Community Medicine
Community Medicine practitioners work towards promoting health and preventing diseases by addressing the social determinants of health, including social, economic, and environmental factors.
Community Medicine is a branch of healthcare that focuses on the health of populations, rather than individual patients. It involves the study of the health needs and behaviors of communities, as well as the development and implementation of public health programs to improve the health of those communities.
At our organization, we provide Community Medicine services to help improve the health outcomes of the communities we serve. This may include conducting community health assessments to identify health needs and priorities, developing and implementing public health programs to address those needs, and providing education and resources to individuals and families.
Examples of Community Medicine services we may provide include vaccination campaigns, disease screening and prevention programs, health education and promotion initiatives, and outreach to underserved populations.
Awareness Programme 07-04-2025
Divya Shanthi Health Care Center begins the new academy year by conducting an awareness health programme. We, the Health care team decided to reach out to the people by giving an awareness programme on different topics in the Main Clinic every Monday & Friday afternoon from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm. In NLRP center on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 2.30 to 3.30 pm. Our nurses also will run the awareness programme in the areas they visited with different topics in different days and different areas.
Today, Monday 7th April, 2025 being the World Health Day, we start our Awareness Programme with the topic of Healthy LifeStyle. 13 people came to attend the Awareness programme on World Health today.Sr. Diana spoke to them about healthy habits, unhealthy habits, communication disease and non-communication disease. Prevention, cure of disease and eat healthy food. The people who came expressed that it was a good programme, in which they are aware of their own health and to take care of their own health in this busy world.
AREA WISE AWARENESS PROGRAMME 08-04-2025
Our Health Care today given an awareness programme talk on women’s health, menopause, hygiene during menstruation, pregnancy health & diet, child birth etc. in the respective area today.
Our nurses spoke about women’s health encompasses the physical, mental, and social well-being of women, including reproductive health, and conditions that affect women differently than men, such as heart disease and diabetes.
We also emphasized that numerous studies show that, generally, women deal with more health issues than men. Women have many conditions to watch out for, including osteoporosis, menopause, and mental health. However, one should always know that there are several things women may take to shield themselves from contracting any health condition.
In the morning, we conducted the above teaching programme in Bharat Mata area and in New Lingarajapuram center in the afternoon.
BMD (BONE MINERAL DENSITY) CAMP – 20TH April 2025
On this Easter Sunday (20.04.2025), the Health care conducted the BMD (Bone Mineral Density) camp at our Divya Shanthi Clinic, Lingarajapuram from 11 am to 3 pm. 111 people including 9 Divya Shanthi Staffs attended the camp. We checked the BP of the people and 15 people checked their sugar. Dr. Saravanan was here for some time and his assistant, Kiran was attending to the people who came for the camp. Tab calcium & other medicine were given, sponsored by the Smile & Flipkart foundation given.. 5 people were referred to other hospital for further treatment; 2 to Jai Deva, 1 to CV Raman & 2 high BP patients were referred to KR Puram Hospital. All the people expressed that they are happy to know about their Bone density & benefited from the camp
JANAKIRAM LAYOUT GENERAL HEALTH CAMP, 5th May 2025
The general Health Camp was conducted by the SMILE foundation in Janakiram Layout. About 213 people attended the camp. The camp has general check-up. Haemoglobin, sugar, BP & cholesterol test. Free medicines were also given to the people who attended the camp.
AWARENESS PROGRAMME IN THE AREA, 5th May 2025
Today is World Asthma Day. The Health Care team conducted an awareness health programme cum teaching to the people in the area.
Sr. Diana taught about asthma in the Sait Palya area, 17 people attended. Anbu Selvi taught in Janakiram Layout, 14 people attended the Health teaching.