INTRODUCTION

One of the fundamental principle in any government institution is health is wealth. This connotes social dimension viewed along the context of promoting optimal health in the citizenry in that the quality of health of the people invariably determines the human resources capability of any given institution. It implies that the health status of the constituents of an organization will greatly affect the performance and services that will be rendered. There is no consensus about any definition of health. There is knowledge of how to attain a certain level of health, but health itself cannot be measured. Traditionally health has been defined in terms of the presence or absence of disease. Nightingale defined health as a state of being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent. The World Health Organization (WHO) takes a more holistic view of health. Its constitution defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This reflects concern for the individual as a total person functioning physically, psychologically, and socially. Mental processes determine peoples relationship with their physical and social surroundings, their attitudes about life and their interaction with others. The definition also places health in the context of environment. Peoples lives, and therefore their health, are affected by everything they interact with not only environmental influences such as climate, availability of nutritious foods, clean air to breath, comfortable shelter and pure water to drink, but also other people, including family, employers, coworkers, friends and associates of various kinds. An individual health status is a vital component in the progress of excellence work and quality services. A complete health assessment may be conducted starting at the head and proceeding in a systematic manner downward (head-to-toe assessment). However, the procedure can vary according to the age of the individual, the severity of the illness, the preferences of the assessor and the client, the location of the examination, and the agencys priorities and procedures. In our case, we prefer to use health assessment questionnaire containing open and close-ended questions aimed to assess fractional but substantial data regarding health profile of the respondents, and a blood pressure cuff, a sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope to assess the blood pressure. The study was conducted in University of Eastern Philippines, University Town, Catarman, Northern Samar. Supposedly, the subject of the study should comprise the whole population of current teaching and non-teaching staff of the university but apparently due to vast scope of the study and time constraints, the respondents of this study only consisted 305 or 65% of the total population. The gathering was conducted on the second semester of SY 2009-2010.