Location Shiva Camp 2, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
Dates March 5, 2024 (11:00 am) - March 5, 2024 (2:00 pm)
Total Beneficiaries 28
Female Beneficiaries 12

Objective

  • To integrate clinical and non-clinical data sources by combining principles of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) to enhance population health outcomes across diverse geographic settings.
  • To utilize the PHIK as a tool to assess the burden of chronic diseases and associated risk factors in diverse settings such as urban, urban slums, and rural/tribal settings in India.

Observation

A total of 28 beneficiaries (16 males and 12 females) attended the Swasthya Pahal camp organised on 05th March 2024 at Shiva Camp, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi. Out of these twenty-eight beneficiaries, more than three-fourth (n=23) had higher blood pressure than normal. Half of them had high blood sugar than normal (n=14) and more than tw0-fourth of them were found to be overweight/obese (n= 16) than normal. Less than one-third of them were found to be engaged in regular physical activity (n=8).

Additional Comments

  • Beneficiaries found the counselling session very informative and useful, and many of them learned more about their health condition.
  • All the beneficiaries found the Swasthya Pahal initiative to be very helpful.

Number of beneficiaries enrolled in SHINE

SMAART Hub for Informatics enabled Nutrition Education (SHINE) Initiative aims to enhance self-management of chronic non-communicable diseases using multilingual digital HEALTH intervention tailored to enhance their knowledge regarding self-management of disease condition(s), diet, physical activity, healthy lifestyle, home-remedies, medication adherence and stress management. Among twenty-eight beneficiaries, almost half of them (n=13) expressed their interest to receive informative messages for diet and lifestyle management and all of them opted to receive messages on a weekly basis (n= 8).

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Swasthya Pahal ("Health for all"), our community initiative utilizes SMAART™ framework, aims to promote self-management among individuals about diabetes, hypertension, obesity and high cholesterol. Swasthya Pahal utilizes interactive multi-lingual, touch screen computer program that gathers data related to social-demographics, clinical history, and health behaviors.

In addition, objective data gathered includes height, weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar. An evidence based decision rule engine then generates a SMAART™ health card for each individual. Based on the individual risk findings, the system provides an individualized lifestyle feedback supported by trained lifestyle counselling experts.