Thai Health Promotion Center delves into 10 health concerns for Thai people in the year ’64! Pull the trend of love health boom, get a new way of life. While the COVID-19 crisis Marathon rocks the world The fake news – stress – persistence – sick NCDs are more vulnerable to ‘dust, smoke, PM2.5’ problem, a 1.5 times more death from respiratory disease, 2 in 3 Thai teenagers suffer from depression. Eating like Thai, urban people, 2.4 times more likely to develop colon cancer.
On December 18, 2020 at the Health Learning Center Building The Health Promotion Foundation (Thai Health Promotion Foundation) in collaboration with the Health Information System Development Office Weissite Thailand Co., Ltd. and academic network partners organized a forum “Thaihealth Watch to keep an eye on the Thai health direction in 2021” Rewind to the future. Visualizing behaviors that are adapted to move forward in the ’64’ year, opening 10 issues of Thai health trends impacted by the COVID-19 situation. And the issue that continues to be a trend from the past year, which is divided into two topics: the COVID-19 crisis. The marathon shakes up 6 health behaviors of Thai people and 4 other exciting situations from 2020.
Dr. Suprida Adulyanon, fund manager of Thai Health Ministry, said that the COVID-19 crisis The marathon shakes up healthy behaviors of Thai people with 6 issues: 1. FAKE NEWS Lessons for dealing with emerging diseases, it was found that there were 19,118 fake news on the online world. Anti-Fake News Anti-Fake News Center and an online platform to monitor COFAC news 2. Patients at risk of NCDs. Every emerging disease with a focus on COVID-19 Obesity increases the risk of severe symptoms up to 7 times in smokers by 1.5 times. Drinking alcoholic beverages lowers their immunity. Like air pollution. 3. Digital Disruption rotates faster to become part of life. This behavior occurred during the lockdown period where the “online world” played a large part in people’s lives and is now part of a new lifestyle, such as meetings, shopping, exercising.
Dr. Suprida continued that 4. Exercise a new way After the lock-down period, Thais had an average of 14 hours and 32 minutes of sedentary behavior per day, the highest in 8 years. Innovations facilitated the physical activity, such as a “bellyless” application that Know about having physical activities in the home that are appropriate for all ages. A Guide to Organizing the Walking-Run Activities in a New Lifestyle 5. Stress and Depression Remedies for mental health is an important factor. 6. New Normal, a new way of life that is not the same. There is a lot of talk on social media: ‘The use of hand sanitizers’ ‘spacing’ ‘masking’ ‘hygiene and hygiene’ 212,894 times. The number of cases of influenza in 2020 decreased by 92 per cent from 2019, reflecting the awareness of personal hygiene and public responsibility.
“The COVID-19 situation It is a crisis of humanity that the MPC has to work hard continuously. Support for prevention and solving problems in a timely manner Accelerate work towards health innovation Raising awareness of Thai people to have health care behaviors in the past together with the Ministry of Public Health Develop a health information communication system ‘Thai people know to fight COVID’, creating a social trend for everyone to reduce the risk of infection and transmission Wear a mask, wash your hands, keep your distance. Reduce risky behaviors, especially cigarettes Alcoholic beverages It is ready to fully support the operation of the government, ”said the fund manager of Thai Health Promotion Foundation.
Dr. Suprida continued that for the following 4 important situations from 2020: 1. ‘dust, smoke’, the danger of PM2.5, found signs of death from respiratory disease caused by ‘lung cancer’ by In the North and Bangkok alone, increased 1.5 times, in contrast to the trend of smoking in the North, down from 22% in 2007 to 17% in 2017. Hence, together with network partners, create a knowledge package, policy proposals, measures and solutions to systematic air pollution in the form of ‘draft law for healthy air’ and academic work on the Green Book of Clean Air. Plastics ”is returning to stay at home, Thai people use the food delivery business. An average of 800 tons of plastic waste is generated per day. Most of the plastic or microplastics waste in the environment. Research has found the contamination in the ecosystem. Makes it consume and breathe an average of 50,000 microplastics into the body per year.
“3. ‘Mental Health’ Thai adolescents, when relationships are the cause The results of the research on the prevalence of depression and suicide risk in schools in 13 health service areas showed that ‘two-thirds’ of the samples had depression and 4. followed Thai eating behaviors. Found that people in the city are 2.4 times more likely to die with colon cancer. People in urban areas are more likely to die than those outside the city limits. Especially in Bangkok The highest mortality rate was 15.2 people per 100,000 population. Followed by the Central Region 10.9 people per 100,000 population Northern Region 8.6 people per 100,000 people Northeastern and Southern regions, 5.5 people per 100,000 people equal in 2021, the United Nations declared ‘The International Year of Fruits and Vegetables’ in all sectors should encourage Thais to eat enough fruits and vegetables, ”said the fund manager of Thai Health Promotion Foundation.
Mrs. Benjamaporn Limpitthien, Assistant Manager of Thai Health Promotion Foundation and Acting Director of the Center for Health Care of Thailand, said that Thaihealth Watch 10 issues of Thai health direction in 2021 is an innovative Linking knowledge in 3 parts from the cooperation with network partners to raise awareness in the turn to take care of health, namely 1. Situation of health statistics of the past 10 years by area of health during the year 2010–2019 to see the direction or trend of the burden of disease occurring. This includes relevant statistical issues; 2. Social Trend that reflects the health behavior trends of Thai people in each issue; and 3. Recommendations (Solution), both at the individual level, such as online platforms to check cattle news. Factors and social policy recommendations, such as draft air laws for health Reduce air pollution problems Along with communicating health directions for 10 Thai health issues To continuously raise awareness throughout the year 2021
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