UcanACT was an intersectoral initiative, joining together physiotherapists, local authorities, non-profit organizations, higher education and research institutions with the overall objective: to engage adult and senior citizens to practice physical activity (PA) as a tool for cancer prevention within public urban green spaces.
InAbled Cities: Developing Inclusive urban environments for physical activity of people with disabilities and senior citizens was a two years project, financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union, which aimed at promoting and enabling physical activities in open urban areas for people with physical disabilities with special focus on elderly people.
This will be achieved through the establishment and implementation of a necessary guide at European level of exercises for children and teenagers designed to avoid back pain and to learn a healthy lifestyle to avoid it. It would permit the creation of a programme of exercises focused on preventing back pain that can be applied everywhere in schools and places of education, promoting physical activity amongst these groups.
To assure and improve the quality level of physical and mental health in children and teenagers, achieving also a better knowledge and information in the field of Physiotherapy. This will be achieved by the establishment and implementation of the necessary guide exercises programmes at European level, which would permit the creation of specific exercises focused on avoiding back pain in these vulnerable groups that can be applied everywhere. Nevertheless collaboration with parents and educators associations and other existing health care networks will raise the profile of the exercises.
To promote the efficient use of medical resources at the European level by promoting physical exercises among the target groups, which means improving their physical health, and therefore their mental health and quality of life. National Health Systems will save money through the prevention and consequent reduction of the number of injuries requiring treatment among children and teenagers.
To assure and improve the quality level of physical and mental health in ex-smokers and people who want to give up tobacco, achieving also a better knowledge and information in the field of physiotherapy. This will be achieved by the establishment and implementation of the necessary guide exercises programme at European level, which would permit the creation of specific exercises focused on smoking cessation in these vulnerable groups that can be applied everywhere.
To promote the efficient use of medical resources at the European level by promoting physical exercises among both target groups, which means improving their physical health, and therefore their mental health and quality of life. National Health Systems will save money through the prevention and consequent reduction of the number of ill smokers. The lower the number of smokers, the fewer the number of passive smokers and the less the costs of treatment against tobacco addiction.
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