Academic Background

BS Human Ecology, University of the Philippines Los Banos
MS Public Health (Environmental Health), University of the Philippines Manila

Research Interest

  • Environmental and occupational health
  • Urban and rural health
  • Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH)
  • Global one health
  • Health risk assessments
    Waste and pollution studies
  • Participatory resource planning
  • Community-based approaches
  • Gender and culture studies

Recent Publications

1. Salvacion, A.R., Devanadera, M.C.E., Paro, F.R.C., Lecciones, A.J.M., Eligue, J.C.L. (2022) Flood Vulnerability Assessment in Marinduque, Philippines Using Fuzzy Logic and Principal Component Analysis . In: The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim. Yizhao Yang, Anne Taufen (Eds). Routledge.
pp. 66-79 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003033530-7;  

2. Samaniego, J.O., Gibaga, C.L. Tanciongco, A., Devanadera, M.C.,Paro, F.R.C. Adil, J.H. Montano, M.O., Quierrez, R.N.M. and A.C. Gutierrez (2022) Health Risk Assessment of Trace Metals in the Vicinity of an Abandoned Mercury Mine in Puerto Princesa City, Philippines | Philippine Journal of Science 151 (2): 671-682;  

3. Boongaling, CGK., Devanadera, M.C., Eligue, J.C., and F.R.C. Paro (2022). Gendered participatory resource mapping: case studies of upland and coastal indigenous communities in Mindanao, Philippines | GeoJournal. Springer  

4. Paro, F. R.C.; Molina, V. B.; Magtibay, B. B.; Fadrilan-Camacho, V. F.; Lomboy, M. F.T.; and Agosto, H. G.C., “WaSH facilities and diarrhoea occurrence at the eco-zones of Abra de Ilog, Philippines: A comparative assessment” (2021). Journal Article. 494.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/494  

5. Reyes E.M. Jr., Devanadera M.C.E., Eligue, J.C.L., Gonzales R.P., Samantela, S.S., Paro F.R.C., Polizon J.J.A. (2017).Analysis of Tourism Potentials in Municipality of Dumaran, Palawan, Philippines. Vol. 6 No. 1 (2017): BIMP-EAGA Journal of Sustainable Development.  

6. Devanadera, M.C.E, Paro, F.R.C. and Dalida, M.L. (2017) Low Pressure Membrane Technology for Treatment of Water Supply in Developing Countries. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) Vol. 36. Issue 3 p. 320-335

Research Profiles

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Email address

fcparo[at]up[dot]edu[dot]ph