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CUHK Diabetes Prevention Day
Introduction
CU CHAMPION will collaborate with PREVENT.DM in organizing CUHK Diabetes Prevention Day. This activity is another large-scale event on health check and disease prevention education held by CUHK campus since Atrial Fibrillation Day held in 2015.
In recent years, diabetes has struck patients at a younger age, while the diagnostic rate of Type 2 diabetes has increased progressively throughout the world – diabetes has gradually become a health issue that requires global attention.
As the saying goes, ‘prevention is better than cure’, prevalence of diabetes among children and adults could be greatly reduced if we manage to prevent the disease starting from childhood. We hope to collaborate with healthcare professionals of various disciplines, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists and Chinese medical practitioners, to provide comprehensive health education among citizens of different age groups.
Diabetes Prevention Day Supporting Units
Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; School of Pharmacy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; i.CARE, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Association of Hong Kong Diabetes Nurses; and the Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity.
Mind Your Blood Glucose
Blood glucose value for non-diabetic individuals
<7.8 mmol/L
(2 hours after meal)
<5.6 mmol/L
(empty stomach/fasting for 8 hours or above)
Prevent Diabetes!
Event Details
Venue： Lecture Theatre 1, G/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (3-minute walk from Exit D, University Station)
Date： 25th and 26th May, 2018 (Friday
and Saturday)
Time： 25th May 10:00AM - 7:00PM
26th May 10:00AM - 5:00PM
*Different time slots are available for both
days
Activities： Blood pressure measurement,
blood glucose test, Diabetes
Risk Assessment, lectures,
game booths
Free admission, all are welcome!
Phone/Whatsapp enquiry: 54252614
(The event has ended, thank you for your support!)
*Health check results cannot replace any doctors’ opinions. Should you feel any discomfort, please seek professional medical assistance. Information and data provided by health check equipment only serves as reference and preliminary assistance, but not replacement of comprehensive diabetes screening or assessments conducted by your personal doctor.
About PREVENT.DM
PREVENT.DM is a social service project initiated by students from the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK. Through a series of community outreach services and fun day activities, students aim to enhance knowledge and awareness of diabetes within general public, as well as contribute to society by utilizing their professional knowledge acquired from university studies.
Core Committee of PREVENT.DM consists of students from different professional disciplines (Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Public Health), with most of them being former members of CU CHAMPION Core Team whom possess plentiful experience in organizing community outreach services. We also hope that this project could serve as an initiative for more students to enter the community and train their skills in promoting community health, thereby become all-rounded healthcare professionals.
What We Have Done
In 2017, we organized four community outreach sessions in collaboration with i.CARE, CUHK and Boys and Girls Club Association. We served over 100 children and instilled knowledge on diabetes through interactive events such as workshops and talks. We hope that these activities could encourage children to develop healthy lifestyle, thereby preventing diabetes.
In view of the positive feedback received after the first project, we planned to extend the scheme to adults and the elderly to further spread the message of diabetes prevention within society. Unfortunately, we were not able to do so due to limited resources and time. After months of negotiation, we successfully applied for another grant from i.CARE, CUHK to continue our project, allowing more people to benefit from our program.
Lectures
In order to let participants gain a thorough understanding of diabetes, professionals will introduce different aspects of diabetes-associated knowledge in an in-depth manner.
Participants may refer to the schedule below for selecting suitable sessions and attend the lecture before or after the opted time slot for health check.
Limited seats available, first come first served
Please arrive at the venue 5 minutes earlier
Demonstrations may be arranged after lectures
