this project indicated that there should be one public health facility per 1000 population. The mapping techniques used were choropleth (graduated colors & symbols), hotspot optimization, unique values distribution, and geocoding. Quezon City government should provide more public health facilities as a response to the growing population of the barangays. The local government and health-related NGOs must work together to address this need. Future researchers should look at the possibilities offered by geospatial artificial intelligence in analyzing and interpreting health-related spatial information, including the Sustainable Development Goals #3 (Good Health & Well-Being) and #16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) to foster effective and accountable institutions that can guarantee healthy lives and well-being among all citizens in Quezon City.
Keywords:
QCitizen; mapping; public health facilities; geospatial artificial intelligence; sustainable development goals
Road to Healthy QCitizen: Mapping the QC Public Health Facilities based on Barangay’s Population
Healthcare facilities are essential for the public, especially for the middle-to poor population during the pandemic. This project identified the needed Quezon City public health facilities based on the barangay’s population. Since the pursuant of a national policy of primary health care (PHC) in 1978, health stations delivered a beneficial and participative program to reach the populace. The World Health Organization recommended that there should be health facilities per 10,000 population. In this context, the barangay is a small administrative unit with a relatively small population. Thus, this project indicated that there should be one public health facility per 1000 population. The mapping techniques used were choropleth (graduated colors & symbols), hotspot optimization, unique values distribution, and geocoding. Quezon City government should provide more public health facilities as a response to the growing population of the barangays. The local government and health-related NGOs must work together to address this need. Future researchers should look at the possibilities offered by geospatial artificial intelligence in analyzing and interpreting health-related spatial information, including the Sustainable Development Goals #3 (Good Health & Well-Being) and #16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) to foster effective and accountable institutions that can guarantee healthy lives and well-being among all citizens in Quezon City.
