Screening Sessions
A typical screening day goes like this;
Physio Consult
In partnership with SATA CommHealth, we provide physiotherapist consults and referrals to their long-term follow-up services.
Consistent physiotherapy, according to clinical practice guidelines, is the most preferred treatment for musculoskeletal pain caused by occupational stressors.
Blood Pressure
This station aims to determine if migrant workers are at risk of developing hypertension, or are already suffering from it. Advice on how to curb unfeasible fluctuations in blood pressure is given.
Using an automatic blood pressure monitor, the systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and pulse of the patient will be recorded.
Blood Glucose
This station aims to determine if migrant workers are at risk of developing diabetes mellitus, or are already suffering from it. Advice on how to curb pre-diabetes, and how to ‘reverse’ Type II diabetes mellitus is given.
Visual Acuity
This station aims to determine if migrant workers are at risk of developing myopia. Donated myopia and presbyopia glasses are also given out. Advice on how to better care for their eyes is also shared.
​We use PocDoc, an easy-to-use application designed for comprehensive out-of-hospital monitoring of eye disease progression and treatment response, to conduct the tests.
Basic Exercise
This station aims to engage migrant workers in basic stretching exercises (with a physiotherapy approach) which can aid in managing pains resulting from physical labour, in contrast to painkiller-oriented treatments.
Our basic exercise routine adopts the McKenzie Back Program, which is designed to improve spinal mobility and promote good posture, providing relief from back pain.
Health Outreach
This station aims to raise awareness of good lifestyle habits for all aspects of health.
Volunteers and migrant workers gather in a circle and engage in discussion about lifestyle and health, where we hope the workers share about their personal experiences and difficulties.
This station was voted by the workers to be the most meaningful one in the screening.
Doctor’s Consult
This station aims to provide medical advice to patients regarding any health concerns they have been facing and/or identified health concerns from the previous screening stations.
Referrals are made to the assigned Primary Care Plan (PCP) medical provider of the worker. Medication is not prescribed due to the setting of the venue outside of a clinic.
Counselling & Therapy
In partnership with TSPP, workers receive on-site counselling and therapy at no charge.
Especially following the pandemic, mental health among workers has not been ideal.
Using screening tools such as the DASS-21 and PCL-5, we screen for workers who have severe mental health conditions. This aims to provide workers in need with a more direct and immediate intervention to prevent their mental well-being from deteriorating further.
Specialised Eye Screenings
In collaboration with Singapore Polytechnic Optometry Centre, we provide our migrant brothers with specialised eye screenings that are able to accurately diagnose a much wider range of eye conditions.
This service is provided to them free-of-charge, and comes with prescription spectacles at a lower or no cost.
This occurs at a less regular frequency than MHM’s monthly general health screenings, approximately quarterly or half-annually.
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Research Department
The Research Dept was established to provide members with the opportunity to explore public/preventive health research in a community-based setting, and gain a deeper understanding of research that is not lab-based. Members are also better able to connect their community service work with the relevant health outcomes that they arise, be introduced to research methodology/design, and grant writing/ethics proposals, which are cornerstones of academic work.
Running in conjunction with MHM health screenings, our ongoing studies take a few main approaches to publications:
These are approximately replicated across the 7 focus areas to varying degrees.
Epidemiological, cross-sectional survey of population
Prospective, longitudinal study of efficacy of non-medical interventions (eg. counselling therapy)
Evaluation of usage of novel technology in a community-based setting (eg. mobile app for hearing tests, portable equipment for eye imaging)