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Royal Health Awareness Society
Annual Report 2018
2018 Achievements and Results: models to their families and friends, thus
promoting positive health behaviors, and
RHAS in collaboration and support with helping others to lead healthy lifestyles as
USAID/ HSD developed new material well.
including: anemia, reproductive health,
family planning, breast feeding, and child
health nutrition.
The HCC program expanded to include
20 comprehensive health centers across
Jordan.
• 5231 patients benefited from various
activities that have been implemented
within the HCC program in 2018 and 224
MoH staff were trained on the HCC program
and materials.
• Regular blood tests were conducted
for each participant according to their
condition in order to follow up on their
health status, including BMI, HbA1c, lipid
profile, fasting blood sugar, TSH and blood
pressure.
• 9 key interviews were conducted with the
heads of the health centers, and 10 focus
group discussions were conducted with a
representative sample of the beneficiaries
of the HCC program in four health centers,
to assess the impact of the program on the
beneficiaries and the community.
The focus group results showed that the
beneficiaries satisfaction with the high
level of services and activities of the HCC,
and that resulted in improvements in their
health status because they acquired the
ability to manage their chronic diseases
through a healthier lifestyle.
Also, they considered themselves as role
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