Welcome to PGA - the association!
The Objectives of PGA
- Support health as in one´s own responsibility
- Develop solutions for individual needs and risk groups
- Provide overall health promotion programs for health deficits
- Promote wellbeing and higher life quality
- Encourage positive changes of one´s personal life situation
Departments of PGA
- Counselling
- Trainings
- Therapy
- Dental Health Promotion
- CliniClowns
- Women's Health Centre
Trainings
The PGA-Academy offers seminars, workshops and further education activities in the field of health, nursing and social affairs.
Therapy
- Mobile Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Logopedics in Upper Austria
- Psychotherapy in Upper Austria
both free of charges for the client
- Center of Therapies in Perg
- Center of Therapies in Ried
Counselling
- Lovetour - Sex Education Project for youths
- „Healthy Community“
- Innovative projects
- Learning support and special tuition (holistic approach; for pupils who need more than private lessons)
Dental Health Promotion
Dental Health Promotion Program in Upper Austria, Vienna and Carinthia
Women´s Health Centre
- Founded in June 2005 in Wels
- Gender sensitive health promotion
- Specific counselling and psychotherapy targeted to women
- education, information and meeting point for women
Employees of PGA
- Approximately 200 staff members
- Highly qualified, motivated and socially competent experts
- Psychotherapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists
- Dentist and dental health promotion teachers
- Physicians, general educationists and educationists of economics, social workers, psychologists
- Office and management personell
Members of PGA
- GKK (public social insurance company)
- Provincial Government
- Ministry for Health and Women´s Affairs
- Chamber of Labour and Austrian Federation of Trade Unions
- Volkshilfe OÖ
- FAB (Association to promote Labour and Employment)
- AMD (occupational medicine service)
- AUVA (General Accident Insurance Company)
- City of Linz
Awards of PGA
- 2007: “Health Award for the “Zahngesundheitstheater at Vienna it's a special form of Dental Health Promotion Project in Vienna
- 2001: „Most Family Friendly Company in Upper Austria“
- 2001: „Award for the best Health Promotion Project in the World“
- 2000: Health Award of the City of Linz
- 1999: Health Award of the City of Vienna
- 1998 and 1999: awarded with the Austrian State Prize for Employment
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