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…
Details3/4/2016. 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…
Details3/4/2016. 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,…
Details31/3/2016 – 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…
Details2/4/2016. 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…
Details18/2/2016 Dr Barkoukis was invited in local and national radio and tv shows to talk about the prevalence, and risk and protective factors of doping use in recreational sports. Dr Barkoukis presented the self-reported reasons for doping use and how exercisers gain access to these substances. Finally, he highlighted the need for educational campaigns in…
Details17/2/2016 The SAFEYOU team in Greece released a press statement on the prevalence of doping use in Greek recreational athletes. AUTH press release The press release was reproduced in the health and sport-related sites and caused the attention of the media. To Vima – Anabolic use in gyms ERT – Doping in fitness and gyms…
DetailsClean fitness! Welcome to the first newsletter for the project SAFE YOU in 2016. SAFEYOU Newsletter February 2016 / v.1
DetailsThe University of Potsdam has developed and will distribute to national stakeholders a flyer informing on the SAFEYOU project aims and activities. The prevalence of doping use among gym users and pattern of drug use are presented. The project’s efforts to increase awareness and the development of an online educational tool to prevent doping use…
Details9/12/2015. The SAFEYOU project coordinator and the director of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Gym established a collaboration that will feed forward the dissemination activities of Project SAFE YOU. AUTh Gym’s personnel will act as ambassadors of the ‘Stay fit, stay clean’ message to the 1000 recreational athletes attending the programs of the AUTh Gym. …
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