Profilaktyka wybranych problemów zdrowotnych (w wymiarze edukacyjnym)
Prevention of selected health problems (in an educational dimension)

Contributor(s): Katarzyna Borzucka-Sitkiewicz (Editor), Katarzyna Kowalczewska-Grabowska (Editor)
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: health problems; prevention; somatic health; psychosocial health; obesity; local government
Summary/Abstract: The book consists of 5 articles (2 theoretical and 3 empirical ones) and plans of preventivelessons. All research articles included in the volume are homogeneous when itcomes to their structure covering a description of aims and research problems in thefirst part of the text, as well as a characteristic of theoretical bases of the phenomenaanalyzed, and a presentation of the results coming from the research conducted. Next,the following issues are analyzed:– Realization of selected assumptions of the national health programme in a local dimension(written by Katarzyna Kowalczewska‑Grabowska);– Adjusting the preventive programmes to the current health problems experienced byinhabitants of Ruda Śląska (written by Mateusz Gierczak);– Shaping a positive image of the body as a preventive element of the somatic and psychosocialhealth disorder (written by Katarzyna Borzucka‑Sitkiewicz);– Obesity as a determinant of a psychosocial functioning of children and the youth ina school environment (written by Karina Leksy);– Overweight and obesity of school age children and health promotion (written by DorotaGawlik).The book in question may become useful for pedagogues, sociologists or even doctorsdealing with health issues in an individual and local dimension. The plans of workshops,on the other hand, may constitute inspiration, especially for teachers, and contributeto taking up similar preventive initiatives among children and the young moreoften.

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