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Safeguarding in Swiss sport – Why is everything going so slowly?

A lot of valuable work is done in Swiss sport. This is one of the main reasons why our athletes are able to repeatedly achieve success at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships in the elite and junior categories. However, sport also has its dark sides, one of which concerns abuse in all its possible forms. Scientific studies conducted over the last three years have shown that the proportion of people affected in Switzerland is in line with the alarmingly high figures from surveys conducted abroad. The numerous reports received by Swiss Sport Integrity’s ethics reporting office, which has been active since January 2022, can only underline this fact.
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Prävalenz der Schulwegmobilität und des Spielens im Freien bei Kindergartenkindern in der Schweiz

Outdoor play and the daily way to school are considered as essential fields of experience for children to satisfy their motor needs, to gain increasing mobility and to establish social contacts. Although the kindergarten age is a central socialisation context in the active exploration of the environment, there have so far been only a few empirical findings on such activities of young children in Switzerland.
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Doping and the Sports Physician’s Role – The Swiss Experience

Sports physicians who take care of both leisure and elite athletes tend to be confronted with doping practices in various facets. The authors of this article aimed to examine attitudes, knowledge and experiences regarding doping practices and anti-doping resources in a specially trained population of board-certified Swiss sport and exercise physicians using a questionnaire.
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coaching exercise is medicine PA promotion Mental health sports and society education physical education

Developmental relations between motivation types and physical activity in elementary school children (1)

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to observe the developmental trajectories of motivation types among young children from 8 to 12 years using a more comprehensive scale of physical education motivation. We also tested the relations between these trajectories and objective physical activity during this period.
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Fundamental motor skills in 4 to 6 year olds in Switzerland – a comparison between traditional and «physical activity» kindergarden

Until now, there have been no studies in Switzerland that investigate differences in the motor performance disposition of children in urban and rural as well as in traditional and physical education kindergartens. A newly developed test instrument (MOBAK-KG) was therefore used in a supra-­cantonal research project in school year 2017/18 to test the motor skills of 4- to 6-year-old children (n = 403, Ø 5,7 years, SD = .56) in the areas of “self-movement” and «object-movement».
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Physical activity promotion in the health care setting in Switzerland

The role of regular physical activity for population health has been clearly documented. Improvements in population levels of physical activity require long-term implementation of a combination of measures, including the evidence based approaches described in the “seven best investments for physical activity” (www.globalpa.org.uk): whole-of-school programmes, transport, urban planning, integration of physical activity promotion into primary health care systems, public education, community-wide programmes, sport for all. The health care setting has a particular role in this context, particularly in its access to physically inactive individuals.
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