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Outcome Impact of" HEALTHY ME" (HEALTH
AWARENESS PROGRAM to reduce
Change/Transformation of Prep:
absenteeism)
Results of change/ Impact on students
As our district Medak is NO.1 in
• Parents started owning the India in highest number of deaths due to
school after frequent visits to snake bite our teacher explained the
school. first-aid to be provided to the victims of
• Students started feeling the snake bites several times in the
confident and actively assembly. This awareness in our school
involving in learning saved a boy of intermediate. At once, the
procedures since parents are boy was bit by snake at the poultry farm.
acquainted with Teachers and As he was aware of the first aid required,
school environment.
he didn't get panic. He tied his leg with
• Parents came to know the Band and left for hospital immediately. He
importance of nurturing them was later sent to district head quarter
with nutrious food and stopped hospital where he was given anti venom
sending them without feeding
injection and his life was saved.
breakfast and showing
empathy by understanding their One more experience of a 9th class
growingup changes and student is when her father was suffering
challenges (Teenage anger, from sharp pain in his chest. All the
harmonal imbalance etc.) family members were in tension and
• Parents started Identifying the assumed to be heart attack. But the
health issues are taken care with student diagnosed in her own way by
timely intervention. taking all the symptoms and claimed it as
• Significant improvement in the acidic pain and given her father first aid,
attendance is observed. took him to hospital which was proved
Retention and dropout culture correct later by the doctors.
is reduced. These incidents prove that the
• Behavioural issues are students are doing a splendid job by being
corrected upto some extent attentive to 'Health Me' programme.
through parental care.
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