Human Movement for Social Development

Human Movement for Social Development

The work committees of ILSI Mesoamerica are spaces in which academia, governments, and industry establish joint work opportunities and develop activities for the region.

ILSI Mesoamerica is the first affiliate in the world to develop a human movement committee whose purpose is to be a means to stimulate changes in the promotion of health and stimulate human movement habits (physical activity and exercise).

In addition, the committee will work on the application of healthy behavior protocols, also work to reduce labor and social risk through movement. All this through a multidisciplinary team of professionals (health promoters, psychologists, physical educators, nutritionists, among others.).

Work areas

Activities carried out in 2021: 

1- Conversation: Intervention in schoolchildren to promote physical activity in times of pandemic: Families on the Move and Active Mobile Schools, held in May in San José, Costa Rica, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Read more…

2- Conversation: Peace-promoting environments, through physical activity, in schoolchildren from Honduras (San Pedro Sula) and Nicaragua, held in June in San José, Costa Rica, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and León, Nicaragua. Read more…

Activities carried out in 2018:

1- Presentation of results and the second stage of the REDCIMOVI project, carried out in July in San José, Costa Rica. Read more…

2- II REDCIMOVI Meeting: Symposium of good research practices, carried out in the month of August in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Read more…

Activities carried out in 2017:

1- Official launch of the research project: Central American Research Network applied to children and adolescents in human movement and health, carried out in February at the National University of Costa Rica. Read more…

2- First Encounter of the Central American Network of Applied Research in childhood and adolescence in human movement, psychomotricity, and health, carried out in the month of July at the National University of Costa Rica. Read more…