Pohang-si Nam-gu Health Center Operates Health Baekse Program... On-site Customized 1:1 Health Consultation

Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar Measurement, Focused on Experience and Practice

Pohang-si Nam-gu Public Health Center operates a program that greatly helps improve self-management skills for hypertension and diabetes.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Pohang City Nam-gu Health Center is actively promoting a field-centered project from May in collaboration with the Pohang City Hypertension and Diabetes Registration Education Center to improve the continuous treatment rate of hypertension and diabetes patients and the proper management of high-risk groups.

Until now, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, efforts focused on non-face-to-face promotional activities such as high-sugar e-study rooms, YouTube, and SNS. However, following the full relaxation of social distancing on the 18th, the project has shifted to a visiting vascular health prevention management program, receiving great response from citizens.

The project operates a mobile permanent education center focused on practice and experience by visiting places such as Guryongpo, Ocheon Five-Day Market, senior centers, churches, and health branches, providing blood pressure and blood sugar measurement, exercise follow-alongs, and nutrition model exhibitions. It also offers one-on-one customized health consultations for residents visiting the center, greatly helping to improve self-management abilities for hypertension and diabetes.

Additionally, for users of medical institutions and pharmacies aged 65 and older with hypertension or diabetes, the project provides various preventive services including monthly medical expense support of 1,500 KRW, medication cost support of 2,000 KRW per disease, new registration counseling, and medical appointment reminder services.

Lee Bun-nam, Director of Health Management at Nam-gu Health Center, stated, “We will continue to carry out practice-oriented cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease prevention projects to reduce the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among citizens and help them lead healthy lives.”

Citizens who wish to receive consultation and education on hypertension and diabetes can contact the Pohang City Hypertension and Diabetes Registration Education Center.

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