Community Education

 An important goal of our Foundation is disease prevention, and we feel that  community education is an important means through which we can make a  difference in people’s lives.  Education helps to increase the awareness to people about behaviors that promote  wellness and health. By increasing the knowledge of communities, we can prevent  communicable diseases like COVID, Influenza, waterborne disease, and others.  By promoting healthy behaviors like healthy eating, balanced nutrition, regular  exercise, and routine health checkups the Foundation hopes to prevent  communicable as well as non-communicable diseases like diabetes, high blood  pressure, heart attack and stroke 

The mother plays a pivotal role in fostering a positive family environment, providing love, care, stability and overall well-being of each family member. Her nurturing role shapes the emotional well-being of children and strengthens the family’s physical and emotional health. A well-informed mother in a family unit is an unparalleled player for maintaining health and preventing diseases, not only for their families but also for public health because they support and nurture one another through life stages. Research confirms that family-oriented health promotion and disease prevention are promising strategies to improve the health of the communities. 

Lack of understanding among the community about the causes of common diseases is a major problem In India. In an effort to educate the pregnant women, the Foundation has created patient educational materials about the complications of pregnancy like eclampsia, anemia and diabetes as well as the warning signs of diseases for both mother and babies. These materials are available in Tamil and Hindi and are also working towards producing them in all major languages in India.

We work with Accredited Social Health Activists and the Auxillary nurse Midwives to help women understand the importance of good health during pregnancy and help them to register for prenatal care. We encourage women to make the best use of the Government’s initiative to get prenatal vitamins, Iron supplements and other measures to improve the health of pregnant women .