ROMA (ITALPRESS) – A three-year agreement to develop projects on adapted sports, diabetes, obesity, cardiology, chronic diseases, advanced rehabilitation and conscious use of the smartphone. It is that signed yesterday afternoon between the Children’s Hospital Jesus and Sport and Health that marks the birth of the national project “Alliance Sport and Health” and starts, for the first time in a single coordinated strategy, the clinical, sports world, education and public communication.
Among the objectives of the protocol signed by the President of the Child Jesus, Tiziano Onesti, and the President of Sport and Health, Marco Mezzaroma, there are contrast to the digital sedentation, access to sport also to young people with chronic diseases and the preparation of studies and new scientific evidence on the value of physical activity in prevention and care. Among the actions envisaged by the agreement is also the elaboration of a national communication plan dedicated to the diffusion of the culture of health and physical activity since early childhood, the organization of public events and educational paths, with the involvement of educators, teachers, technicians and sports organisms, pediatricians and families, with a particular focus on the critical and conscious approach to technology through sport. In addition, Child Jesus and Sport and Health will cooperate in the development of clinical and epidemiological studies to deepen the effects of physical exercise on cardiovascular health, psychological well-being, quality of life of young people with disabilities and glycemic control in children with type 1 diabetes. A decisive role will be played by the National Sports Federations, called to collaborate on the definition of guidelines for the inclusion of children with chronic pathologies in basic sports paths and the formation of instructors on health, relational and pedagogical aspects. The goal is to strengthen the link between the health system and the world of sport, promoting personalized and safe routes for each child.
With the signing of this agreement, the Children’s Hospital Jesus and Sport and Health reaffirm their common commitment to promoting a new paradigm of public health, founded on the alliance between science, community and sport. A vision that recognizes in the movement not only a recreational activity, but a fundamental right of childhood and an investment on the future of young generations. “With this alliance we combine scientific, educational and sports skills to put children’s well-being at the centre of a national strategy – explains the president of the Child Jesus, Tiziano Onesti – Promoting the movement from the young age means investing on the health, inclusion and quality of life of the new generations. It is a challenge that we face together, certain that the collaboration between the health system and the world of sport can generate a concrete and lasting impact for our children”. “To us to sign an understanding so full of content with an important reality such as the Child Jesus Pediatric Hospital – comments the President of Sport and Health, Marco Mezzaroma – means to give further impetus to our daily action to promote the culture of well-being and physical activity at all ages. On this path we know that we can count on qualified partners and from the high scientific and social value, sharing goals and strategies to achieve results that really affect the future of our society.”.
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