problem on prevention and control or malaria, for example, emanates from such factors 11s tl1e complexity of the multi-specie parasite, the multi-specie vector (Knell, 1990), the behavior of mnn a. s the intermediate host, the link between man-vector-parnsite, the occurrence or non-classical signs anti symptoms and resistance pnnerns, and, the im HJequacy of hasic health services for early case finding and prompt treatment. The socio-hch;n;nral aspects of client hehavior nnd the operational issues of health service implementation complicate the situation. Empirical dala on field-level m:magement of malaria derived from ex-periences in a village in Nueva Ecija showed that families have remained as spectators and passive recipients <luring malaria control progr11m imple111ent:1tion such as residual house sprnyillg, chemical t,·cntmcnt of hcd nets 11nd seeding of lnrvi\'orou$ fish in the st reams (Vcneradon, 1990). In,:mother study cond ut:tcd in four villnges in the Municipality of Quezon. Palaw:m Province, seventy-five percenl oft be responden ls thought thnt malaria is due ton combinalion of such f Ht·tors as changing climate, lurnger. over fatigue. the coming of full moon, <lirty surroundings, food nnd drinking water contnminah:d wilh mos4ujk, eggs (Ortegn and others, i997). Through the PHC !;trategy, com rn u njty health volunteers (Cl IVs) or barangay health workers (131-f Ws) were envisioned lo he the huh of community participation to increase accessibility of ba:--ic health services. However, Lhjs objective IH1S nol been truly attained. Acco Tcling lo Salazar and Santos ( 1988). lhis is <lue l'o the short:1p,e of ~m<l/ or frequent turnover ofthe;;;e he::1lth workers be~ansc or insufficient logistical support :ind po()rly sustained motivati onal support. Moremcr, t J1c Cli Vs became aide'5 in health care acting as local e:>. 'tensions of t J1c rural health personnel rather than communit y leaders oa health concerns (Venenicioa, 1990). In pursuing global and local partnerships for development to improve maternal and child health and combat major diseitses I ike-ma Jaria and HIV/ AIDS, nurse leaders and practitioners need to challenge old perspectives and paradigms i11 order to addi-ess t bese millennium development goals specified by the United Nations. New perspectives and fresh insights can be explored by the CHN through communit y­ b:isecl researches, which can shed light on t J1e psychosocial and behavior al dimensions related with enhancing empowering potential as alternative for communit y health development. Erthancing Lbe empowering pot·ential of client/community-partners can be pursued through the CHN';;; e:-rpertise in understaading human response as focal point in addressin~ health and illnc,ss experiences. issue. <:, g:-1ps and challenges. TI1e client/ comm11ni1y-partncr's human response is a dynamic "lived" experience on the realilyof "bei11g" and a m1tural movement tow;Jl'ds "becomin~" (Parse, 1995). Nurses are in the most appropriate and specific Lime and space for helping client-partners capture LJ1is unique and natural phenornenon through the participatory approach. Client-partners ar P lhe k Py s-t::ik Phold P. rs in understanding and knowing Lhe v.. ay, shedding light and uncoverin1,; 'wh::it,..,:,s, is and will be as it is t'Xperienced in the her P-,mrl-now. ' As partnen; (;apture explicitly the rf';ility and meaning of the human response, they gain fresh,·icw ahout t J1c situation and articulate possibi Hties fo. r moving beyond the status quo to create workable options f()r change. Utjlizing the human response perspective "ithin a community-ba sed research, directions for f=;ble and sustajn3ble alternatives for malaria prevention and control had been explored. In 1997 to 1999. a multidisciplinary communit y-based research was carried out with sixty nine (69) rural huu:. eholds in an agricultural villoge in Abra Prr";nce, where malaria is endemic (Maglaya and others, 1999). Through the participatory action methodology. rnoth·ation-support intervention processes were 434 