Location J P Colony, R K Puram, New Delhi
Dates March 21, 2024 (11:00 am) - March 21, 2024 (2:00 pm)
Total Beneficiaries 36
Female Beneficiaries 30

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 36 beneficiaries (6 males and 30 females) attended the Swasthya Pahal camp organised on 21st March 2024 at J.P Colony, R.K Puram, New Delhi. Out of these thirty-six beneficiaries, less than two-third (n=22) had higher blood pressure than normal and nearly one-third of them had high blood sugar than normal (n=9). More than half of them were found to be overweight/obese (n= 21) than normal and less than one-fourth of them were found to be engaged in regular physical activity (n=7).

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 thirty-six beneficiaries, more than two-third of them (n=25) expressed their interest to receive informative messages for diet and lifestyle management and majority of them opted to receive messages on a weekly basis (n= 24) and only one opted for daily basis.

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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.