As one steps into Dongzi Community in Taiping Sub – district, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, a clean waterway comes into view, flanked by blooming flowers, lush grass, and verdant trees. Some residents are seen exercising on the fitness trail, accompanied by their children. In the community’s health square, the promotion of health knowledge, including chronic disease prevention, myopia prevention, and mental health, has drawn many residents to stop and learn.
Health and hygiene are not just individual concerns; they are matters of national significance. Today, the patriotic health campaign confronts new situations and tasks, and has been given new connotations in health promotion. For example, the rate of overweight and obesity among residents is steadily rising, the number of people with chronic diseases is large, and the public has a strong desire to stay healthy or get sick less. Not long ago, the National Patriotic Health Campaign
Committee issued a notice, integrating the Healthy Weight management campaign, the Healthy Village Construction Campaign, and the Traditional Chinese Medicine health Promotion Campaign into the Healthy China Initiative. Highlighting people – centered health and shifting from focusing on environmental sanitation governance to comprehensive social health management are the distinct features of the patriotic health campaign in the new era.
To safeguard the health of over 1.4 billion people, both the “small prescription” of medical and health care and the “big prescription” of social governance are essential. A balanced diet, moderate exercise, smoking cessation, alcohol limitation, and mental balance form the four pillars of health. Achieving these goals requires joint social construction and governance.
For instance, canteens in enterprises, institutions, and schools can cook dishes with less oil and salt and serve fixed – portion meals. When building communities and rural areas, more attention should be paid to sports and fitness needs, and the health – first strategy should be implemented. Smoking ban regulations in public places must be strictly enforced to protect people from second – hand smoke. Also, efforts should be made to maintain the 12356 psychological aid hotline, ensuring timely relief of negative emotions. Promoting the deep integration of health management into social governance through the patriotic health campaign helps build a large – scale health pattern with multi – subject collaborative governance. Take weight management, for example, which is crucial for preventing diseases caused by overweight and obesity. Last year, the National Health Commission and other departments launched the “Weight Management Year” campaign. Governments at all levels, enterprises, institutions, community residents’ (village) committees, and volunteer organizations have utilized their respective advantages, constantly innovating working methods, and encouraging more people to focus on weight management, thus reducing the incidence of chronic diseases. The “big prescription” of social governance can effectively mobilize all parties, improve public health services, and create a healthy and livable environment.
Everyone is the first – responsible person for their own health, and health promotion starts with advocating a civilized and healthy lifestyle. The patriotic health campaign is a successful practice of applying the mass line to health and disease prevention work. Only under the leadership of the Party and with the participation of all people can the best results be achieved. In remote areas, especially rural areas, there is still room for improving the health literacy of the public, and much work remains to be done in health education.
The incorporation of the three special actions of weight management, rural construction, and traditional Chinese medicine into the Healthy China Initiative further emphasizes the importance of health promotion and the integration of medical treatment and prevention. The aim is to guide the public to have a correct understanding of weight and manage it scientifically, cultivate healthy lifestyles and scientific medical habits, and pay attention to dietary, exercise, and emotional health. By getting everyone involved and taking responsibility, the goal of health for all can be achieved. Only by further strengthening health education, promotion, and popularization, and spreading health knowledge in an accessible way can health management be integrated into all aspects of life.
The patriotic health campaign is a people – benefiting project that enhances people’s health and well – being. By better inheriting and carrying forward the fine traditions of the patriotic health campaign and enriching its activities, it will surely boost people’s health awareness, beautify urban and rural living environments, and improve health services, laying a solid health foundation for advancing Chinese – style modernization.
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