b. Secondary Prevention – measures to assist children who are identified as being more particularly at risk such as those whose parents are themselves in special difficulty or are not caring appropriately for them;
c. Tertiary Prevention – schemes to avoid and prevent children’s rights violations from happening again. In all three levels of prevention, official intervention should be pursued primarily in the overall interest of the young person and guided by fairness and equity.
C. Other Proactive Programs
1. Parenting Orientation Courses
SECTION 31. Parenting Orientation Courses.
a. Parenting Orientation Courses may be integrated into the curriculum of all high schools in Urbiztondo subject to DepEd rules and regulations.
b. Such course may also be incorporated in Parent-Teacher Association(PTA) Alternative Learning System.
c. Marriage license applicants shall be required to participate in a Parenting Orientation Course I with Gender and Child Sensitivity, among other requirements, prior to issuance of marriage license by the Office of the Local Civil Registrar. This course becomes an integral part of existing family planning seminars or reproductive health courses. The Municipal Council for the Welfare of Children in close coordination with the Municipal Health Office and the Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar shall update the design of the family planning seminar in consonance with this Ordinance. The mechanics of its implementation shall be specifically formulated in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Code.
d. As follow-up to Parenting Orientation Course I, parents/guardians shall also be required to participate in a Parenting Orientation Course II during the school year a child is enrolled in either a public or private day care center in Urbiztondo.
e. The implementation of the Parent Effectiveness Service in all barangays in helping develop a stronger family ties shall be vigorously pursued. The Municipal Council for the Welfare of Children (MCWC) and the Office of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development shall initiate the designing of modules for the courses provided in sections (d) and (e) above in close coordination with NGOs with child-focused programs.
2. Health Care
SECTION 32. Primary Health Care. The Local Government of Urbiztondo shall implement primary health care and nutrition programs for children in coordination with the Municipal Health Office, and the Office of the Municipal Social Welfare.
SECTION 33. Promotion of Primary Health Care Programs. The barangay health centers shall implement the primary health care program. Each barangay health center shall designate a barangay child health officer to monitor children’s health in the barangay level.
To further ensure the implementation of this Section, the Local Government of Urbiztondo shall take appropriate measures:
