Physical Education Health and Children (PEHC)

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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

Health | Joan Segur-Ferrer

Physical Education Health and Children (PEHC)