Uiseong County Establishes Integrated Model for Atopy and Asthma Prevention and Management

Awarded Top Prize for Creating a Preventive Ecosystem
Connecting Hands-on Experience, Community Collaboration, and Family Participation

Uiseong County has been recognized for achieving the highest results in the province by establishing an integrated, community-based model for allergy disease prevention and management.

Uiseong County (Governor Kim Joosoo) announced on December 1 that it received the top institutional award at the "2025 Atopy and Asthma Prevention Management Project Performance Conference" held in Andong.

Uiseong County's Atopy and Asthma Prevention Management Emerges as a 'Provincial Standard Model'

This evaluation, jointly organized by North Gyeongsang Province and the North Gyeongsang Provincial Atopy and Asthma Education Information Center, is a highly credible event that comprehensively assesses the prevention and management capabilities of each local government.

Uiseong County received high marks for designating 14 daycare centers, kindergartens, and elementary schools as "hands-on atopy-safe schools" and operating participatory programs such as health classes and forest experience classes for young children. The programs were designed to help children learn through direct experience and practice healthy habits in daily life, which was found to enhance preventive effects.

The "Atopy Prevention Puppet Show Class," which trained and promoted local puppet theater practitioners, also attracted attention.

The county received high scores for establishing a structure in which local residents directly produce and operate educational content, thereby ensuring both sustainability and effective use of community resources.

In addition, parent-participation programs such as the "Healthy Mom Soft Parenting Class"-linked to the local Happy Dream and Birth Integrated Support Center-and activities like bath bomb making were well received. These programs provided practical help in preventing skin diseases in infants and young children and played a role in expanding family involvement.

Governor Kim Joosoo stated, "We will continue to strengthen the necessary preventive education for residents and further enhance the community-centered health management system," adding, "We aim to become a local government that creates a healthy environment together with children, parents, and the community."

The significance of Uiseong County's achievement lies in the practical implementation of an integrated prevention and management model that connects "policy, field, and home" as a unified axis. Rather than a simple administration-driven project, this structure, which involves the entire community, is being highlighted as an example of the sustainability of local public health policy.

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