Title : Experience sharing under the pandemic: Take Nansan village, Alishan township, Chiayi county, Taiwan province as an example
Abstract:
Background: During the pandemic, Taiwan's Central epidemic Command Center announced that the country has entered the Nationwide level 3 alert, and specify the Prevention Directions, for instance check your temperature, wear a mask, and Keep a safe distance of 1.0 meters outside. And in indigenous tribes are no exception, in particular, the main active population in the tribe is still mostly elders and children on weekdays, so the relevant supporting facilities for pandemic prevention need to be strictly followed.
Methods: Undertake the Tribal Health Development Project of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, And take Nansan Village (Shanmei Village, Xinmei Village, Chashan Village) of Alishan Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan Province as the main tribe to promote pandemic prevention. When the pandemic was changing rapidly (June 2010-September 2011), the Tribal Health Center of Chiayi Christian Hospital also made the AZ vaccine instructions for dummies in real time, and the tribal coordinator had a walking disseminate to the tribal stores, breakfast shops, and community bases (e.g. cultural health stations, community development associations) or tribal medical units (e.g. medical stations, clinics). Furthermore, the original face-to-face visits were also replaced by telephone greetings to provide continuous care. Even though, we made home-based anti-pandemic fitness exercises, so that tribal people can continue to maintain good physical strength and muscle strength when they were quarantined at home. In addition, the latest pandemic prevention information were also promoted for units such as schools and churches. Finally, during the telemedicine, we also assisted the IDS medical team to make the leaflet and publish it on our Facebook fan page or the bulletin board, so that the residents can also receive information timely.
Outcomes: Through the vaccine information for dummies, a total of 11 units of the Nansan Village Tribe were promoted, reaching 300 person-times; 100 people were cared for by telephone greetings; home-based anti-pandemic exercise also reached 1,309 person-times; Anti-pandemic Propaganda to school and church were reached 415 person-times.
Conclusion: At the moment when the pandemic is raging, the Chiayi Christian Hospital of Tribal Health Center uses different channels and connects various units in the tribe to work together to provide the most immediate care and advocacy for the tribal people, so that the amount of service can take care of every family and everyone.
Audience Take Away Notes:
- You will know what pandemic prevention measures the hospital promoted in the aboriginal tribes during the pandemic.
- You will know what kind of health projects we promotes in Alishan tribes.
- Finally, you will also know the difficulties we encountered in the process of promoting health issues and how to solve them.
