The Family Adoption Program (FAP) aims to enhance experiential learning for medical students by engaging them with families in a community to address health inequities and promote universal health coverage. Students will adopt multiple families, provide health education, and facilitate access to healthcare resources while making assessments to improve health outcomes. The program is structured in phases that involve active participation, data collection, and ongoing follow-up to achieve set health objectives within the community.

1. FAMILY ADOPTION PROGRAMME
Dr.Archana Patnaik
Prof.&HOD,Dept.of Community Medicine,
IMS & SUM Hospital ,Campus-II,Phulnakhara
Date-16/11/2024

2. INTRODUCTION
• NMC envisages the FAP as an opportunity for the
Institute to discharge its social responsibility .
• It is a platform to facilitate Authentic learning of
the UG students to sensitize them with the real-
life challenges of working for the Universal
health coverage(UHC).
• The FAP will present an opportunity for the
students to experience the health inequities and
understand the social factors contributing to it.

3. • Each student shall adopt minimum 3
families/households and preferably five
families in a village.

4. AIM OF FAP
Family adoption program aims to provide an
experiential learning opportunity to Indian
Medical graduates community based health care
and thereby enhance equity in health.

5. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM
1. Orient the learner towards primary health care.
2. Create health related awareness within the
community.
3. Function as a first point of contact for any health
issues within the community.
4. Act as a conduit between the population and relevant
health care facility.
5. Generate and analyze the relevant data for
improving the health outcomes and evidence based
clinical practice.

6. Targets-Phase1
1. Rapport building and connect with the families.
2. Learning communication skills and gain confidence
amongst families.
3. Understands the dynamics of community set-up of that
region.
4. Mobilize families for participation in Screening programs
.
5. Undertake detailed family study and prepare the family
diagnosis to identify diseases/ill health/malnutrition of
allotted families/risk factors/scope for health promotion.
6. Formulate objectives to be achieved for each family.

7. Targets-Phase 2
1. Continue active involvement to become the first
doctor/reference point of the family by continued active
interaction.
2. Ensure follow-up of members from adopted families for
vaccination , growth monitoring and promotion, menstrual
hygiene , IFA prophylaxis , healthy lifestyle
adoption ,nutrition ,vector control measures ,compliance to
medications etc.
3. Work collaboratively with adopted families to achieve the
formulated objectives.
4. Inform families about ongoing government sponsored
health related programs.
5. Ensure appropriate referral of family members considering
their choice for additional or annual screening at higher
health facilities.

8. Target-Phase 3
1. Work collaboratively with the adopted families to achieve the formulated
objectives.
2. Observation of services delivered at community level during Village
Health Nutrition Days (VHND),Community based events(CBEs) ,Health
and Wellness Centres (HWC) camps under the different national health
program.
3. Build understanding regarding work of frontline workers
(ANM,ASHA/USHA,AWW,MPW) through interaction.
4. Build understanding around intersectoral action for health through
Local self governing bodies ,NGOs,SHGs etc. for health promotion.
5. Undertake short term action projects for improving health in the
adopted families or community
6. Analysis of their own involvement and impact on improving the health
conditions in the adopted families

9. Prepare a report to be submitted in
department
1. Improvement in overall health of the family.
2. Immunization
3. Sanitation
4. De-addiction
5. Whether healthy lifestyles like reading good books ,Sports/yoga
activities have been inculcated in the house-holds.
6. Improvement in anemia and other disease control.
7. Health awareness
8. Any other issues
9. Role of student in supporting family during illness/medical emergency.
10. Social responsibility in form of environment protection programme like
plantation drive(medicinal plants ,trees ), cleanliness and sanitation
drive by students.

10. Total duration
Year Hours
1st
year 24 hours
2nd
year 24 hours
3rd
year 36 hours
Total 84 hours

11. Process
• A special visit to the village may be organized
after deciding suitable time with the village
head/Mukhiya.
• Introduction of the village out-reach,FAP should
be done by addressing Gram Sabhas.(Senior
faculties/MSW).
• Introduction to the families by the mentors.
• Sensitize the villagers and gain their confidence.

12. Data to be collected
• Demographic profile
• Socio-economic status
• Housing condition
• Environment
• Health issues
• Follow up records
• Hospitals attached to college provide treatment
• Periodic evaluation by mentors.

13. Follow up
• The entire data sheet may be prepared by
every student and submitted to department
for evaluation .

14. Impact
• Improvement in health ,sanitation awareness
and any other issues will reflect the impact.
• Social responsibility in form of environment
protection programme like plantation
drive(medicinal plants ,trees ), cleanliness and
sanitation drive by students may be followed
and recorded.

15. THANK YOU