CINDI Highlights • Number 8 - Health Promotion Agency

Professor Lumír Komarek
Programme Director
This year’s CINDI Programme work included
activities on smoking, alcohol, the management of
National Health Programme projects, the prevention
of cancer and the CINDI Health Monitor survey.
National Health Programme (NHP)
The CINDI centre coordinates NHP projects and in 2002
a total of 110 projects were implemented. Of these, 10
focused on healthier nutrition, six on smoking, eight on
coping with stress and eight on physical activity. Ten projects involved the
prevention of cardiovascular disease, 15 related to cancer and seven covered
accidents and intoxication. Fourteen projects were devoted to Health
Promoting Schools.
Smoking
A Quit & Win smoking cessation competition was organised. In conjunction
with World No Smoking Day a climb of the highest mountain in the Czech
Republic, Mt Snezka, was organised with the participation of distinguished
physicians and politicians. The bulletin Tobacco and health is published four
times per year.
Alcohol
Three courses were held - Alcohol and Family, Alcohol and Women, Alcohol
and Transport. A publication Alcohol and accidents and the Czech version of
a publication by B Ritson, Community and municipal action on alcohol, were
published.
Cancer disease prevention
The cancer disease prevention project, undertaken by the CINDI centre and
district interdisciplinary intervention teams in 30 districts under the
guidance of CINDI, was continued for the third year. The project focused in
particular on the education of general practitioners and specialists in primary
and secondary prevention.
The following publications were produced: Health promotion and cancer
prevention in health policy and Handbook of prevention and early detection
of cancer. Two popular scientific films, Gates of Life and Against Ourselves,
Czech Republic
were prepared and were awarded the main prizes in their categories at the
Crystal Heart film festival.
CINDI Health Monitor
Collection of data proceeded in May. Simple random sampling procedure was
used to select the study population. A face-to-face interview was used to collect
data. A total of 3,040 persons in the age group 25-64 participated in the survey.
Further information
The CINDI Programme in the Czech Republic is managed by the National
Institute of Public Health, Centre of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
For more information, please contact the CINDI Programme Director,
Associate Professor Lumír Komarek, MD, Centre for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention, National Institute of Public Health, Srobárova 48, 100 42
Prague 10, Czech Republic. Tel/fax: +420 2 673 102 91;
Email: komarek@szu.cz
Or
The CINDI Programme Vice-Director, Jarmila Rázová, MD,
Dept. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Palackého nám. 4, 128
01 Prague 2, Czech Republic. Tel: +420 2 249 721 89, Fax: +420 2 249
160 07, E-mail: jarmila.razova@mzcr.cz
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1. Doctors and politicians climb on World No Tobacco Day
2. Focus on healthy nutrition
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