KKU provides free check-up to promote Healthy Citizens and enhance efficiency of patient screening to reduce the number of NCD patients
It was found that there was an increase in risk of non-communicable diseases (NCD) including Metabolic Syndrome among Thai people. These are caused by genes and other factors such as hurried lifestyle, improper food providing not enough nutrition, less exercise and movement, and stress. These caused tend to result in NCD – high blood pressure, stroke, heart diseases, dyslipidemia, and renal failure. The mentioned illnesses are most often found in Thai people who never change behavior.
From previously mentioned caused, KKU organized the 2nd KKU Transformation to Smart and Healthy KKU Citizens from August 15-17, 2019 from 9a.m.-6 p.m. at Complex Center, Khon Kaen University. On this occasion, Prof. Monchai Duangjinda, Vice President for Research and Academic Services, remarked opening speech, and Assoc. Prof. Apichat Jiravuttipong (MD), Director of Srinagarind Hospital, gave report speech. The objectives of this activity were to provide knowledge of how to prevent illnesses, provide basic check-up, change behavior influencing on health, and reduce risk of NCD.
Assoc. Prof. Apichat Jiravuttipong said health promotion could improve people’s health as well as society and led to complete environment which was good for health. The basic check-up would provide advice and knowledge of health promotion to people individually so that they could take care of themselves properly based on their age. These approaches also promoted people’s health care, reduced risk of complications, and cut household including national spending.
Prof. Monchai Duangjinda added that the promotion of people’s behavior and health development had been done by Srinagarind Hospital in accordance with Health Campus Policy of KKU dedicated for the society. To promote health of students, staff, and people, the hospital encouraged them to change their behavior so that the risk of NCD would reduce, examined the results from behavior screening further, kept a watch on behavior affecting health, looked for staff who had risk factors and provided them with basic knowledge of health care, and opened a clinic helping with behavior change for patient who were experiencing the first of stage of diseases. All of these were the sustainably effective solutions that promote people’s health in the long term and could cut the national spending on health.
Mrs. Chalao Chaikam, a 69 year-old resident of Sam Liam Community in Muang District of Khon Kaen, revealed she was a traditional massager. She liked to have fast, cheap, and convenient food and never thought of nutrition. She always drank soft drink after meal. The result of her check-up had indicated that she had high blood pressure and dyslipidemia. Therefore, the doctor recommended her change behavior for better health to reduce the risk of NCD so that in the future her health would not cause any troubles to her family.
“Normally if I have high blood pressure, I need to go the hospital directly. Anyway, it’s easy for people to access the medical unit like this and receive basic advice before health problems become acute. I think this is very good, and I wished it would be held twice a year. Now I think I’ll exercise for 30 minutes every day and be more careful of what I eat. After I know the check-up result, I’m relieved. Thank you Khon Kaen University for the good activity that took care of people in community,” said Mrs. Chalao.
News/ photos: Jiraporn Pratomchai
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