FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991
'SELF CARE' APPROACH TO HEALTH PROBLEMS ADVOCATED
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PREVENTED HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
MANY PREVAILING HEALTH PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG CAN BE AND AVOIDED THROUGH SELF CARE, SUCH AS ADOPTING AND AVOIDING HEALTH RISKS.
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THIS WAS STATED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY LEGISLATIVE THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FELICE LIEH-MAK.
COUNCILLOR AND OF HONG KONG,
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A "SELF CARE" AT THE CITY HALL, SHE SAID SELF CARE, AS THE NAME IMPLIED, TAKING CARE OF OUR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH.
PROF LIEH-MAK SAID SELF CARE DID NOT LIMIT ITSELF TIME OF ILLNESS BUT RATHER BEFORE THE PROBLEM AROSE.
EXHIBITION POINTS ΤΟ
TO THE
PRACTISE A
"IT IS GOOD SELF-CARE PRINCIPLE то POSITIVELY HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND TO ABSTAIN FROM HABITS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN BE DAMAGING TO OUR HEALTH, SUCH AS SMOKING, DRUG ABUSE PROMISCUITY.
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SHE EMPHASISED THAT
AND
TO SEXUAL
COULD BE BETTER CARE, WHICH
HEALTH CARE RESOURCES UTILISED IF PEOPLE POSSESSED THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF SELF ENABLED THEM TO DEAL WITH COMMON AILMENTS AT HOME.
LEE, SAID PROMOTION FORMED THE BASIS OF THE
EARLIER, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. OF GOOD HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES DEPARTMENT'S AIM TO ACHIEVE "HEALTH FOR ALL" IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
HE SAID "SELF CARE" IS AMONG THE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THE REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.
EVERYONE COULD
DR LEE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, LEARN SKILLS OF PATIENT CARE THE ADVICE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
THE
AT HOME
MADE IN
PRACTISE A AND FOLLOW
TO PROMOTE SELF CARE, HE SAID, THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL EDUCATION UNIT (CHEU) HAD EMBARKED ON
HEALTH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING PRODUCTION OF NEW INFORMATIVE LITERATURES AND AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS, AND THE SETTING UP OF A 24-HOUR PRE-RECORDED SERVICE.
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OTHER EFFORTS INCLUDED THE STAGING OF EXHIBITIONS ON DISEASES AT GOVERNMENT GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS ORGANISATION OF HEALTH TALKS FOR PATIENTS ATTENDING THESE CLINICS.
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ORGANISED BY THE CHEU AS A CLIMAX ΤΟ THIS YEAR'S MAJOR CAMPAIGN ON SELF CARE, THE "SELF CARE' EXHIBITION CENTRES ON SICKNESS, SUCH AS RESPIRATORY
COMMON TRACT INFECTION, LOW BACK PAIN OTHER CHRONIC ILLNESSES SUCH AS HYPERTENSION, DIABETES MELLITUS SKIN PROBLEMS.
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/IT ALSO
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