The first Torrent Health Week, promoted by the Basic Health Council of Torrent II, brought together more than 500 residents from April 22 to 24. The event, presented on April 7 on World Health Day with the Director General of Public Health and the mayor, brought wellness to squares, markets, and cultural centers, promoting healthy habits in everyday spaces.
Data and technology at the service of community health 🩺
The initiative leveraged the municipality's digital infrastructure to coordinate activities. Through the municipal app and QR codes at meeting points, attendees accessed geolocated health routes and real-time workshop schedules. Organizers used a digital registration system that allowed them to measure attendance and collect immediate satisfaction surveys, data that will help adjust future editions and identify the population's prevention needs.
Not a step back: health leaves the clinic 🍊
The formula was simple: take doctors and nurses out of their offices and place them in the market square, amid the bustle of fruit stalls. Residents, who usually avoid check-ups as if they were traffic fines, flocked in when they saw that the cholesterol talk included a fruit tasting. In the end, more than one discovered that health doesn't hurt so much when it comes with an orange stand on the side.