Jungnang-gu Wins Grand Prize at the 8th Korea Healthy City Awards

Nationwide First Public-Private-Academic Council Formation, High Praise for Jungnang-gu's Unique Alcohol Moderation Mediation Model Application

Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Kyung-gi) won the Grand Prize at the 2023 '8th Korea Healthy City Awards Contest.'

The 'Korea Healthy City Awards Contest,' organized by the Korea Healthy Cities Partnership (KHCP), is the only domestic contest that discovers and awards excellent cases of healthy cities in Korea.

Jungnang-gu achieved the grand prize with the NoMAD (No More Alcohol to the Drunken) project titled "You who keep the line of drinking, Jungnang-gu supports you!"

The district received high praise for applying a specialized alcohol moderation intervention model unique to Jungnang-gu through active collaboration with related organizations since 2021 to reduce the region's high-risk drinking rate and alcohol-related harm.

Jungnang-gu was the first in the nation to form a public-private-academic council and has made various efforts to mediate changes in the community's drinking environment. Collaborating with 14 related organizations, it has pursued diversified approaches and promoted various NoMAD projects, including revising ordinances to create an environment for preventing alcohol-related harm.

Representative programs include ▲a restaurant intoxication prevention program ▲high-risk drinking screening and counseling program ▲mobile high-risk drinking self-management program ▲and a brain science-based "Correcting Our Family's Drinking Culture" program.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, "Jungnang-gu is not merely conducting alcohol moderation campaigns but is working together with the community to form a healthy drinking culture throughout the district and is doing its best to improve residents' health." He added, "We will continue to strive to prepare various policies and programs to promote residents' health."

The award ceremony for the '8th Korea Healthy City Awards Contest' is scheduled to be held at the 17th Korea Healthy Cities Partnership General Assembly and International Forum, hosted by Suncheon City, on September 14-15.

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