health education, health indicators, knowledge of health

A new trend in education at primary schools in The Czech Republic requires cohesion between a subject and its practical applicability. One of new educational areas is a piece of knowledge called ?A Man and Health?. At the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Ostrava we have been preparing students in the programme of Health Education in Bachelor´s and Master´s degrees since 2007. Our study deals with the investigation and comparison of the Pedagocical faculty students and wider population of university students as regards the knowledge about health. The results of our investigation provide documentary evidence of the need of information dissemination especially within the population of prospective teachers.