| Title | Sangdang Public Health Center to Offer Smart Mobile Healthcare Services |
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| Writer | Cheongju |
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- Sangdang Public Health Center providing daily healthcare services -
A mobile health care project run by a local public health center in Cheongju has turned out to be improving health behaviors of its local residents. Analysis on applicants' before/after health conditions proved its effects. In an effort to prevent local residents from catching chronic diseases, Sangdang Health Center in Cheongju has been operating the mobile health care service since 2018. The project is designed to provide citizens an ICT-applied public health care service. It is a six-month-long program managing the health of individuals with a goal of improving their own health behaviors. Under the program, a group of five professionals—a coordinator, a doctor, a nurse, a nutritionist, and a physical trainer—are in charge of providing the service for each participant. Hopefuls who are aged 19 years or older are eligible for the program. However, a smartphone with Bluetooth 4.0 is required since the program requires participants to use a watch-shaped activity tracker. When selecting participants for the program, those who are more in need of health management or who have many health risk factors are chosen preferentially. Once selected, applicants are required to visit the public health center to get a basic physical examination, including fasting blood sugar level, blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, waistline, body mass index, and body composition (height, weight). Then a goal on health management is set through a consultation with an expert and the program starts with the public health center's management for 24 weeks. The center monitors individual exercise and health information through an activity tracker and provide feedback and exercise missions based on the health information. ▶ Effects of the project Cheongju City studied the final result of 117 individuals among 194 participants who joined the program last year. The result showed that 53.2% of the participants' one or more categories in the health behavior (low-salt diet, following nutrition labeling, eating breakfast, executing aerobic exercises, and walking) have been improved. Also 65% of the participants showed reduced health risk factors. "It has been proven that the mobile health care program is actually improving the health of people," said a Cheongju official. She added, "The program is beneficial in that even busy residents can manage their health. We are planning to expand the programs so that more citizens can join." |
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