Today, I happened to attend a consultative meeting on health literacy strategies to enhance healthy lifestyles in ASEAN. Some of you may wonder why I was involved....hae! hae! me too ka.....was an invite I couldn't say 'no' (I know I still have to learn how to ka!) and was thinking that I could learn more what's happening ka.
I sure learned and was impressed how the Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University has been actively doing ka.....giving me some bright hope of our country!
My learning ka:
- Like education, health needs to be for all and all for health....how could we link the two sectors closely to each other? Well! discussion was around 'how' to work with the ministry of education:((!......seems working with the ministry of public health could be much less challenging? true?
- Health literacy is so closely connected with 'media literacy' too and again, we do need to bring key stakeholders to work together. Education ministry, institutions, and community MUST play a crucial role ka!
- When mentioning about 'lifestyles', I tend to think of the younger generations from the M on to Z, and A. We can no longer think under our old frame of thinking and have to move beyond 'brick and mortar' to other platforms like co-working space and 24-7 working hours. The younger ones seek more autonomy with more options to feel less imposed by traditional ways of working.
- While Gen Y in particular are creative and independent, I can't help but think of one I just met who said he's been through depression. He found that quite a few of his friends went through the same issue ka! When talking about health, more and more attention needs to be paid to the mental side laew na ka. Our younger ones may need closer bonds and more moral support than they realize.....yet, in different ways from what we are used to having or giving ka.
- Heard several good practices to promote good health like one in a Japanese institutional canteen, there's a program called, 'Table for Two', meaning that if students choose to eat healthy food, small amount of money will be donated to buy healthy food for the needy in another part of the world.....purpose larger than self, which seems to be effective to be used for M and Z.
From this brief attendance, I noticed myself being a little more cautious before picking food to eat....don't know how long it will last ka!
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