National Health Insurance Service Gwangju Branch, Community Health Initiative 'Baekse Exercise Class'

The Gwangju Jeolla Jeju Regional Headquarters of the National Health Insurance Service conducted refresher training for 191 exercise instructors on preventing safety accidents during exercise classes, practicing healthy living, and standardized class management through the Healthy 100-Year Exercise Class. Provided by the National Health Insurance Service Gwangju Jeolla Jeju Regional Headquarters

The Gwangju Jeolla Jeju Regional Headquarters of the National Health Insurance Service (headed by Yoon Jungwook) announced on the 16th that it had conducted refresher training for 191 exercise instructors of the Healthy 100-Year Exercise Class. The training focused on preventing safety accidents during exercise instruction, promoting healthy lifestyle practices, and operating standardized classes.

At the recent Healthy 100-Year Exercise Class held at Nambu University, an 'Ethical Management Practice Resolution Ceremony' was also held to prevent corruption and create a transparent teaching environment through ethical management. In addition, an inauguration ceremony for 'Healthy Lifestyle Practice Managers,' who will play a role in increasing healthy life expectancy and providing community-tailored health promotion services, was held.

The exercise instructors of the Healthy 100-Year Exercise Class are leading the improvement of participants' health behaviors and spreading a culture of healthy lifestyle practices in the community by providing exercise guidance tailored to individual health conditions at about 500 senior centers and other facilities for young and middle-aged adults in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Jeollabuk-do, and Jeju regions.

The organization also plans to strengthen the capabilities of exercise instructors by providing professional training on ▲food safety and nutrition ▲CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and first aid ▲lifestyle improvement, enabling them to serve as Healthy Lifestyle Practice Managers who provide community-tailored health promotion services.

In addition, to address health inequalities, the organization provides customized health support services tailored to local environments, such as health management methods including medical utilization, smoking cessation campaigns, and prevention of smoking and obesity, even in health-vulnerable regions.

Yoon Jungwook, the head of the headquarters, stated, "To ensure that the Healthy 100-Year Exercise Class contributes to improving public health, I ask that instructors approach their classes with not only a focus on preventing safety accidents but also with pride and a sense of responsibility," adding, "We will continue to provide customized health promotion services by region and individual to help increase the healthy life expectancy of local residents."