Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues

1. Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

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3. Ajay Govale • Program Director, • United Way of India • United Way of Mumbai • Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

4. Objectives of the presentation: • Understand role of United Way as Community Impact organisation for key community health challenges • Learn community impact strategies used to reach out to the difficult to access community groups in urban areas Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

6. Diabetes: An Unrecognized Evil among the urban poor of India With 23 million diabetics, India will soon be the Diabetes Capital of the world Diabetes not just a Rich Man’s disease- high prevalence in urban poor A quarter of the urban population lives in slum areas who work in unorganised sectors, which comprises of 68% of labour employment of Mumbai city Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

7. Target Groups • United Way of Mumbai’s Interventions with • 10,000 Unorganized Labourers: The most uninformed segment of society. • 2,000 Public Health Workers & 2,000 Public School Teachers: Very influential section of the community Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

8. Partners: • Public Health Department • Public Health Posts • Public Health Workers • Public Municipal Department • School Teachers • NGO partner: Nirman- experience of working with unorganized laborers Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

9. Understanding the community • Baseline Survey – Community Mapping • Community Conversations • Focused Group Discussions • One to one Enquiries • Survey findings used to understand profile of the target groups and device strategy Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

10. Education and Sensitization • Short and innovative group sessions : Information on signs & symptoms, risk factors, causes, effects, treatment and management of diabetes • Innovative strategies used such as role plays, poster exhibitions, power point presentations, etc. Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

13. Testing and early diagnosis and medical referral • Diabetes screening camps at workplaces in partnership with Public Health Department and reputed pathology clinics in the city • Trained personnel from the project team are linked to Primary Health Centres in city • Constantly communication to keep track of patients found with diabetes symptoms or are diabetic • Ensure treatment compliance Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

14. Support for family management of Diabetes • Home visits – meet the diabetic worker’s family for family sessions to understand nuances of diabetes • Providing information to family members on how they could help – better eating habits, nutrition, exercises etc. Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

15. Community Impact through Citizens as Change Agents • Simple yet effective outreach activities for difficult to access target groups – one to one enquiry, street plays etc. • Involvement of family and employers in well being of the diabetic patient • Partnership with Public Health Department and other organizations for strengthening the medical interventions Community Impact Strategies for Addressing Critical Health Issues • mumbaihelpline

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