Gwangju City Helps Residents Escape Smartphone Addiction

Appointment of Experts
Prevention Education and Counseling

Gwangju City appointed 16 people, including prevention education instructors and home visit counselors, to prevent and resolve internet and smartphone overdependence. Photo by Gwangju City

Gwangju City announced on the 20th that it has appointed 16 professionals, including prevention education instructors and home-visit counselors, to prevent and address internet and smartphone overdependence.

The newly appointed instructors and counselors will provide customized education and counseling services to citizens to prevent and heal the growing social problem of internet and smartphone overdependence.

Prevention education instructors will be dispatched to early childhood centers, schools, public institutions, and private organizations that request education. They will educate all age groups, from young children to adults, about the risks of smartphone overdependence and support the development of healthy usage habits.

Home-visit counselors will provide specialized, customized counseling to citizens who are experiencing difficulties in daily life due to internet and smartphone overdependence but are unable to visit the center. They will visit homes, schools, and institutions to offer these services. Through this, support for healing and recovery tailored to individual circumstances is expected to be provided.

Citizens who wish to receive prevention education or home-visit counseling can apply via the Smartshum Center website or by phone, and all programs are offered free of charge.

Park Hyemi, Director of Data Informatization, stated, "Gwangju City will take the lead in establishing a healthy and proper smartphone usage culture through prevention education and home-visit counseling," and urged, "We hope that citizens experiencing difficulties due to smartphone overdependence will actively utilize the Gwangju Smartshum Center."

Meanwhile, the Gwangju Smartshum Center (located on the 3rd floor of Gwangju City Hall) has professional counselors on site and operates various prevention and healing programs, including individual counseling, phone counseling, and the Smartshum campaign.

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