Customized Health Promotion Program for Songpa-gu Residents Underway

Songpa-gu Operates 13 Health Promotion Projects Reflecting Resident Health Statistics and Needs
Leading Resident Health Improvement through Prevention and Management of Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome
▲Focus on Smoking Cessation Management ▲Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases ▲Nutrition Management Projects

Songpa-gu (District Mayor Seo Gang-seok) announced that it will actively take care of residents' health by promoting customized health promotion projects that reflect local characteristics and residents' needs, including management of chronic diseases, smoking, and obesity.

According to the cause of death statistics from the National Statistical Office (2018?2022), the top two causes of death in Songpa-gu were neoplasms and circulatory system diseases. Additionally, data from the National Health Insurance Service show a continuous increase in metabolic chronic diseases, highlighting the need for preventive management projects for hypertension, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.

Accordingly, based on the analysis of Songpa-gu health statistics in 2023 and the results of the local residents' demand survey, the district will implement a meticulous integrated health promotion project across 13 areas.

In particular, the district plans to focus on the priority demands according to residents' health status: ▲smoking cessation management project ▲cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease prevention and management project ▲nutrition management project.

First, Songpa-gu will strengthen the ▲‘focused smoking cessation management project targeting smokers and workplaces’ as the rate of indirect exposure to indoor workplace smoking among non-smokers was found to be higher than the national and Seoul averages. The district will create a smoke-free environment through smoking guidance and enforcement in no-smoking zones, designation and management of smoke-free apartments, and expand smoking cessation support for smokers by operating smoking cessation clinics and mobile smoking cessation clinics.

Next, the district will concentrate on operating the ‘cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease prevention and management project.’ The medical utilization rate for hypertension and diabetes among Songpa-gu residents is increasing, and since hypertension is a major preceding disease of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the district plans to strengthen the management capabilities of hypertension patients through education on understanding hypertension and hypertension management programs for vulnerable residents.

Additionally, the district will conduct a ‘nutrition management project’ to promote health for vulnerable groups, the elderly, pregnant women, and infants in the region. Programs will include life-cycle nutrition education to improve the ‘obesity rate,’ programs to correct eating habits, healthy meal nutrition classes, obesity prevention programs, and nutrition management programs for vulnerable residents.

Furthermore, the district will carefully manage residents' health through the operation of ▲oral health ▲mobile healthcare ▲exercise clinics ▲prevention of alcohol-related harm ▲atopic dermatitis and asthma prevention and management ▲women and children specialized health support ▲community-based rehabilitation ▲home health care ▲dementia management projects.

Seo Gang-seok, Mayor of Songpa-gu, stated, “I hope that the promotion of health promotion projects tailored to the local situation will greatly help the health of residents,” and added, “We will continue to implement detailed health promotion services so that more residents can benefit and strive to ensure that everyone in the district can enjoy a healthy life.”

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