Guardians of Public Health Step Up... Busan Gijang-gun Health Center Receives Minister of Health and Welfare Award

Selected as an Excellent Institution in the Comprehensive Category of the 13th Local Government Health Promotion Project Evaluation

Busan Gijang County Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Lee Seryeong] Busan Gijang-gun Public Health Center was selected as an excellent institution in the comprehensive category at the 13th Local Government Health Promotion Project Evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, winning the Minister's Award.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare evaluated 258 local governments nationwide in five areas: project feasibility, operational effort, thoroughness, potential for expansion, and project effectiveness, selecting outstanding local governments that actively carried out health promotion projects.

Despite the impact of COVID-19, Gijang-gun Public Health Center promoted health promotion projects tailored to local conditions and operated programs combining non-face-to-face and face-to-face methods, enabling many residents to benefit from health services.

Efforts to promote non-face-to-face health promotion projects linked with the local community, creating and spreading a culture of healthy living practices among residents, were also recognized.

The "With-Corona Health Filling Course" was opened online, providing integrated remote exercise education and health consultations targeting young and middle-aged adults who tend to neglect health management.

Health packages aimed at alleviating social isolation, managing chronic diseases, and promoting physical activity were delivered and consultations conducted for elderly living alone, home-visit health management, and dementia case management subjects.

A public health center official said, "We will do our best to find diverse and distinctive health promotion project plans to support Gijang residents' healthy living practices, establish proper health behaviors, and improve the health level of residents."

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