Training & Capacity Building
RDI has used lively, participatory methods to train various levels – grass root workers, supervisor level, managerial and professionals. As technical agency various primary as well as secondary stakeholders’ capacities are enhanced. The training package offered ranges from one day orientation to 5 days’ training. RDI’s core areas of expertise include:
Primary Health
- Sanitation and Health
- First-Aid and support
Reproductive and Child Health
- Safe motherhood
- Reproductive Health
- HIV/AIDS
Adolescent Health
- Adolescent health and Life skills
- Menstrual Hygiene
Rehabilitation
- Disability and Inclusive development
Studies
An “Innovation & New Media Technologies for Transform in Public Services in quality family planning”
| Title | An “Innovation & New Media Technologies for Transform in Public Services in quality family planning” |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Rajeev Bijalwan |
| Project | Quality Family Planning Services in Uttarakhand |
| Date | 2011 |
Challenges in managing tele-medicine centers in remote tribal hilly areas of Uttarakhand
| Title | “Challenges in managing tele-medicine centers in remote tribal hilly areas of Uttarakhand” |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Swastik Suresh, Dr. LatikaNath |
| Project | Village Resource Center |
| Date | 2013 |
Measuring Disability Via Household Survey in Uttarakhand
| Title | Measuring Disability Via Household Survey in Uttarakhand |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Rajeev Bijalwan, Ms. Garima Kapoor |
| Project | SAKSHAM |
| Date | 2013 |
Status Of User’s Perspective On The Quality Family Planning Services And Care In Doiwala Block, Dehradun District Of Uttarakhand
| Title | “Status Of User’s Perspective On The Quality Family Planning Services And Care In Doiwala Block, Dehradun District Of Uttarakhand” |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Rajeev Bijalwan, Ms B. Maithili |
| Project | Quality Family Planning Services in Uttarakhand |
| Date | 2013 |
Assessment of awareness and presence of risk factors for cancer in a rural community of Uttarakhand
| Title | Assessment of awareness and presence of risk factors for cancer in a rural community of Uttarakhand |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Ruchi Jual, Dr. Rajeev Bijalwan, Dr. Sunil Saini |
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| Date | 2014 |
A study in ASHA - a change agent of society
| Title | A study in ASHA – a change agent of society |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Vartika Saxena, Dr. V.D. Semwal, Dr. Rakesh Kakkar |
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| Date | 2012 |
Comprehensive rural epilepsy surveillance program in Uttarakhand state in India
| Title | Comprehensive rural epilepsy surveillance program in Uttarakhand state in India |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Deepak Goel, Dr. Alka Aggarwal, Dr. J.S. Dhanai, Dr. V. d. Semwal, Dr. V. Mehrotra, Dr. Vartika Saxena, Ms. B. Maithili |
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| Date | 2009 |
Keeping up the morale of the foot soldiers of Indian Public Health: an appraisal of the economic aspects of ASHAs in Uttarakhand
| Title | Keeping up the morale of the foot soldiers of Indian Public Health: an appraisal of the economic aspects of ASHAs in Uttarakhand |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Ms. Ammun Lavanya, Dr. Madhavi Bhargava |
| Date | 2015 |
| Description | To study the economic status of ASHAs in Uttarakhand and their contribution to household income and the role the monetary incentives play in their work. |
Morbidity of Uterine Prolapsed among the Women in the Chakrata block of Dehradun District
| Title | Morbidity of Uterine Prolapsed among the Women in the Chakrata block of Dehradun District |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Rajeev Bijalwan, Ms. B. Maithili, Dr. V.D. Semwal, Dr. Poonam rawat, Mr. Vivek Anand |
| Date | 2015 |
| Description | Pelvic Organ prolapse is a common health problem affecting 40% of multi para women above 35 years of age. This is a community based cross sectional study. |
Innovative application of Mobile Phone in vital registration
| Title | Innovative application of Mobile Phone in vital registration |
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| Area | Health |
| Author | Dr. Rajeev Bijalwan, Mr. Pratap Bhan |
| Date | 2010 |
| Description | The innovative idea will use mobile phone to ensure 100% registration of maternal morbidity and mortality |
Projects
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Publications
BOOKLETS
Naya Savera Pocket book (Hindi)
Samaveshit Vikas aur Punarvas (Inclusive Development and Rehabilitation)
The booklet provides information on rehabilitation for People with Disability, both at community and Institutional level. The Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) covers inclusive approach among the community members. As part of Institution Based Rehabilitation (IBR), details of service providers of Uttarakhand at institutional level have been provided.
Click here to download the booklet
Nutrition
A comprehensive booklet that talks about various aspects related with Nutrition, especially during adolescence. The booklet highlights on the need of nutrition, food pyramid, etc. An adolescent can calculate his/ her Body mass Index using this booklet.
