12/4/2016 The Cyprus Sport Organization organized an event, where young athletes in Limassol discussed with Dr Barkoukis and Dr Michaelides the importance of sport in the development and maintenance of health, as well as the negative physical, psychological and social consequences from the use of maladaptive practices during sport involvement.
11/4/2016 SAFE YOU in Cyprus contributed to the organization of the Fourth meeting of the European Union Physical Activity Focal Points Network in Limassol. Many experts of the European Commission and WHO participated in this event, where Dr. Barkoukis presented the findings of the SAFE YOU project, regarding the prevalence of doping use in recreational…
8/3/2016 Τhe Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has developed a flyer informing on the SAFE YOU project aims and activities. In the flyer, the prevalence of doping use among gym users and the proposed actions are discussed. In addition to that, the Cyprus Sport Organization printed hats, mouse pads and t-shirts with the SAFE YOU logo.…
3/3/2016 Mr Mavrotas, member of the Greek parliament with POTAMI, followed the SAFE YOU press release, and motivated him to address the issue in the Greek parliament. More precisely, he stressed whether any action is taken to a) control the import of sport performance-enhancing drugs potentially that are harmful for health, b) control the products…
3/4/2016. Dr Barkoukis met with the President of the Managing Council of the Greek Olympians, Mrs Kozoboli Voula, and discussed the possibly for conducting joint activities to tackle doping use in both recreational and competitive sports. Important sport figures in Greece, such as Paraskevi Patoulidou (the first Greek female Olympic winner) and Yannis Yiannoulis (International…
3/4/2016. The SAFE YOU team promoted the ‘stay fit, stay clean’ message to the participants of the Marathon ‘Alexander the Great’, held in Thessaloniki, Greece. This is the biggest running event in Northern Greece, attracting approximately 20.000 participants every year (marathon run, 1000m, 5.000m and 10.000m runs). The SAFE YOU team had their own kiosk,…
31/3/2016 – 2/4/2016. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki participated in the SPORTEXPO exhibition held in Thessaloniki from 31/3 to the 2/4, 2016, which attracted more than 10.000 professional and recreational athletes. The SAFE YOU team distributed leaflets and t-shirts at the exhibition, approaching exercisers to increase their awareness about the hazards of doping use in…
2/4/2016. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has developed and distributed to national stakeholders a flyer informing on the SAFE YOU project aims and activities, such as to increase awareness about the hazards of doping use, as well as to develop an online educational tool to prevent doping use. The flyer contains information about the prevalence…
