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Sustaining and enhancing healthy lifestyle behavior in students with special needs and their teachers in unexpected crisis events

2021-1-TR01-KA220-SCH-0000247152021Cooperation partnerships in school educationfinalized
Countries: TR|MK|EL|IT|RO · Grant: €158,319
Physical and mental health, well-beingDisabilitiesDigital content, technologies and practices

Objectives

Within the scope of the project, it was aimed to improve the HLB knowledge, skills and competence of the SSN and their teachers, and to create a guide and interactive book that enables the development and sustainability of HLB in crisis situations for SSN and their teachers. In this project, HLB was discussed under the heading of physical activity, nutrition and psychological well being. With the guide that developed the HLB to be created in order to enable the target population to overcome the unexpected crisis events with the least impact and to reduce the longterm effects of the crisis; Primary; * Participants' physical activity level was increased by at least 30% * Participants were made aware of healthy nutrition * Participants' psychological well-being was increased * Teachers' knowledge and proficiency on HLB increased Secondary; * Language skills of project partners improved, intercultural interaction increased * Raised awareness about the needs of children with special needs in unexpected crisis situations and contributed to transnational audiences * European culture was made felt by producing solutions to the problems experienced by individuals with special needs on the basis of equal opportunity.

Background

In unexpected situations, access to health services may be interrupted. In such a situation, the sustainability of health depends on the healthy lifestyle behaviors (HLBD) of the individual. The knowledge and behaviors of disabled individuals towards a healthy lifestyle are not at the desired level. It affects the musculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary system functions as a result of the decrease in the physical activity, especially due to the duration of staying at home and the time spent in front of the screen in distance education, and psychologically, it causes an increase in the incidence of anxiety, stress, and depression. In addition, the teachers also faced various physical and mental health problems due to their prolonged immobility in front of the screen while teaching. It is possible to minimize the short and long-term, direct and indirect effects of the unexpected crisis events on SSN and their teachers, and therefore to keep social participation and quality of life at the highest level both during and after the unexpected crisis events with health promotion strategies. For this reason, countries to improve health need studies focusing on "Development and Sustainability of HLB".

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