Monograms
- Model Initiative to Ensure Quality Family Planning Services in Uttarakhand
- LIP – Communities taking charge of their Health
VIDEOS
Ek Chhotisi Bhool
Epilepsy a worldwide medical condition is not an incurable disease. Statistics show that almost 50- percent of cases with similar symptoms are not Epilepsy patients. The efforts are still on, to help these people, to come out of darkness.
GHUTAN
Imagine a world without colors, imagine a world without light, imagine yourself without the power of sight. That is what is called suffocation, that is what is called GHUTAN.
Jago (Be Aware)
There is a movement going on in the whole world to eradicate diseases related to iodine deficiency. You can find the answers of questions like “Why iodine is important”, “How to identify iodine” in the movie “Jago”.
JAGRITI
Jagriti creates an awareness of proper eye care specially amongst infants and children; and sometimes even because of slight carelessness a child may lose his vision forever.
Meri Aas
The Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) is like a bridge between the community and the state health department that works for pregnant mothers, vaccination of infants, coordinating its activities with the A.N.M. and reaching out to the populace at large.
Sadharan Gharelu Upchar (Simple Home Remedies)
Usually we don’t pay attention to the diseases like cold and cough. These diseases can cause a serious problem if neglected The film gives an idea of home remedies and encourages people to use it.
Vishwas Copper T- Ke Sath
Through this documentary the expertise of A.N.M., Doctors and Ashas has been channelized to help the couples especially the females understand about this method of contraception.
Media
Behavior change communication (BCC) has always been an essential component of all the Programs of RDI. Since most of activities of RDI has been carried out in the rural areas therefore to involve people at village level & also to deliver health, education & developmental messages effectively various BCC techniques, material & activities were tested & tried out at field level successfully and activities were organized accordingly.
Some of materials used are Audio and Video methods, training kits, modules, posters, flip chart, illustrative & game accessories, and participative flash cards etc.
RDI’s CVU is aiming to bring about the qualitative change in the life of people through informing, inspiring & encouraging people’s involvement & action for the realization of the developmental priorities and needs of their areas. CVU is a local production unit which produces and screens their monthly Video Magazines, focused on critical community issues, as an effective approach allowing communities to increase community’s awareness.
Since its inception, CVU has made a significant progress in terms of identifying community issues & problems and exploring new insights on such issues. Following this process it produced more than 125 films including 90 documentary films, promotional & educational films on health, livelihood & education & also social advertisement on eye donation, blood donation, family planning, epilepsy & cancer related awareness. These films conveyed the message such as to motivate people to bring about positive changes in their life. Women, youth & adolescents have always been in the nucleus of films produced by CVU. So far various films have been screened off in several villages of mountains with an annual coverage of approx. 50,000 people.
Health & Rehabilitation
Primary Health Care
The primary health care model focuses on provision of primary, secondary and tertiary health services in hard to reach mountainous areas.
Various models have been followed:
- Incorporating primary health with education and livelihood using Gandhian approach of self development
- Focusing exclusively on primary health services through satellite clinics and capacity building right from the village level to 50,000 population onwards
- Conducting health fairs called ‘Swasthya Melas’ where the hospital(including specialist services) is literally taken to the doorsteps of the villages
- Using mobile vans equipped with diagnostic facilities (lab and radiology services) in far flung areas of Garhwal, Himalayas
- Last but not the least, enabling tele-based services Additional features includes provision of dental clinics and specialty camps.
Technical assistance for 12,000 village health workers, their capacity building as well as liasoning with Government officials is being enabled through State ASHA Resource Centre under the National Rural Health Mission.
Reproductive and Child Health
To cater to the needs of women, reproductive health programs address the maternal health issues, family planning and counseling services, antenatal and post natal services and RTI/STI services.
Key interventions include:
- Family Planning Services
- Home Based New Natal Care
- Reproductive Tract Infection/ Sexual Tract Infection
- Counseling & Clinical Services
- Prolapse of Uterus
- Immunization
- Nutrition
Technical assistance for 12,000 village health workers, their capacity building as well as liasoning with Government officials is being enabled through State ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Resource Centre under the National Rural Health Mission.
RDI has initiated supporting CSR initiatives in Haridwar, Uttarakhand and Nagaland. Maternal & Child Health, Adolescent health and community development services are being offered.
Adolescent Health
Adolescent Health has been focus for more than a decade at RDI. The Institute has been enabling their health and general well-being through clinical services, peer education as well as various kits and their innovative means of communication.
Core areas of addressing adolescent issues are
- Reproductive & Sexual Health
- Nutrition
- Non-Communicable Diseases
- Clinical Services
- Counseling
- General Well-being
Rehabilitation
The focus is to mainstream the People with Disability through advocacy, capacity building, skill building, provision of health services and social welfare benefits.
RDI in the wake of recent disasters has taken up activities to address post traumatic disorders and facilitating the community to prepare themselves better through community managed disaster risk reduction and mitigation.