Description
The identification of needs showed that deaths in the Gryfice district are most commonly caused by cardiovascular diseases, which must be counteracted. The aim of the project is to raise citizens’ awareness in the scope of risk factors causing such diseases, ways to their limitation and increasing availability of medical services through conducted studies. This purpose contributes to the achievement of results by the PL13 programme, through the Health promotion programme, covering the scope of proper dietary habits, physical activity, the fight against obesity and the Cardiovascular diseases prevention programme. The activities are directed to the general society, including 6-20 and 35+ people. Performance of the project shall reduce the morbidity of cardiovascular diseases within the district, develop health attitudes and lower costs of health care. Results of the project shall be disseminated through reports on obesity and the diseases within the district. Health-improving activities against cardiovascular diseases shall be organized after the project, including Nordic-walking/cycling rallies, outdoor gyms, educational campaigns.
Summary of project results
From the beginning of the project, promotion and information has been carried out in three local media: an internet portal, a local newspaper, local television. A project website has been launched. Its functionality is quite wide. Before launching the right actions towards prevention of CHK, an initial promotional and information campaign for the inaugural conference was conducted. As part of the promotion and education of a healthy lifestyle, "Workshops - I know what I eat" was conducted for students in primary, middle and high schools in the field of healthy nutrition with a dietician. These activities served to reduce the occurrence of risk factors from an early age, in particular in the area of caring for a healthy, balanced diet, and physical activity. The presentation on the universality of civilization diseases such as overweight, obesity, hypertension will affect the level of awareness among school students. The purchase of weights for each of the schools as part of the "Weight at every school" campaign was an addition to raising awareness and awareness among students regarding healthy lifestyle - effective prevention in the fight against obesity will not happen without systematic weight control, its changes with regard to standards and the adopted treatment plan. The weights were distributed to schools on November 18 and 19, 2015. In order to increase the "impact" of the activities undertaken by the dietitian at workshops with children, there were also meetings of dietetics specialists with the parents "Diet and health". The continuation of activities in the field of promoting a healthy lifestyle were meetings with fitness trainers. The shows were organized in every school in gyms in 4-6 groups, depending on the size of the school. The "I know what I eat" workshop for the Gryficki poviat students and the "Diet and health" meeting with the pupils' parents were carried out from May to June 2015. in terms of respectively: 510 hours and 204 hours. Classes were conducted by dietetic specialists from the West Pomeranian Business School - Gryfice Department. Meetings with fitness trainers "In a healthy body, a healthy mind" was carried out from May to June 2015. in the 255 hours dimension. September 19, 2015 in Płoty there was a run for health "from kindergarten to senior" in four age categories.
Summary of bilateral results