Research remains the core activity of HAP. At present HAP is involved in various research projects both independent and in association with world-renowned academic institutions.
Kerala is on the verge of becoming the diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and obesity capital of India. HAP has initiated prevalence studies on all these diseases; however, the influence of dominant risk factors both environmental and individual can only be understood through prospective studies recruiting a large cohort. PROLIFE- ‘ Population Registry on Lifestyle Diseases’ is an attempt by HAP to recruit a large cohort aged 20 years or more for long term follows up. Our cohort of over 80,000 adults were followed up for 5 years and provided exciting information on cause of death, extent of morbidity and state of health of the study population. This study was initially undertaken ( and completed ) as a project sponsored by Kerala Research Programme on Local Level Development ( KRPLLD) of the Centre for Development Studies ( CDS).For this purpose , HAP adopted a large rural community with over 162,000people, for monitoring their health status and appropriate interventions. The population belonged to a geographical jurisdiction of a Community Development Block at Varkala comprising 7 Panchayats. The registry gathered detailed information , not only life style diseases, but on a wide range of information on births, deaths, major diseases, hospitalization and other significant health related events. Presently this project is non functional due to lack of funds.
