Pohang-si Nam-gu and Buk-gu Health Centers Selected as Outstanding Institutions for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention and Smoking Cessation Support Services

Discovering Blind Spots, Emphasizing Importance of Preventive Management for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases through Both Face-to-Face and Non-Face-to-Face Promotion

'Smoke-Free Safe City Pohang' Wins Smoking Cessation Support Service P

Pohang City Nam-gu and Buk-gu Public Health Centers, recipients of the Excellence Award in the Smoking Cessation Support Service Project for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention and Management.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Pohang City Nam-gu Health Center and Buk-gu Health Center achieved a great success on the 21st by being selected as excellent institutions in the cardiovascular disease prevention management project and smoking cessation support service project, respectively, at the ‘2022 Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Smoking Cessation Project Joint Performance Competition’ hosted by Gyeongbuk Province.

Nam-gu Health Center has been striving to discover blind spots in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases to create a healthy Pohang free from hypertension and diabetes. They have promoted the project through various methods such as health lectures, the “Know Your Blood Vessel Numbers” campaign and exhibition hall, outreach programs, and the continuous operation of the high-sugar e-study room (non-face-to-face education), leading the improvement of local residents’ health.

Utilizing the ‘9988 Health Instructor’ volunteer team related to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases within Nam-gu Health Center, they operated the outreach 9988 Health Instructor team targeting local senior centers, workplaces, and traditional markets. Through public promotion on the importance of managing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, blood pressure and blood sugar measurement, health counseling, and education on proper lifestyle habits, they worked to help local residents recognize their own vascular numbers and enhance their self-management abilities.

They were recognized for strengthening non-face-to-face promotion (radio, electronic billboards, YouTube, buses, BIS, etc.) due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, enabling local residents to recognize the importance of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease prevention and management in daily life.

Kim Jeong-im, Director of Nam-gu Health Center, said, “Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases can prevent 80% of early deaths through healthy lifestyle practices and blood pressure and blood sugar control. Therefore, we will continue to do our best to contribute to improving the health level of local residents by promoting various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease prevention and management programs and publicity projects tailored to regional characteristics.”

Buk-gu Health Center was selected as an excellent institution after evaluation and review by a panel of experts on the smoking cessation projects carried out by 25 city and county health centers in Gyeongbuk Province this year.

Despite difficulties such as the suspension of health promotion work due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, Buk-gu Health Center is implementing various policies to protect citizens’ health by providing smooth smoking cessation support services.

To improve the efficiency of managing designated smoking areas, they promoted ▲increasing the number of smoking cessation instructors ▲systematic guidance and inspection of smoking areas in public facilities ▲and institutional promotion following changes in guidelines for designating and managing smoking areas.

They were highly evaluated for activities such as regular management for the successful smoking cessation of registered smoking cessation clinic users and face-to-face and non-face-to-face education and promotion to encourage smokers to quit smoking, leading to their selection as an excellent institution.

Park Hye-kyung, Director of Buk-gu Health Center, said, “I am pleased that various policies to create a smoke-free and safe city of Pohang have achieved good results. I express my gratitude to the staff who have quietly worked hard to carry out the projects, and we will continue to promote various smoking cessation projects next year.”

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