Integration of Health Issues in Adult Learning

Promoting knowledge, attitudes and skills related to the prevention of lifestyle diseases and thus enhancing healthy lifestyle habits among socio-economically disadvantaged adults,

• Desk research dealing with the state of the art in health education for adults and identification of good practice -> the description and analysis of a variety of learning settings.
• Development of the Health Box consisting of teaching and learning materials on the prevention of lifestyle diseases on the basis of the desk research.
• Transnational induction seminar for the involved trainers as well as piloting of the Health Box in seven participating countries (Austria, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Romania, Italy and the United Kingdom) with a variety of target groups of disadvantaged learners to ensure transferability of materials to various contexts.
• Final design and production of the Health Box taking into consideration the results and experiences from the national pilots.
• Seven partner organisations from seven European countries
• Project coordination: die Berater, Vienna, Austria
• Funded by the European Lifelong Learning Programme Grundtvig
• Duration: 01/10 – 12/11

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.