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    Major health issues in Taiwan discusses the main public health challenges facing Taiwan, including potential threats from globalization like avian flu; rising rates of chronic diseases due to unhealthy behaviors such as increased tobacco use among youth and women; a growing elderly population due to changing social structures; health inequities faced by new immigrants; increased stress and mental health issues such as higher suicide and depression rates; environmental health risks from pollution and new technologies; and greater concerns about food safety. The document calls on public health professionals in Taiwan to address these issues by improving understanding of health threats at regional, global, and national levels and strengthening public health policies and promotion programs.

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    Major health issues in Taiwan discusses the main public health challenges facing Taiwan, including potential threats from globalization like avian flu; rising rates of chronic diseases due to unhealthy behaviors such as increased tobacco use among youth and women; a growing elderly population due to changing social structures; health inequities faced by new immigrants; increased stress and mental health issues such as higher suicide and depression rates; environmental health risks from pollution and new technologies; and greater concerns about food safety. The document calls on public health professionals in Taiwan to address these issues by improving understanding of health threats at regional, global, and national levels and strengthening public health policies and promotion programs.

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    Major Health Issues in Taiwan: Yu-Chen Lei, Ph.D. Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University Taiwan

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    Major health issues in Taiwan discusses the main public health challenges facing Taiwan, including potential threats from globalization like avian flu; rising rates of chronic diseases due to unhealthy behaviors such as increased tobacco use among youth and women; a growing elderly population due to changing social structures; health inequities faced by new immigrants; increased stress and mental health issues such as higher suicide and depression rates; environmental health risks from pollution and new technologies; and greater concerns about food safety. The document calls on public health professionals in Taiwan to address these issues by improving understanding of health threats at regional, global, and national levels and strengthening public health policies and promotion programs.

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    Major health issues in Taiwan

    Yu-Chen Lei, Ph.D.


    Department of Public Health, National
    Taiwan University
    Taiwan
    Major health threats and challenges
    in Taiwan
    • Globalization: possible threats of Avian
    Bird flu
    • Unhealthy behavior: increasing incidence
    and prevalence of chronic disease,
    increasing tobacco use in the youth and in
    the female
    • Changing social structure: increased
    elderly population
    • Health inequity: new immigrants
    • Stress and mental health: increasing
    incidence of suicide, and depress.
    • Increased concern in environmental health
    risk and new technology-related health risk
    • Increased concern in food safety
    The responsibility of public health
    professionals in Taiwan
    • To improve the understanding in regional,
    global and national level
    • To improve the public health and health
    promotion policy and program

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