Physical Education Health and Children (PEHC)

Last updated on Oct 24, 2026
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Key details:

  • Type of project: Research project
  • Participants: Dr Anna Prats, Dr Raquel Font, Dr Blanca Roman, Dr Azahara Fort, Jorge Cazorla, Aida Cadellans, Mercè Sala, Xavi Salvador and collaborators.
  • Duration: 2016–present
  • Involvement: 2016–2018
  • Role in the project: Collaborator
  • Tasks performed: Theoretical discussion on motor competence and healthy growth in children, and collection of anthropometric and motor data from 8-year-old schoolchildren.

Description:

Physical Education Health and Children (PEHC) was an interdisciplinary, local and municipal, educational and innovative research project with a clear pedagogical and community focus.

The main objective of the project was to study the effects of Integrated Neuromuscular Training on motor competence, predisposition to obesity and adherence to recommendations for healthy physical activity among 8-year-old children in the province of Girona.

Given that the study population consisted of 8-year-old children and that the project was carried out in a school setting, an educational project was developed in parallel together with the schools’ management teams and teachers.

PEHC also had a strong community dimension, involving families, local health professionals and municipal policymakers.

More information about the project is available at the following link: PEHC

Physical Activity Health Research
Joan Segur-Ferrer
Joan Segur-Ferrer
Researcher - Health Technology Assessment Methodologist at the Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Inter-university Master’s Degree in Public Management from UAB, UB and UPF ⎢ Master’s Degree in Health and Pharmaceutical Economics from UPF-BSM ⎢ Master’s Degree in Digital Health (eHealth) from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) ⎢ University Expert in Drug and Health Technology Assessment in the Spanish National Health System from UNED ⎢ Graduate in Physiotherapy and in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (EUSES - UdG).

Researcher - Health Technology Assessment Methodologist at the Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Inter-university Master’s Degree in Public Management from UAB, UB and UPF ⎢ Master’s Degree in Health and Pharmaceutical Economics from UPF-BSM ⎢ Master’s Degree in Digital Health (eHealth) from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) ⎢ University Expert in Drug and Health Technology Assessment in the Spanish National Health System from UNED ⎢ Graduate in Physiotherapy and in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (EUSES - UdG).

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