16 MARCH 2009 - STELLA MARIS COLLEGE

Event 3
Venue: Stella Maris College, Chennai
Date : 16th march 2009
Time : 4 - 5pm
As a part of the campaign to “make Chennai cardiac safe”, women were identified to be one the most important target group. The students of UG and PG were group of young women addressed for “spandana”. ”. The program started at 4pm. It was attended by a group of nearly 60 class representatives and union leaders accompanied by Dr. (Sr). Colleen North - Vice Principal (evening college), Sr.Susan, and Dr. (Ms) Agnes Fernando - Vice Principal (Day College), Dr.Sundari Krishnamurthy faculty and Head - Department of Public Relations also attended the program.
The program started with an introduction to the campaign, covering the logo of the campaign and the class. This was followed by a presentation on general information on heart, common heart diseases, importance of balanced diet, symptoms that women should be aware of, food habits, importance of exercise and the importance of “Golden hour” etc.
The presentation also had a short scenario between a woman and a doctor in which the doctor is telling the woman that she is having high blood pressure and requesting her to come for regular health check up to stay healthy. The presentation was followed by a poem recital in Tamil, which read the importance of heart.
Questionnaires in English were distributed to all the students and faculty attended which contained general questions on heart, which were covered during the presentation, lifestyle habits and practices of the women and the like. This was distributed and collected in order to measure the effectiveness of the presentation.