Cuore-Vita goes to school By Dr. Giovanni Iwanejko President of the Sammarinese Association Cuore-Vita
The Association Heart – Life’s programme also has the objective to embolden, with deep conviction and enthusiasm, the culture of health education, which today is linked to the quality of life and especially the consequences of assumed behaviours. And it is convinced that this is the way to impact on unhealthy lifestyles and in particular, involving age groups most susceptible to assuming positive behaviours and lifestyles. Therefore, the ultimate recipients of the preventive measures are identified in children and teenagers; the school environment is a privileged place for the establishment of a dialogue on health and correct lifestyles, in as far as it is a meeting point for all interventions aimed at the education of individuals. So I think it is very useful for the close involvement of Schools to our projects on health education. Our Association does not substitute public institutions, rather it makes
its contribution with tools that recognize and prevent the behaviours, attitudes and risks that can damage health. In 2012 we began a project shared with the Elementary and Nursery Schools within our Republic, which has as its objectives to: • Raise awareness on healthy lifestyles in order to prevent chronic diseases and cardiovascular diseases. • Disseminate correct information on Healthful Lifestyles. • Provide school personnel with Healthy Lifestyles tools to pass on to the recipients. • Reinforce appropriate behaviours that have not yet rooted. • Open channels of communication and collaboration with the world of school. The tools that our Association has offered and also offers this year to the Schools are paper placemat tray covers for School
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