Thai Health Promotion Foundation: Creating Healthy Urban Spaces for NCD Prevention

2024-03-23 03:55:30

Thairath Online

23 March 2024 10:55 a.m.

Thai Health Promotion Foundation invites Thai people to exercise in a health area to combat NCDs.

Thai Health Promotion Foundation invites Thai people to exercise. Convenient and easily accessible within health areas such as various building areas and public parks in order to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) along with opening the area of Benjasiri Park. Showcase success by organizing the activity “Pak and Park” to broadcast, exchange and create happiness. For a healthy city on March 24 and 31, invite you to ride a bicycle. to show that Urban people have easy access to exercise.

Mr. Pornprom Nas. Vikitseth, Advisor to the Governor of Bangkok, revealed that Bangkok supports the policy. Fully developing the health space To solve urban problems and people’s health in accordance with the policy of Chatchart Sitthiphan, Governor of Bangkok, in a sustainable manner in pushing for the development of unsafe wasteland areas. It is a green public space in the form of a 15-minute garden so that people in the city can easily and conveniently access exercise and cooperate with Navamindradhiraj University The Office of the Health Promotion Foundation (Thai Health Promotion Foundation), the Thai Landscape Architects Association and welpark organized an activity to develop the potential of Bangkok practitioners (15-minute garden) to continue development. Practitioner potential for driving the 15-minute garden policy across Bangkok and create green public spaces to promote physical and mental health for everyone equally. which has passed 2 batches of training, totaling 50 people.

Ms. Niramon Rasri, Director of the Office of Healthy Lifestyle Promotion, Thai Health Promotion Foundation, said Thai Health Promotion Foundation and network partners are jointly pushing for healthy living areas throughout the country. Whether it’s an empty space, a travel route, a public park area or a community garden of any size. There are even areas in both public and private facilities that allow people to live an active life with safety. and have other good health factors Assembled according to the area context According to the mission of Thai Health Promotion Foundation. is to spark, stimulate, build, and strengthen individuals and organizations in every sector to have capacity. and create a social system that is conducive to good health To create and promote health in order to prevent the occurrence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which will see better results than allowing the disease to occur and then treating it. Because it is wasteful Both expenses and a large number of personnel Additionally, years of good health are lost at the end of a person’s life.
“Developing a good environment that can enable people to have adequate physical activity in their lifestyles equally It is one of the factors determining health that will result in people having good health behaviors and avoiding disease. People in the city will be able to access exercise easily and conveniently in public parks, central gardens, or empty spaces on various buildings.”

Mr. Yotsaphon Bunsom, Welpark project leader and coordinator of the Healthy City and Healthy Community Development Group, said that the results from the health area operations under the support of Thai Health Promotion Foundation have found 9 findings which will Leading to a prototype approach for developing participatory health areas. and expand throughout the country sustainably, including item 1: Development of health areas in Thailand To answer the problem of solving problems of human health and urban health. Found 6 trends that can be developed: 1. Design that is in line with users, including the aging society, rights and responsibilities of citizens. and a city that is friendly to children and youth. 2. Creating a participatory process in all sectors. 3. Joint investment between the public and private sectors. 4. Creating health spaces such as 15-minute gardens. 5. Creating physical activities. To strengthen immunity against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), reduce stress and anxiety, and 6. Food security

Item 2: Guidelines for developing public areas and green infrastructure. Towards promoting human health and city health Which can be developed into 6 types: areas to promote health for people in the community, areas connecting the city for convenience of use, areas of lifestyle and nature in riverside communities, areas of creativity from the participation of the community. Agricultural plot area for urban people and natural biodiversity areas in the city

Item 3: Development of public space into a green public space network. Item 4: Stimulating policy to promote the development of private space into green public space near homes. With 5 types of cooperation models, Item 5. Processes and tools for developing green public areas through the participation of those involved in every step. Item 6. Database for assessing the urgency of developing green public areas near homes. Item 7 Personnel development course on sustainable development of small green public areas By bringing the removal of classes The work has been designed into 5 courses, Item 8: Model cooperation with 5 sectors and mechanisms for linking government cooperation, and Item 9: Expanding the results to prototype areas for the development of health areas throughout the country.

In this regard, preparing to organize the activity “Stay with Park” Park creates happiness. For a healthy city on March 24 and March 31, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Benjasiri Park. At the event there were a variety of activities such as various discussion activities. physical activity Activities: cycling to rest, cycling to the park, playing, creating a garden, resting at the vegetable park and music in the garden, etc. Those who are interested can join the activities at no cost. You can follow and view information at the pages: we park, City Cracker and Healthy Space Alliance.