The aim of the course is to present an unhealthy lifestyle as a public-political issue and emphasize its specifics in the context of public policy. The subject will be concerned with the highest levels of political decision-making (national and international levels) and will characterize institutions and organizations, which work in the area of support for an active lifestyle. Foreign national strategies will be presented, in particular from Canada (for example, ParticipAction) Finland, the Netherlands or Australia. A major emphasis will be placed on presenting and understanding important international epidemiological scholarly studies such as HBSC, ESPAD or GSHS. There will also be references to studies such as PISA, MONICA, the Framingham Study and the British Doctor Study. The course will also include a description of the implementation of the results of scientific studies into policies. Important world and European strategic documents will be presented which are concerned with the issue of support for movement activity. The final part of the subject will be focused on both European and Czech national priorities in science and in research, further on European research grant schemes and on Czech national priorities in science and in research. The basic parametres of evaluating scientific projects and their outputs will also be presented.
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