| Location | Head Post-Office, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi |
| Dates | July 8, 2022 (10:30 am) - July 8, 2022 (4:30 pm) |
| Total Beneficiaries | 54 |
| Female Beneficiaries | 18 |
Objective
To screen obesity, diabetes, and hypertension among participants for improved disease prevention, monitoring, and self-management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Observations
A total of 54 beneficiaries (18 females and 36 males) attended the Swasthya Pahal camp organized on 8th July 2022 at Head Post–office, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi. More than one-third of the beneficiaries had hypertension (n=20) and nearly one-third of the beneficiaries had high random blood sugar (n=16). Half of the beneficiaries (n=26) were overweight/obese and only half of them (n=25) were engaged in regular physical.
Additional Comments
- The entire staff present in the post office came for health check-up.
- Among the beneficiaries, few of them had attended Swasthya Pahal before at the same location.
- Beneficiaries were managing hypertension and diabetes through a combination of medicine and dietary modification.
- Beneficiaries were concerned about their health; after counselling they were in the contemplative stage of making lifestyle changes.
- Some of the beneficiaries reported lack of time as the main barrier to not being able to exercise regularly.
- Those who attended, found the Swasthya Pahal beneficial for managing a healthy lifestyle.
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.
RISE (Research, Innovation, Skills and Entrepreneurship), a collaborative Women Empowerment initiative of FHTS and P.H.RISE, USA, aims to Educate, Employ and Empower women, by providing them skills in research, innovation and entrepreneurship. Under RISE initiative, our aim is to create 500 sustained employment for urban slum girls. We aim to provide platform to urban slum women and girls to not only be independent but also support their families, nurture their dreams, create their own identity and be a source of inspiration to many.
Both the Swasthya Pahal and RISE initiatives, utilize SMAART™ framework conceptualized by Dr. Ashish Joshi presently Senior Associate Dean of CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York and the founder of Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society (FHTS). Know more about his vision at ashishjoshi.me.
RISE (Research, Innovation, Skills and Entrepreneurship), a collaborative Women Empowerment initiative of FHTS and P.H.RISE, USA, aims to Educate, Employ and Empower women, by providing them skills in research, innovation and entrepreneurship. Under RISE initiative, our aim is to create 500 sustained employment for urban slum girls. We aim to provide platform to urban slum women and girls to not only be independent but also support their families, nurture their dreams, create their own identity and be a source of inspiration to many.
Both the Swasthya Pahal and RISE initiatives, utilize SMAART™ framework conceptualized by Dr. Ashish Joshi presently Senior Associate Dean of CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York and the founder of Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society (FHTS). Know more about his vision at ashishjoshi.me.
