1 / 15

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Kuliyapitiya

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Kuliyapitiya. Dr. M.D.S. Rajamanthree DPDHS-Kurunegala. Purpose of the Presentation. To share the experiences of an ongoing initiative to deal with the growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Kurunegala

yori
Download Presentation

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Kuliyapitiya

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Kuliyapitiya Dr. M.D.S. Rajamanthree DPDHS-Kurunegala

  2. Purpose of the Presentation • To share the experiences of an ongoing initiative to deal with the growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Kurunegala • To solicit suggestions from the Annual Health Forum participants

  3. Outline of Presentation • Part 1- NCD Burden in Kurunegala • Part 2- Initial Actions to Address the Burden • Advocacy and Communication • Training • Screening • Part 3- Issues for Discussion

  4. Part 1: The Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) in Kurunegala District Source: IMMR, 2004

  5. Part 2: Initial Actions to Address the Burden Initial Project: Programme in 2005 • Reduction of Overcrowding in Medical Clinics in BH Kuliyapitiya Due to Chronic Lifestyle Related Disease Morbidity in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka

  6. Ongoing Project: Healthy Lifestyle Programme (EBM Study) Well population At risk Undetected NCD Diagnosed but Uncontrolled NCD Diagnosed & Controlled NCD

  7. Advocacy & Communication Poster competition Shirts Logo

  8. Behavior Change Communication Life Skills Training Programmes

  9. Training Programme on Behavior Change Communication

  10. Training Programme on Life Skills

  11. Screening programme Registration Blood Sugar Filling up the questionnaire Blood pressure Weight/Height measurements Waist/Hip ratio

  12. Preliminary results

  13. Part 3- Some Issues for Discussion • Now that the epidemiological burden has shifted to NCD, • shouldn’t resources (e.g. drugs, equipment, personnel and finance) be mobilized accordingly? • shouldn’t the existing guidelines be updated or new protocols/guidelines be developed? • What should be the roles of the primary health care system (including MOH) in the prevention and management of NCD?

  14. Thank You

More Related