The Health Education Department of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah, and its health-supporting societies, have made a quantum leap in delivering their educational messages to various segments of society, through their direct response through a set of initiatives and programs launched since the emergence of the emerging Corona virus as a benefit 19.
In detail, the director of health education at the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah, Iman Rashid Saif, confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the administration has sensed since the beginning of the emergence of the new Kurna virus its national duty and its main role in educating all members of society from this pandemic, by adopting an integrated awareness and educational program, It immediately began harnessing its digital capabilities to spread its educational messages through it, noting that the administration and its affiliated societies worked on publishing more than 1687 educational awareness films and publications through its smart platforms, while the number of beneficiaries reached 103,341 beneficiaries from different segments of society, from the beginning March through the end of May, besides that the administration has published a series of awareness articles in various media outlets in addition to raising awareness through radio programs by health educators affiliated with the administration and hosting 11 doctors and specialists through the "Live Instagram" feature from inside and outside the country to spread health awareness And answer the audience's questions.
She added that the administration has benefited from the digital infrastructure and technical development that the UAE has witnessed over the past years, as this structure provided various working methods for the administration to deliver its awareness messages, adopting a new policy based on filming educational films to educate society about the ways to prevent corona virus, as well as conducting Scientific and research studies to measure the level of health awareness among the population of the Emirates and the Emirate of Sharjah.
She indicated that among the awareness channels that the administration has worked to create in line with the current conditions, two issues of "Toward a Healthy Life" are launched, which is an electronic awareness magazine issued every two months and distributed through the administration's website and smart and electronic platforms to various government and private departments and institutions, noting She also addressed correcting misconceptions about the Corona virus based on the reports of the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, as well as clarifying facts about the ages of people who are infected with the virus, as well as the correct methods of infection and infection, and provide nutritional and sports advice that enhances the health of the immune system For the body, in addition to publishing a series of electronic awareness publications on children's awareness entitled "The World of Ali and Alia", in addition to the series "Food Safety" and "Healthy Lifestyle".
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She explained that the Health Education Department directed its awareness programs towards the process of containing families by broadcasting reassurance messages to them, by educating them by following the instructions issued by the concerned authorities, as well as involving children by following up the implementation of the management initiatives represented in the health schools program and the remote superhero campaign through Communicating with students and participating school administrations and interacting with them by broadcasting educational activities in the e-learning system, in addition to organizing an educational series by a group of specialized doctors by photographing film materials and publishing them in the management accounts on social media sites, as the administration was keen to coordinate with various institutions and its partners Strategists to find innovative ways to suit the current circumstances, and was to monitor the results of the opinion poll for the balanced health survey program for Sharjah government employees.
She pointed out that many messages were targeted that targeted mothers, including those related to the current stage, and some of them are related to all their health affairs because preserving the safety of mothers means preserving the safety of society as a whole, and one of the most important initiatives presented by the Association of Friends of Breastfeeding in line with preventive measures and measures from The new Corona Virus issuing a decision to stop the service of renting or receiving breastfeeding devices and supplies from customers, in order to ensure the health and safety of the association's employees and employees, as well as exempting tenants from rental fees and delay penalties, in addition to transferring the service of selling breastfeeding supplies through delivery companies, as the association activated Communication with mothers through visual communication, as well as converting the continuing education initiative for volunteers by photographing and sending training programs to them, as well as completing a scientific study to measure the effectiveness of mothers support lines in Arabic, English and Urdu.