ACTIVE BUSINESSES

The project aims to create a comprehensive based approach to tackle the issue of health and physical activity (HEPA), using the worksite as the most promising venue of delivery. ACTIVE BUSINESSES will become a comprehensive program of activities to be easily applied within different working environments in order to improve the health and physical conditions of workers, employees, entrepreneurs and managers.

Aims

• To identify the current situation in relation to the health promoting programs based on physical activities and healthy lifestyle in businesses in different EU countries.
• To identify needs and possibilities of businesses to implement health promoting programs based on physical activity and healthy lifestyle into corporate management.
• To identify the differences (habits, styles and needs) of different working environments and solutions for solving the problems in the partners’ countries.
• To identify country-specific experiences on the development of practical tools, instruments and approaches.
• To acquire new findings and knowledge based on the implementation of program in practice.
• To create a flexible model of health promotion programs based on physical activity and healthy lifestyles, suitable for different needs of businesses in different EU countries.
• To acquire new knowledge and solutions to successfully solve given issues in different environment.
• To examine the possibilities of transfer of solutions from one environment to another.
• Production of a survey-based report on activities related to promoting HEPA.

Results

• Implementing physical activity and health promotion measures within specific settings e.g., businesses and for specific target groups like overweight individuals, employees with lower education, economically weaker.
• Developing and implementing measures for individual physical activity and health promotion programmes for specific people who are prone to acertain diseases and health risks e.g., back pain, osteoporosis, stress, etc.
• Increased proportion of employees who are physically active and eating healthy.
• Minimization of differences between groups of users, namely socially underprivileged employees.
• Increased social responsibility and responsibility of an individual toward the health, healthy lifestyle and physical activity on long term.
• Sustainable implementation of health promotion and physical activities programs in companies included in project.