Summary:
The "HEPA Project - A Whole School Approach Promoting Health Enhancing Physical Activity" will firstly analyse the best practices developed by each partner on the promotion of physical activity among young populations. Partners will afterwards be able to both work and learn from each other to develop together a school-based global resource to address the global issue of physical inactivity among this age group.
Objectives:
Adopt a school-based holistic approach to promote leisure time physical activity by including a wide and diverse group of teachers and relevant stakeholders.
Identify the most effective educational materials related to health-enchancing physical activity.
Develop an educational course to be used by teachers, academics and educational authorities.
Encourange teachers and relevant stakeholders to incorporate courses regarding health- enhancing physical activity into their educational curricula.
Provide public education a course that will provide adequate education on health-enchancing physical activity and can be cultivated across all school subjects.
