Combating 19 – MSAI India
Name of the activity: Combating 19
Country/NMO: MSAI India
Program: Communicable Diseases
Contact information: contact [email protected] to get in touch with the Activity Coordinator
Type of the activity: First-time Activity
Category: Campaign
Focus area: Preventable Diseases, Work to increase rate of Vaccination
Sustainable Development Goals addressed: SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 17 (Partnerships)
Problem statement:
Studies have shown that COVID-19 does not affect all population groups equally. The risk of severe COVID-19 increases as the number of underlying medical conditions increases in an individual. According to studies conducted in India, there is presence of comorbidity in 47.11% patients of Covid-19, with most common being hypertension and diabetes.
People with COPD or any respiratory illnesses are also at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Target groups:
- General population
- Medical students
- Healthcare Students
- Doctors
Beneficiaries:
- General population
- Medical students
- Healthcare Students
- Doctors
Objectives:
All objectives target to at least 200 members of the general population with the help of a 60 minute powerpoint presentation as a part of the awareness session in a period of 3 months:
– To educate about the various comorbidities that significantly makes one vulnerable to develop severe COVID-19 illness
– To educateabout the common symptoms and how to identify the said underlying comorbidities with the help of a powerpoint presentation
– To educate about why the people with underlying diseases are affected severely by COVID-19
– To educate about the modifiable risk factors and to highlight the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles for reducing and managing these risk factors
– To sensitize about the importance of COVID vaccination
– To sensitize about the importance of COVID- appropriate behaviour and preventive measures
Indicators of Success:
GENERAL INDICATORS –
Target Population Reached = 200
Number of events- 30
SPECIFIC INDICATORS –
– At least 60% of the target population is aware of the comorbidities that significantly makes one vulnerable to contract COVID.
– At least 60% of the target population is aware of the common symptoms to know how to identify the said underlying conditions.
– At least 60% of the target population understands why the people with underlying disease are affected severely by COVID .
– At least 60% of the target population is aware of the modifiable risk factors and evidence-based preventive measures as well as to highlight the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles for reducing and managing the risk factor and when to seek doctor for help.
– At least 60% of the target population understands the importance of regular check-ups and vaccination especially for old age and people with comorbidities to prevent COVID and how they are extremely effective.
– At least 60% of the participants are aware of the necessity to continue practicing preventive measures, such as wearing masks and social distancing, to avoid infection with the virus that causes COVID-19.
Methodology:
For Awareness Session:
Activity: Awareness and Interactive session on Google Meet/Zoom/equivalent online meeting platform
Before the Event-
Each event has the target audience as the general population.
Ensuring that the organiser/volunteer : audience ratio is 1:5 and the number of audience members don’t exceed 25 to ensure quality interaction in the online event.
Distributing the online Pre-event questionnaires to the audience and collecting responses
During the Event:.
45-60 minutes awareness and interactive session
After the Event-
Distributing the online Post-event questionnaires to the audience and collecting responses and feedback.
Plans for evaluation:
QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION: Obtaining the data of the responses of the pre and the post event questionnaires and statistically correlating the results with the success indicators and objectives to measure the impact ; number of posts on social media for the social media campaign
QUALITATIVE EVALUATION: Feedback by the target audience (through post event questionnaires) and volunteer satisfaction (through post event forms), photographic records
External collaborations:
none
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