Health education strategies/activities of Health Pleromana

We are out to teach people on how to live a healthy life through the power of information. It is not enough to tell someone he is suffering from a particular disease or not suffering from it. What is more important is teaching the individual on how to manage his health at home and prevent diseases from happening in the first place. Majority of diseases can be prevented if we live a healthy lifestyle.
 

The Christian Men Fellowship (CMF) and Christian Women Fellowship (CWF) of Bamunka Ndop were taught on how to determine if they are at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases like hypertension by using these three criteria:

• The body mass index (BMI), 
• Waist-to-height ratio and 
• Waist-to-hip ratio. 

They were also taught on the causes of overweight and obesity, the consequences of overweight and obesity and how to lose weight if they are overweight and obese.

Our parents were also taught on the causes of hypertension, consequences of having hypertension, foods to eat when one has hypertension, foods to avoid when one has hypertension and how to prevent hypertension from occurring in the first place. This was done with the aid of detailed handouts to be read at home.

We make people healthier through the power of information and education.

Our parents were very happy to know that common foods that are easily available can prevent hypertension. some of these foods include banana, sweet potato, watermelon and so on.