{"id":6361,"date":"2017-02-24T03:32:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T03:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/?p=6361"},"modified":"2017-02-24T03:32:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T03:32:39","slug":"addresshealth-and-parikrma-humanity-foundation-felicitate-schools-with-innovative-healthcare-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/24\/addresshealth-and-parikrma-humanity-foundation-felicitate-schools-with-innovative-healthcare-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"AddressHealth and Parikrma Humanity Foundation felicitate schools with innovative healthcare practices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Parikrma Address School Health Awards, in its second edition, felicitated schools with innovative healthcare practices at a glittering ceremony in Bangalore on Wednesday, 22nd<\/sup> February 2017. Dr Shalini Rajneesh, Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka was the chief guest for the event. The awards have been instituted by AddressHealth in partnership with Parikrma Humanity Foundation to encourage schools that promote a healthy school environment.<\/p>\n

\"AddressHealthThe aim of the initiative is to recognize schools which are spreading awareness on leading a healthy life among children. Over 73 schools participated in the awards, with 54 of them being inducted into Parikrma Address School Health Hall of Fame for demonstrating commitment to address at least three domains of school health such as timely health check up, health education, mental wellness & in-school health services.<\/p>\n

Eight innovative best practices were identified by the eminent jury consisting of public health professionals, nutritionists, counselors, educators and social workers to be replicated by other schools.<\/p>\n

Some of the innovations included\u00c2\u00a0Swachh Paanch Abhiyan by St Marys\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Convent, T.Dasarahalli or The Euro School, Chimney Hills, which has taken up the initiative to reducing weight of the school bags. VVR School\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s initiative maintains oral health of children in their school campus on Sarjapur Main Rd. The South School, Dr. Vivekananda Layout, monitors nutritional values of the food that students bring in their tiffin boxes every day, while the Carmel Garden Public School has a certain time table for foods which the parents are supposed to follow, The South School also gives feedback to children on how they can improve the quality of the food in the tiffin box.<\/p>\n

\"AddressHealthMrs Chandra, Principal of St Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Convent, felt the need to educate children on how cleanliness leads to a healthy living. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our Swacch Paanch Abhiyan has five verticals \u00e2\u20ac\u201c cleaning school, making paper bags to avoid using plastic bags, educating people in the community about segregating wet waste from dry, cleaning public parks and markets. All these are followed by students. This was done to channelize the energy of students in a right way. We are glad our initiative is getting recognized,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n

Talking about their school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s efforts to reduce the weight of schools bags, Mrs. Geeta Subramaniam, principal of Euro School Chimney Hills said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The initiative was started to make sure the children don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t suffer from any health issues due to the weight of their school bags and we are proud that the initiative is appreciated by parents and students alike. The management has replicated the rule by Government of Maharashtra which says that the weight of the school bags should not exceed 10 per cent of the students\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 body weight. The school management has set up a panel of five members under the vice principal which gives suggestions on how to reduce the weight of the bags.<\/p>\n

Mr. N. Jagadish, Chairman of VVR School, which provides\u00c2\u00a0Preventive Dental Service\u00c2\u00a0in the school campus said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The measure was taken to make sure that my students are able to improve their much neglected oral hygiene at a very affordable cost. We also have a trained nurse and a full-time dentist present at the school during the school hours.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d All the children in the school, undergo preventive dental procedures (Dental Cleaning, Fluoride Application of the teeth, Pit & Fissure Application) twice a year. The dentist visits are scheduled during their free hours. This has resulted in the tremendous improvement in oral hygiene of children. The prevalence of plaque or calculus has fallen from 24% to 5% and dental stains from 10% to 4%.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Children spend half of their day in school where they consume two meals of their day. We wanted to make sure that they consume healthy and nutritious meals. For which we assess meals they get in their tiffin,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Mrs Gladias Peter, principal of Carmel Garden Public School. The school has implemented a time table from Monday<\/span> to Friday<\/span> for nutritious snacks like sprouts, dry fruits, vegetables, sandwich, fruits etc., which reduces the parents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 worry about what to send on which day.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sending feedback to parents helps them understand how they can improve the quality of the meal,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says K. Shailaja, principal of The South School.<\/p>\n

The event featured a panel discussion on whether the Measles Rubella Vaccination campaign in schools was a disruption or an innovation?\u00c2\u00a0 The panel included Dr\u00c2\u00a0Latha, Deputy Director Immunization, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of Karnataka along with principals of various schools in the city such as Mr Chaitanya of Chitrakoota School, Ms Ramalakshmi of Aham Atma Vidyalaya, Ms Snehalatha of Vyasa International School & Ms Usha Ravi of Regency Public School, doctors and parents. The principals voiced their support but wanted the logistics to be well thought out and not be last minute. Most parents are concerned about the safety and hygiene aspects of mass vaccination events. Dr Latha, said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have already covered more than 1 crore children in the state and we aim to achieve higher coverage. There is no truth in the unsubstantiated rumours that are being spread using social media. We are countering such rumours with our own education campaign.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Shukla Bose, founder and CEO of the\u00c2\u00a0Parikrma Humanity Foundation<\/strong> said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Parikrma Humanity Foundation has always been concerned about going beyond the curriculum and academics and we see health as part of the continuum. Through the awards, we are encouraging schools to adopt healthy practices.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Dr. Anand Lakshman, Chief Executive Officer, AddressHealth, <\/strong>said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153At AddressHealth, we partner with schools to deliver preventive healthcare to maximum number of students. Because only Healthy children are happy children. Last year alone, we found nearly 170 children with undiagnosed heart murmurs in schools, some of whom will need surgical interventions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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