The Czech Section of Health Psychology: History, development, and current activities

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KEBZA Vladimír KŘIVOHLAVÝ Jaro KOUKOLA Bohumil HOŠEK Václav MAREŠ Jiří ŘEHULKA Evžen ŠTĚTOVSKÁ Iva

Year of publication 2012
Type Conference abstract
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Faculty of Education

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Description Background: The Czech Section of Health Psychology, a part of Czech-Moravian Psychological Society was funded in 1988, i. e. just two years after the EHPS foundation in 1986. Methods: The Section joined during this 24-year period a relatively large and lasting community of health psychologist implementing a considerable set of activities that will be demnostrated in our poster both by verbal, photographic and graphic means. Findings: Main part of activities consists of Annual Conferences, organized from 1996, with participants from Czech Republic, Slovakia, sometimes also from Poland, UK etc., development and updating of the Section web page, stimulation and implementation of research projects, challenging, organizing and support of educational activities and courses at universities and educational institutions. Discussion: There are of course also some problems and limitations in our activities, e.g. the absence of approved Ph.D. programme in health psychology, lack of new, younger members, funds, etc.
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