Philhealth gets students involved in health

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth), through its Social Health Insurance Academy and in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), developed a Learners’ Material for 10th Grade Health in public schools to promote understanding of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) as a health care financing mechanism for Filipinos.

The Philhealth Learners’ Material, certified by DepEd’s Bureau of Curriculum Development as compliant with the K-12 curriculum standards, is taught under the Health component of the Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health (Mapeh) subject of 10th graders during the first quarter of the school year.

Philhealth and DepEd entered into a memorandum of agreement for the nationwide roll-out of the Philhealth Learners’ Material, defining the roles of the two partners in strengthening health information and education among Grade 10 students and teachers in public schools beginning school year 2017-2018.

Implementing the use of the learners’ material involves orienting Grade 10 Health teachers on the NHIP and training them on how to use the Philhealth Learners’ Material. Philhealth also monitored and evaluated the initial teaching of the Learners’ Material by some of the trained teachers to assess its effectiveness and determine possible enhancements.