Upgraded Cooperation Between Educators and Health Authorities for Promoting the Concept of Healthy Schools

The 10th annual Public Health Workshop, held on October 8 and 9, 2024, has concluded. 8 October 2024 MAIN RESULTS (in summary) • The need to strengthen cooperation between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth on children’s health issues at school has emerged • Government, education system and public health professionals, the main equation […]

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Katia Savva: “I hope my children’s school is selected to participate in the Observatory”

“My children fall within the age group for participation in the Observatory, and I hope their school will be selected.” Katia Savva, Journalist, Alpha News, Alpha Cyprus. The main objective of the Cyprus Children’s Health and Environment Observatory is the systematic investigation of the exposure of elementary school children to various environmental factors (e.g., lifestyle, home/school environment) and their relation […]

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Delivery of 1st part of personalized results to parents of the Cypriot Observatory

We are excited to announce the commencement of the delivery of the first part of personalized reports for the year 2024. These detailed reports provide valuable insights into each participating child’s health and environment based on the recent assessment.   The report includes personalized results on the following: Child’s Blood Pressure Measurement Child’s General Urinalysis Child’s Anthropometric Analysis Chemical Analysis […]

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CHILDREN_FIRST highlighted at CEECHE 2024

The CHILDREN_FIRST network was showcased on two oral presentations at the Central and Eastern European Conference on Health and the Environment (CEECHE), held on 15-19 July in Thessaloniki, Greece. The first was the keynote speech by Dr. Konstantinos Makris on the topic “The application of the human exhibition in children’s health and environmental studies”. The second was the presentation of […]

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Thessaloniki CHILDREN_FIRST focus groups with parents in schools

Meetings with parents of first-grade primary school students and teachers from four schools took place during spring 2024 in order to provide information about the aims of the CHILDREN FIRST cohort study in Thessaloniki, Greece within the scopes of a feasibility study. The parents participated in four focus groups aimimg to explore the feasibility of this cohort study identifying what […]

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