On Monday November 28, 2022 the President of CPRGGreece Mr. Efstratios Athanasiou, the First Vice President Mr. Petros Nasibian, the members of the Board Mr. Konstantinos Karamalis and Ms. Eirini Papachatzi, and the member Ms. Iliana – Dimitra Psomadaki from the Hellenic Research Society for the Prevention of Cancer, Cancer Prevention Research Group in Greece (CPRGGreece) made a presentation to the students of the “Connecting Education with Workplaces? Club in charge of the Mathematician Panagiota Argyri (M.Sc, M.Ed).
“Cancer prevention: interdisciplinary approaches and health promotion bridging the gap between science and society”.
- The 6 pillars of disease prevention: starting with newborns!
- Healthy eating and cancer: eating a rainbow!
- Physical activity and cancer: walking with friends!
- Smoking and cancer: and if you have started, you can stop!
- Cancer and chronic psychosocial stress: peace and self-awareness!
- Sleep quality ? circadian system ? human biological clocks
- Abuse of blue screens (cell phones, computers, tablets) and cancer: an indirect relationship, through stress and circadian rhythm
- Infections and cancer: prevention saves lives!
- Environment, pollution and occupational carcinogens
- Early diagnosis: the gorgon saves lives!
The perfect structure and content of the presentations motivated the students to participate with questions and engage in discussion and a constructive dialogue.
The presentation was not limited to knowledge about the field of cancer prevention, but extended from the history and purposes of the “Hellenic Research Society for the Prevention of Cancer” to the possibility of children participating in volunteering, with the final goal of offering to fellow human beings through social actions. Mr. Athanasiou highlighted the willingness of the students to take on an organizational role in voluntary initiatives.
