Health Promotion In Taiwan

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Health Promotion In Taiwan
Protection Prevention Promotion
Bureau of Health Promotion Department
of Health
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GDP(Gross Domestic Product)
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Economic Growth Rate
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NHE (National Health Expenditure)
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Life Expectancy, 1980-2010
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Natural Increase Rate
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Age Composition of Taiwan Population
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Children Born to Spouses of Foreign Origins
(1998-2005)
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Neonatal Infant Mortality
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Main Health Projects for Maternal in Taiwan
Prenatal stage
Postnatal stage
Premarital stage
10 free prenatal examinations
Mother-child friendly medical institutions
Breast-feeding promotion
Family planning
Family planning
Genetic health services
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Oral Health Promoting School
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Oral Health Promotion Plans

• Fluoride mouth rinse program
• Tooth brushing after meals program
• Professionally applied fluoride treatment under 5
  years old
• Sealant application in remote area
• Annual oral exam for kindergarten and primary
  school
• Set up oral health information management system
  for schoolchildren

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Index of DMFT
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Main Health Projects for Infant and Young
Children
newborn
infant
Preschool children
1day
6 month
1 year
4 years
6years
3 years
5 years
1month
Newborn screening
Hearing Health
Child health check-up preventive services
Children Vaccine preventive services
Early Detection and Reporting of Children with
Retarded Development
Management of Rare Diseases
Birth reporting system
Injury prevention and Safety Promotion
Visual Health
Oral Health
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Mortality of Accident and Adverse Effect
Sep 21 earthquake, 1999
Hamlet for motorcycle,1997
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Safety Communities

• Home safety programs
• - Injury control and prevention for
  children
• - Fall prevention programs for the elderly
• Drowning prevention programs
• Health Promoting Schools 2005
• - 318 schools participated HPS
• Safety communities

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Safety Community Logo
Rural
Mountain Aboriginal
Safe community49
Seashore Aboriginal
Urban
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Causes of Deaths in Taiwan , 2004
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Mortality of Important Chronic Diseases
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Integrated Preventive Health Service
Community Integrated Screening
Case Management
Health Promotion
Health Education
Referral System
Integrated Preventive Health Service (IPHS)
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National Health Screening Programs
Items Age/ Interval
Health examination for children 0-7/1y
for gravida for adult pregnancy 40-64/ 3y 65/ y
Pap Smear 30/ 3y
Mammogram 50-69/ 2y
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Adult Smoking Rate in Taiwan

• Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act, 1997

• Import cigarettes, 1987

• Health and Welfare Surcharge,2002

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Tobacco Survey in Taiwan

• Adult Tobacco Survey
• Ages 18 and over in 2005
• Male 39.88
• Female 4.76

• Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
• Ages 13-15 in 2004
• Male 7.4
• Female 3.2
• Ages 15-17 in 2005
• Male 15.6
• Female 4.6
• Ages 13-15 in 2006(in progress)

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Smoking-Cessation Assistance Services

• Smokers Helpline
• Service
• 23 dedicated phones are available 12 hours
• ( Monday- Saturday 9AM 9PM )
• Begins in January, 2003
• Results
• 23.1 point abstinence rate at 6 months

• Outpatient Clinics
• Service
• Age gt18, 10 cigarettes/d or Fagerstrom tolerance
  score?4 smoker/wk x 8wks/course 2course/yr
• Begins in Sep, 2002
• Results
• 21.37 point abstinence rate at 6 months.

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Performances of Tobacco Control
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Healthy Community Building
216 healthy communities, 5 healthy cities, 2005
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Challenge in the Future on Health Promotion
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The Age of Great Harmony
The world community was equally shared by all. .
good neighborliness cultivated. people did
not care for parents only their own parents, nor
did they treat children only their own children.