Al -Qassim Health: (16) Effects of walking in the region within the “Deaf Health” campaign

The Qassim Health Gathering continues to implement the “Deaf Health” campaign that will continue throughout the month of Ramadan, targeting the promotion of health awareness and encouraging community members to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Periodic tests, and the exploitation of the month of Ramadan as an opportunity to improve the behavior of individuals and enhance health habits. The Qassim Health Gathering explained that the campaign focused on three main messages that include walking 8 thousand steps per day, sleeping 8 hours per day, and conducting 8 preventive laboratory analyzes, along with the “Know your numbers” initiative, and aims to raise awareness of the importance of following up health indicators and preventing chronic diseases.

The campaign witnessed a wide interaction from the community with the participation of a number of volunteer authorities, where the activities were implemented in locations that witness a large presence of its visitors such as the housing walkway, the deacon walkway in Buraidah, the Eastern Walk and the Agricultural Walk in Unaizah, the track of the garden of the forum in Al -Ras, and the King Salman Road Walk in the comet, in addition to a number of walking in Al -Bukayriyah, Al -Nabhaniya, Riyadh, and Laayoune Al -Jawa, Qasiba, Dhiariya, Dome, Aqla Al -Saqour, and Al -Badai’a, were carried out by field awareness teams in hospitals and public health in health centers.

The assembly emphasized that this initiative comes within its continuous efforts to enhance the culture of prevention and achieve the target of the quality of life by launching awareness and therapeutic initiatives and programs that support public health and establish the concept of prevention among all members of society.