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Swasthya Vidya Vahini (SVV) Program: Replicable Innovations in Public Healthcare

Learn about the Swasthya Vidya Vahini (SVV) Program, a health education program through medical students. Students visit villages, provide medical aid, and address health concerns. The program aims to improve health literacy and develop communication skills in medical students.

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Swasthya Vidya Vahini (SVV) Program: Replicable Innovations in Public Healthcare

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  1. 4th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Healthcare Systems 6th – 8th JULY, 2017 SWASTHYA VIDYA VAHINI HM & FW Department, Govt. of Andhra PradesH Video

  2. SwasthyaVidyaVahini (SVV) Program structure • Health Education program through Medical Students of both Government and Private Colleges • Student teams of two each are allocated to each village. • The Dept. of Preventive and Social Medicine of Medical colleges and Directorate of Health jointly train the students and form teams in consultation with student representatives.

  3. Support to Students • Sling Bag with Study Material and Notebook • Transport from College to Village and Back • Program is part of the Curriculum • 1st Friday of every month- Orientation of Students • Active involvement of Student leaders

  4. Collaborating departments for SVV WCD&SC Education Panchayat Raj The Village Secretary and the Sarpanch accompany the team in the Transect Walk. Drinking Water Sources Civil Registrations ODF and Sanitation - VBDs Anganwadi Centre: The Anganwadi teacher arranges a meeting with the lactating mothers/ pregnant women. Nutrition Exhibition( SNM) Interaction with Parents of SAM/ MAM Visit to the School Mid Day Meal Program RBSK WIFS Interaction with Adolescent Girls School Sanitation, Hygiene, Drinking Water

  5. The process of SVV Program • Two teams of students in their allotted vehicle will join the Mobile Medical Unit at their allocated village by 10 am, along with the Health supervisor. • During House Visits Students refer the people requiring medical aid to MMU,. The MMUs have 9 Diagnostic tests including ECG and Supply of Free Drugs. This serves as practical Clinico-social exposure to the Students • Team will visit the allocated village one day once in a month for 10 months in a year and submit a project report on the village status. • The students will complete the field visit and return back to their respective colleges in the same vehicle. • The Health supervisors accompany the students teams from their colleges to the field and back to their colleges again, ensuring their safety throughout the visit.

  6. The Process of Field visit Village A MMU Two teams in one vehicle will Follow MMU College Village B

  7. Field activities • The team is received at the village by the Sarpanch, Panchayat secretary, and ASHA of the village. • Activities in the village are: A transect walk in the village will be followed by visits to the institutions • AWC- interact with the Mothers at AWC. • Panchayat Office • Schools: If there is more than one school in the village, all the Schools are visited, one every month. • House visits to five houses prioritized by the AWW according to the presence of pregnant women, infants and under five children initially

  8. Monthly Themes • Over Arching Themes • Anemia • Hypertension • Diabetes

  9. MonitoringofSVV & Recording the observations • Data entry of the observations and feedback on the same day into the software application developed for the purpose. • The issues observed are brought to the notice of the concerned departments for corrective measures. • End of 10 months, the students will prepare a project report that will be allocated points in the internal assessment of the student and the best project is rewarded. • Monitoring in SVV will be done through • Android App - Used by Health Supervisor for marking of attendance. • Web Application – Used by Colleges for Registration & Scheduling of Students and Students for filling of Checklists

  10. Health Concerns Identified Following issues have been identified and were Resolved • Disease outbreaks/ disaster in the past 1 year - 251 • Hot spot for any disease - 229 • Villages nearby mines - 251 • Presence of Open defecation Sites - 1482 • Presence of Garbage dumps near houses – 1410 • Villages with unsafe drinking water - 231 • Villages having Electrification issues – 1069

  11. Impacts • Health Literacy: Public sensitization on Major Health Issues leading to reduced Disease burden • Student Sensitization on Public Health Concerns • Developing Public Communication and soft Skills in Medical Students • Freshness in Public Health Education • Alerting allied Department on concerns affecting Public Health

  12. We are Medical Students Sensitize us Young Make us Partners in Health Promotion

  13. Video of Web and Android application Android Application WEB APPLICATION

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