It has been a long time since health has been “professionalised” by society. When you are sick, you need to go to a doctor and follow the doctor’s instructions to take the medicine without knowing the effects of them. The terms written on the health report are jargons that could hardly be understood. It seems that the public could not become healthy unless they have consulted specialists or healthcare professionals. As the saying goes, “You will recover if you listen to the doctor,” the health of yourself seems to have been outsourced to others.
HIA believes that everyone can become healthy, and individual participation is very important in achieving a healthy state. Therefore, we hope to achieve health localisation and let the public get to know more about health information and learn ways to become healthy. Through health information dissemination and encouraging the public to have regular physical check-ups, we hope the public can achieve health from a more equitable starting point.
Community Exploration Team
Hectic life of Hong Kong people leads to the lack of attention to the community we live in. When time goes by, we even forget about how our own community looks. Is it true that “there is nothing special in the place I live in?” What interesting things have you discovered when you go out? Where are the places that are memorable to you? Any places you would recommend others to visit? Members of this programme are from low-income families. They will look into their own small communities from a community observation perspective to rediscover the place we are living and eventually make a unique community map. They look forward to your visit to their community, as well as your rediscovery of your own community!
Green Prescription
The idea of Green Prescription comes from foreign research which encourages chronic disease patients to go out for a walk in nature, for instance, exercising and forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) in order to improve physical and mental health status. The Green Prescription at HIA brings people with Three Highs to outings, as well as provides training to “Green Coaches” to organise green events so as to discuss the relationship between green ecology and our health with members in the community. Green Coaches will discuss and exchange health information, explore places for green tours in Kwai Tsing district and prepare green maps for other members. Green Prescription encourages the public to make good use of the natural resources in the community to build your own “health check-in points” and plan your health path!
Health Co-learning Platform
HIA has been conducting services in primary healthcare for the community for many years. With our experience, we hope to integrate them into a set of community health intervention strategies and share our experience with valued partners. In doing so, we hope to build a foundation for the community to develop primary healthcare by promoting this concept in different districts.