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240			_aMaster of Public Administration
245			_aProposed urinal facility for common female comfort rooms _cOrdaño, Jr. Nelson B.,Mabida, Eduardo M.
260			_cOctober 2001
300			_aPages 1-157
500			_aABSTRACT ORDOÑO, Nelson B. Jr and MARBIDA, Eduardo M “PROPOSED URINAL FACILITY FOR COMMON FEMALE COMFORT ROOMS” (Unpublished Master’s Thesis, Aquinas University of Legaspi City, October, 2001) This study attempted to come up with an improved comfort room facility which will make comfort room use comfortable, sanitary and safe for every female who visits public or common toilets, specifically the study sought answers to the following sub-problems: 1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age, marital status, and educational attainment, tenure in school/workplace and health habits? 2. What is the status of usage of the present common female comfort rooms in terms of; a) social aspects, b) social aspects b) economic aspects, and c) technical aspects? 3. What are the strength and weakness of the present common female comfort rooms in terms of; a) capacity to give comfort, b) cleanliness, and c) sanitation? 4. What measures could be done to improve the presents female comfort rooms in terms of; a) support services and b) female urinal facility design? 5. What should be the design of the female urinal facility? The study was done in the City of Legazpi and the Municipality of Daraga Albay. Majority of the respondents (20 years old and below) were fresh graduates from the college or young professional. Fifty percent (50%) of the respondents were married that was why, when interviewed regarding the urinating process in the common female comfort rooms, they responded positively without hesitations. A sad findings was that 44 of the 400 respondents (11%) were once affected by Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). The study found that 70% of the respondents use the Common Female Comfort Room daily. A very unsanitary practice in the use of the comfort room was discovered in this study that is, urinating on the comfort room floor. It was noted in this study that majority of the comfort room bowls in the City of Legazpi City and Municipality of Daraga area were of glazed finish, only 5% was made of porcelain and 30.5 % was of concrete. Common comfort rooms included in the study do not have grab rails, raised toilet seats, female urinal facility, and aid for the handicapped. The only facility available was the toilet bowl. Strengths One good thing discovered by this study is the availability of water in female comfort rooms visited by the respondents. The present comfort room bowl serving two (2) purposes, for urinating and for moving bowel. However, a notable findings which could enhance the acceptance of the introduction of a female urinal facility was noted in this study, that is, 327 of the respondents believed that the present comfort room bowl is not suited for urinating. Weaknesses Majority of the respondents experienced the splashing back of urine/bowl water into their private parts and only 18.25 % did not experience the splashing back from the bowl. Same is true when they urinate on the comfort room floor. Eighty one and seventy three hundredths percent (81.73%) also experienced splashing back of urine/bowl water and only 18.25% did not. Fifty four percent (54%) of the respondents felt uncomfortable while in the common female comfort room, 16.75% still felt comfort in this place and 29 .25% felt slightly comfortable. The research revealed that some public places (16.25%), charge certain fees for use of their comfort rooms. A sad truth was discovered by this study, fifty four percent (54%) of the respondents considered the common female comfort room to be dirty/very dirty, hence seventy eight (78%) was hesitant to use it while only twenty two percent(22%) was not. A costly practice was unwrapped by this study, fifty five and five tenths percent (55.5%) of the respondents wipe/clean the bowl before using it. Another finding which is considered added cost, was discovered in this study. This is the practice of flushing the bowl water first before using the bowl. This is costly because the standard bowl’s water deposit is four (4) gallons. Being educated persons, the respondents, the respondents – three hundred thirty three (333) of them, could have believed that it is possible for harmful microorganism to be present in the common female comfort room bowl. Hence, measure ought to be done to at least minimize if not totally eradicate its spread in order to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases. Although most of the comfort rooms under the study have water, the two and twenty five hundredth percent (2.25%) that have none could be a threat to its users. Even if nine percent (9%) of the respondents could still bear the comfort room even without water, the majority who could bear the burden ought to be given considerable attention. With regards to the measures to be done, through the open-ended-questions, the following areas of concern were noted; a) That there is a need to install grab rails on the walls of the common female comforts rooms, b) That sanitation ought to be improved , and c) That whatever facilities introduced should be affordable As to the need for designing a female urinal facility; a) There is a discrimination because while the male comfort rooms have a urinal facility in their common rooms, the female comfort rooms have none, b) The females feel that there is a need to design a urinal facility for their sole use, and c) Comfort is a priority in the common female comfort room. The study arrived at the following conclusions; 1) The respondents were of legal age, mostly married, have either reached college or graduated college. Majority have been employed for 5 years or above and some have already been Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). 2) Majority of the respondents used the common feale comfort rooms daily. This exposes them to the hazard contacting communicable diseases because of the fact that the common female comfort room becomes dirty as a results of the practice of urinating on the floor and stepping of the toilet bowl by some females who would not dare sitting on the bowl. Most of the comfort room bowls in the city of Legazpi and the Municipality of Daraga, Albay were of glazed finish and very few were porcelain and concentrate. Common female rooms under the study have no grab rails, raised toilet seats, urinal facilities and aids for the handicapped. Only the toilet bowls is available which connotes that comfort rooms facilities have not improved for quite a long time. The present common female comforts rooms do not completely serve its purpose because only sixteen and seventy five hundredths percent (16.75%) of the respondents felt comfortable. The existence of such rooms makes them at ease. Clean common female comfort rooms found in the area of the study were those which charge fees for its use, proceeds of which are in turn utilized for its maintenance. All the common female comfort rooms visited by the respondents have available eater system and some have deodorizers. The present common female rooms have bowls used both urinating and moving bowel which according to the majority should not be so, because the present toilet bowl is not for urinating. As too the measures for improving the present common female comfort rooms, these researcher conclude that; a) There is a discrimination in the comfort rooms because the common male comfort rooms have a urinal facility while the common female comfort rooms have none. A need to install grab rails, improve sanitation and provide additional toilet facilities of affordable cost for the comfort of comfort room users is an area of concern. b) The need to design a female urinal facility is urgent as clamored by the respondents who claimed that the present toilet bowl is suited only for moving bowel but not for urinating. The research offers the following recommendations: 1. The Department of health may have a consistent and comprehensive information campaign regarding proper and sanitary habits in common female comfort rooms in order to do away with the practice of urinating on the floor, stepping on the toilet bowl and minimize the possibility of spreading communicable disease. 2. Common female rooms should have grab rails, raised toilet seats, female urinal facility and aid for the handicapped to make them more comfortable for the users. 3. The use of common female comfort rooms should have fees, proceeds of which should be used to maintain its cleanliness and sanitation, 4. Improve the present common female comfort room facilities by installing a female urinal facility which would ease the female’s urinating process as in Appendix I page 153. 5. Effort should be done in order to amend the national Building Code of the Philippines, seeing to it that all common female rooms to be constructed, remodeled, renovated in all building for human habitation, should include the female urinal facility. A copy of this research paper is already under study by the Legal department of the Philippine Congress thru the assistance of the Hon.Congresswoman Krisel Lagman-Luistro of the First District of the Province of Albay per request made by these researcher on January 27,2001 found in Appendix F page 146. Suggested amendments to Chapter 9, Section 709 and 901 of the national Building Code of the Philippines, and a proposed additional section, Section 908, which would give away to the installation of the proposed female urinal facility in female comfort rooms are in Appendix J page 162.
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