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OurPatientandCommunityEducationFlipchartsReachhasbeensupportedbyEdwardsLifesciencesFoundation’sEveryHeartbeatMattersInitiative,throughourRHDActionpartnershipwiththeWorldHeartFederation,todeveloptwopatienteducationflipchartsandonecommunityawarenessflipchart.Whilethethreeflipchartseachhaveauniquetargetaudience,allaredesignedtoenablehealthworkerstocommunicatewiththeircommunityaboutrheumaticfever(RF)/rheumaticheartdisease(RHD).Thefirst,RheumaticFeverandRheumaticHeartDisease,isanintroductoryflipchart,aimedatpatientswhoarenewlydiagnosedwithRForRHD.Itoutlinesthekeyinformationthatpatientsandtheirfamiliesneedtoknowaboutmanagingthedisease.ItalsoincludesasmallsectionforwomenofreproductiveagewithRF/RHD.
Thesecondflipchart,RheumaticHeartDiseaseandPregnancy,includescomprehensiveinformationaboutmanagingpregnancyandRHD.Itbeginswithaneducationalsectionforhealthworkerswhichcoversimportantpre-andpost-natalinformation,followedbytheflipchartwhichisusedwithpatients.
TheCommunityAwarenessflipchartisdesignedforcommunityandprimarycareproviderstousewithat-riskcommunities.Recognisingthatawarenessofthediseaseincommunitiesisoftenlow,thisflipchartaimstosupportpreventionandearlydiagnosisbyincreasingcommunityknowledgeandawarenessoftheriskofuntreatedsorethroatandofthesignsandsymptomsofRF.
HowitWorksForeachtopic,thereisapageforthehealthworkerandacorrespondingpageforthepatient.Thehealthworkerpageshows,indotpoints,thekeymessagestoteachthepatient.Thepatientpageshowspicturesthatillustratetheinformationbeingexplained.
Healthworkerpage Correspondingpatientpage
FurtherDetailsAllthreeflipchartswereassessedbyourCommunityAdvisoryNetworkpriortofinalisationandarebeingpilotedinMontesClaros,Brazil.TheyarecurrentlyavailableinEnglishandPortuguese(Brazil),withtranslationintootherlanguagesunderway.Forfurtherdetails,orifyouthinkoneormoreoftheseflipchartswillbeusefulforyourcommunity,[email protected].
