Summary The present study determines the awareness, access and utilization of the health services of the Barangay Health Center with 67 Aeta mothers of a certain Sitio of Indigenous people as respondents on December, 2010.
A four-part content-validated interview schedule was used to elicit data. The interview schedule was validated by two professors who are master’s degree holders and one with Doctorate degree. The interview schedule was personally administered by the researchers to the respondents. Descriptive statistics used are frequency distribution and percentage, whereas inferential statistics used to test significant differences are t-test and one-way analysis of variance. Pearson’s r was used to test correlation between the three major variables. The main objective of the study is to determine the awareness, access and utilization of the health services of the Brgy. Health Center among aeta mothers of Sitio Nagpana, Brgy. Lipata, Btac. Viejo, Iloilo.

The specific objectives are:
1. To determine the characteristics of Aeta mothers in terms of age, civil status, educational attainment, religion, family size, occupation, and total household income per month.
2. To determine the level of awareness of the Aeta mothers to the health services provided by the Barangay Health Center.
3. To determine the degree of access of the Aeta mothers to the health services provided by the Barangay Health Center.
4. To determine the extent of utilization of the Aeta mothers of the health services provided by the Barangay Health Center .
5. To determine whether the Aeta mothers’ awareness of the health services of the Barangay Health Center varies according to their age, civil status, educational attainment, religion, family size, occupation, and total household income per month.
6. To determine whether the Aeta mothers’ access to the health services of the