-prcparal ion nf hloml smears, the covcrngc of octh·c case dclcction increased Lo almost ninety-nine pcn;cm L \~;th olhcr co11111111nity mcrnhers being oul of the village al the time of blnoc J smear c:ollccl inn. During periods when fam. ilics suspect members to have malarin, blmid smears were taken, with Jahoralory rlia~osis done initially by village heal I h w<'>rkc,rs :ind rnidwivcs wht J were I rained whilt: the rcsenrch was on--gojng. Confirmutio n r,r 1. ibnratory diagnosis was dr,nc at the pro~;ncial hospilal labornlory in the capit,1'1 municip,ilily of lhln). \ucd. situated scn:rnl kil"'nctcrs away through the 1\bra River that swells up during rhe rainy season. Access problem was addressed by the ernpowerc<l farnilic:s utilizing the 'lor Jk-think-nct' process through tht! work group approud1. Slides were tnken 10 the provinci11I lahnra11>ry by volunteer community members who went regularly ro Flanguetll to buy good,; and food sup_ply for their village sari-sari slnn:s. Par·1 or the ·aclirm' ph. ise,inalyzed by the wr)rk gmups wa5; the scheme where lahor:ilnry results wc,·e brought back to the rural health unit or to the village he::ilth worker (fll-l W) by the same community members after they were done with marketing in Jfang11ed. Larval mnni I oring:1nd stream clearing/cleaning nctivitiesj!,enert1ted additional insights. Having 11nderstnod the epidemiology of malaria as part of the capability-building experience. so111e male members of the village. \,·ho opted tr) be in-charge of laival monilnrin g in 1 he trib111arics of the village stream, asked family work grnups why there were still malarit1 cases dcr-;pite incrcar-<ed c,1sc detection ~,;th treatment and regular oncc-a-\,·cck stream dc:iring/ c:leaning. The nurse-researcher guicled them through the 'look-think-net' cyt'lc utili1. ing the work groups· training :ind competencies on the bionomics/ Ii fe r·yc·k of lhe-\11opheles mosquito vertnr of mr1h1ria: J,\no /'. rt palagay nyo ani; aahilan k1111~ h:ikit sa paglilinis nyo ng ilog minsan isang lingo ay meron pa ring nagkaknsakil ng m:dari-a sa barangay?-(\Nl1at do yoll think is the re!l,.,<;On why despite the once-a-week sl Tcam clearing/cleaning, there are still malaria cases in the \illage?) Annlysis of the rq,ly p,enl. 'rated the work grours' deci~ion tu increase U,e frequency of stream dcnring /dcnning tn. it leasnwo times,1 week and shart: their competencies \v;th fomilic:-in other villa11,es,. :ifter they re,·iewed what they lc. imed about the bionom ics/ life cydc of the mosquito vector of malaria. The consensus of the work group: "Dapat pagkntapws 11:iting rnaglinis ng il<Jg/waig. Lingnan kung kailan ulit merong kiti-kiti/ balbaltik. Bak;i kulang ang minsan isani linggong paglilinis kung may mga lar:nok na manµi1;ill1ig ulit. pai,;katuptis 11ati11g maglinis. Kc1si mgn tatlong arnw pa lang ang kiti-kili a~ 111a~i4in~ lt1mok na. Posible: rin na ang mga lnmok sa ibang h Rrangay ay mnk:ikalipad t. litn dnhil isang kilometro ang kaya nilang lipnrin. ~ (Soon nftcr we have <lone slrcum clo. ::1ri11g/clcaning. we need to check when there would he larvae in the slrcam again. The once-a-week clcnrin)!;/clcnning might not be adequate if mosquitoes lay Cf,)-\S ~oon after we dean the stream. V11ilhin three <lays, the hn·vae become adult rnm;q11i1n..:.,;, lt is also possible 1lrnt mosqtntoes come from other villages because they haven ni1-1,ht r·;rnge of one kilometer. ) As n conse<. juencc or the cyclical, iterative 'look-thin k-net' experience, the work groups decided Lo expand their activities in other villages. Thro'l1gh the efforts or the provincial health office. the community members together wi Lh the n. iral bl'alth unit ;im. l the lcadt::n; of the village were tr Jined bv the radio m:. rnager lo prepare audio tapes usin~ ramily empowennent experiences' and co111pclencics as scripts, which were aired reiularly through tbe province-supported rndio progrnm. DZPA. ENHANCING INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION For many years, nurses, other members of the bealth team an. d organiza tions had been reluctnnt in establishing relationships within the perspective of'working together' because of the complexity of addressing personal and professional differences and 115 