Organizing Health Camp: Opportunities for Building Public Health Skills

Health camps are one of the commonly performed activities by different organizations with different intentions. The purpose ranges from reaching out to unreached populations to increasing client base and thus increasing revenue generation. A multi-speciality health camp was organised at Rural Health...

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Published in:Indian journal of community medicine 2024-01, Vol.49 (1), p.228-230
Main Authors: Dora, Susmita, Panda, Prem S, Taywade, Manish, Patro, Binod K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
five-star doctor
health camps
Health promotion
Medical education
Physicians
Public health
public health skills
Rural areas
Short Communication
Skills
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Summary:Health camps are one of the commonly performed activities by different organizations with different intentions. The purpose ranges from reaching out to unreached populations to increasing client base and thus increasing revenue generation. A multi-speciality health camp was organised at Rural Health & Training Centre (RHTC), Mendhasala, Khurdha. We describe the camp profile and utilization of different specialties in this study. The camp was attended by mostly adults and elderly (90.3%) and inhabitants of the same village (80.5%). General medicine (30.6%) and orthopedics (31.9%) were the two specialties most consulted at the said camp. The success of a health camp is described by the number of attendees, which looks only at resource utilization. We have documented the lessons learned from organizing a health camp from a public health learning point of view. A 10-point checklist is recommended for the successful organization of a health camp.
ISSN:0970-0218
1998-3581
DOI:10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_52_23