The team utilized several strategies in effectively ranking the identified community health problems. Strategies for problem prioritization included a vote casting, which was conducted during the general community assembly and objective computation through the Maglaya Scale of Health Conditions and Problems. The scale prioritizes community health problems according to four major criteria: Nature of the Problem, Modifiability, Preventive Potential and Salience. The nature of the problem may be an actual health deficit, health threat, foreseeable crisis or state of wellness. The modifiability refers to the capacity of inducing significant change or improvement to a given health problem. Lifestyle, for example, is considered modifiable, while genetic predisposition, age or gender are non-modifiable. Preventive potential refers to the extent as to which a problem may be prevented using problem-specific interventions. The occurrence of calamities and natural disasters for example, are considered to have low preventive potential, while casualties and damages from these events through health education and preparedness campaigns, are considered highly preventable.  Lastly, salience refers to how the community or family perceive a health problem. This is a subjective response, and a problem that is deemed to be important and urgent for some, may be perceived as low priority for others.