The risk for obesity is twice as high in people with serious mental illness (SMI) compared to the general population. Racial and ethnic minority status contribute additional health risks. The aim of this study is to describe the protocol of a Hybrid Trial Type 1 design that will test the effectiveness and examine the implementation of a peer-led healthy lifestyle intervention in supportive housing agencies serving diverse clients with serious mental illness who are overweight or obese.

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The more positively and effectively a business engages with its customers, the more referral companies receive. This is the case in the healthcare sector too. A successfully devised and personalized level of engagement is much more likely to garner patient loyalty.

The need to improve patient loyalty increases since patients can move to another hospital when they are not satisfied with the experience or the care received. More hospitals are now implementing healthcare loyalty programs to retain and engage their patients.

Assorted goals of healthcare loyalty programs can include any of the following:

• Improved patient retention
• The increasing average revenue per appointment
• Expanding the reach of your services
• Increased brand awareness
• Enhanced relationship with your patients

Although public health, hospitals and sanitation etc. fall in the State List while subjects having wider ramification at the National level like Family Welfare, Population Control, Medical Education, Prevention of Food Adulteration, Quality Control and Manufacture of drugs, etc. fall in the Concurrent List where Centre and State, both may, have constitutional authority subject to statues for framing programmes. The programmes framed/developed by Centre are PAN INDIA and such programmes are called National Health Programmes in ordinary parlance. Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is instrumental and responsible for implementation of various programmes at a National level in the areas of Family Welfare, Prevention and Control of Communicable and Non-communicable.