WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1975
CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT TO BE SET UP
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A CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT TO COORDINATE THE WHOLE RANGE OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE SET UP, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, THE HON. GERALD CHOA SAID TODAY.
DR. CHOA POINTED OUT THAT ACTION WAS ALREADY IN HAND TO TRAIN STAFF IN HEALTH EDUCATION WORK SO THAT THE NUCLEUS OF THE UNIT WHICH IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MEDICAL WHITE PAPER COULD BE SET UP AS SOON AS OTHER REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS ACCOMMODATION AND BASIC EQUIPMENT WERE AVAILABLE.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN.
ON THE HEALTH EDUCATION PLANS FOR 1975/76, DR. CHOA NOTED THAT THE REGULAR HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT BY INDIVIDUAL UNITS IN HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND OTHER BODIES IN THEIR OWN FIELDS.
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THE PROGRAMMES COVER SUCH SUBJECTS AS PERSONAL AND ENVIRON- MENTAL HYGIENE, PREVENTION OF DISEASES AND FAMILY HEALTH SUBJECTS-~* WHICH INCLUDE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, FAMILY PLANNING AND NUTRITION.
+WE SHALL MAKE USE OF THE MASS MEDIA OF THE TELEVISION, RADIO AND THE VARIOUS PRESSES, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL AND PERSONAL MOTIVATION.
+DEPENDING ON THE SUBJECT AND WHENEVER APPROPRIATE, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO SEEK THE COOPERATION OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, NON-GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS,+ DR. CHOA SAID.
THE DIRECTOR STRESSED THAT HEALTH EDUCATION CONSTITUTED ONE OF THE MAIN AREAS OF WORK IN THE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE AND WAS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT IN ALL ACTIVITIES AT HIS DEPARTMENT'S MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES.
HE ADDED THAT HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES WERE ALSO CARRIED OUT BY THE CHEST SERVICE, SOCIAL HYGIENE SERVICE AND BY THE HEALTH STAFF IN THE REGIONAL HEALTH OFFICES AS PART OF THE DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAMME.
IN ADDITION, A HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES UNDERTAKES REGULAR HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES. THESE INCLUDE HEALTH TALKS TO SCHOOLS, THE SHOWING OF HEALTH EDUCATION FILMS TO SCHOOLS AND VILLAGES AND THE ORGANISING OF LOCAL HEALTH EXHIBITIONS.
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