Campaign Ideas
Here are some ideas to get the brainstorming started:
- Set up a campaign stall in your university, local shopping centre or community centre to educate people about the risk factors of diabetes and raise awareness of how to prevent the disease
- Educate children on the importance of eating healthily and exercising by giving presentations in their schools or sports clubs
- Run a medication management session for newly diagnosed diabetics, explaining the importance of compliance with medication, how each medicine works, possible side effects and also the importance of monitoring blood glucose level.
- Get in touch with other health professionals, asking for their help and expertises, and invite them to join your campaign
Please remember, the ideas listed are only suggestions. Be creative! If you have never done a diabetes campaign before, it is fine to start small.
Make sure you talk with the Contact Person for your association and IPSF about the campaign you do share your success! IPSF has created an Activity Reporting Form you can use. This form is short and easy to use! If you use a form similar to this one for your own association, please send us that one instead.
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Campaign Ideas from IPSF Congress 2007 - Taiwan
Other campaign ideas submitted by IPSF members:
1) General Awareness campaign
Distribution of flyers and display of posters
2) Blood glucose detection camps
3) Awareness on specific aspects of diabetes
- This could be done by going to specific target populations sites (Schools/Malls/etc)
4) Some talk sessions in Colleges
- These could be from some professors on new drugs/ new clinical pracs/ new compliance issues etc
- These could also be stressing on various other lifestyle issues
5) Stressing on Healthy Living as a way to avoid diabetes