Online Magazine
2018
EuroHealthNet magazine features the most noteworthy projects and developments in the field of health equity, and health promotion in Europe today.
Modern and dynamic responses to public health challenges, explained by those working at the front line.
Edition 12 covers:
- Inequalities on the rise - an editorial by Caroline Costongs, EuroHealthNet Director
- Good health now, but problems in store for the future? How the accumulation of health and social issues will affect the future health of vulnerable groups - by Henk Hilderink and Mariek Verschuuren of RIVM, the Netherlands
- What is the European Semester and how can it help health bodies? - by Alexandra Latham, Communications Coordinator at EuroHealthNet
- SAFE (Sexual Awareness for Everyone) Project - By Mandy Wilmot of Volunteering Matters
- Identifying similar health-related behaviour and attitudes in school children; the Hungarian experience - By Péter Csizmadia of the Hungarian Public Health Center
- Exploring the links between employment and health promotion within the German Prevention Act - by Frank Lehman of the German Center for Health Promotion and Health Education (BZgA). (Also available in German)
- Using the European Structural and Investment Funds to improve health - by Andrew Barnfield, Coordinator of the Practice platform at EuroHealthNet
- Improving health, environmental sustainability and equity at the local level through a focus on food systems - by Ingrid Stegeman, Program Manager at EuroHealthNet, and Marjolijn Vos of the Flemish Institute of Healthy Living
- How to transfer good practices in integrated care internationally: From self-assessment to knowledge transfer and improvement in care - By Dr Francesca Avolio of AReSS Puglia, and Donna Henderson and Dr Andrea Pavlickova of the Scottisch government
- Tackling undernutrition with a new food and nutrition label for care- and nursing homes - By Marc Delwaide of the Wallonian Agency for a Life of Quality. (also available in French)
EuroHealthNet magazine features the most noteworthy projects and developments in the field of health equity, and health promotion in Europe today.
Modern and dynamic responses to public health challenges, explained by those working at the front line.
Edition 11 covers:
- The “lifestyle drift” of health promotion - Editorial by Caroline Costongs, EuroHealthNet Director
- ProMIS: driving health promotion in Italy - By Antonio Maritati of the Veneto Region
- Sexuality Education – An essential contribution to young people’s health and well-being - By Nathalie Bélorgey of the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA)
- The European Social Fund – an instrument to reduce health inequalities - By Nikola Tilgale – Platace of the Riga City Council
- The role of art and culture in health care and health promotion - By Päivi Nykyri of the Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health and Kirsi Lajunen of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland
- Investment for Health and Wellbeing: a New WHO Collaborating Centre in Wales - By Professor Mark A Bellis and Dr Mariana Dyakova of Public Health Wales
- 100 Years of public health activities in Poland
- A new initiative on mental well-being and drug prevention in Norway - By Hildegunn Brattvåg and Ellen Paulssen of the Norwegian Directorate of Health
- Reducing School Failures: a road to health and sustainable regional development - By Elisabeth Bengtsson of Region Västra Götaland Sweden
- Don’t DWELL on it…take action! An individual, holistic approach to supporting people with type 2 diabetes - By Alice Chapman-Hatchett of the Health and Europe Centre
2017
EuroHealthNet magazine features the most noteworthy projects and developments in the field of health equity, and health promotion in Europe today.
Modern and dynamic responses to public health challenges, explained by those working at the front line.
Making the shift to prevention and promotion
I write this editorial having just returned from a meeting at an economics think-tank. There, I was pleased to hear arguments [...]
Digital Marketing to Children: a New Public Health Challenge
Companies are increasingly using digital channels to market products to children. Why is digital marketing so effective? Should we be concerned about [...]
The new food and activity triangles
New nutrition and physical activity guides have just been published by the Flemish Institute for Healthy Living. Designed to make every citizen [...]
Can social investment help the public sector become outcomes focused?
The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) represents all local and regional authorities in Sweden. For the last six years [...]
Health Diplomacy – past, present and future
Interest in the topic of health diplomacy has been growing recently. This article describes how health diplomacy has developed , and considers [...]
Citizen Science in the Public Health field –win some, lose some
Can lay people do public health research? And if so, what would be the challenges and benefits? These questions were at the [...]
CHAIN – a new centre for the international study of socioeconomic inequalities in health
A new research centre focusing on global health inequalities was launched at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) on 23 [...]
Improving the health of people in isolated and vulnerable situations.
We are witnessing a general decline in the health of people in vulnerable and isolated situations. This article looks at the common challenges [...]
Linking International Health Cooperation and Migration: The Global Health Center of Tuscany Region
The Global Health Centre (GHC) facilitates the development of synergies among different groups of professionals working in the Tuscany Region in [...]
80 Ways to a more sustainable future
What kind of policies, practices or innovations are being applied across the EU that support people’s efforts to behave in ways that [...]
Addressing Health Inequalities faced by LGBTI people
On the 1st and 2nd of February 2018, during the Health4LGBTI conference in Brussels, the European Commission will launch a new and [...]
The EuroHealthNet magazine, published twice per year, highlights the most interesting projects and developments in the field of health promotion in Europe.
This edition covers:
- Social inclusion of older people through volunteering
- Smoke-Free Sports Stadia: A case study in implementing protective measures in the absence of legislation.
- Monitoring the Dutch National Prevention Program
- HiNEWS project: Health Inequalities in European Welfare States.
- The Swedish Experience of developing and Implementing a national mental health strategy, and efforts to prevent suicide.
- Combating food insecurity & Promoting Healthy Nutrition in schools in disadvantaged areas across Greece
- Spanish strategy on health promotion and prevention and its local implementation.
2016
The EuroHealthNet magazine highlights the most interesting projects and developments in the field of health promotion in Europe.
In this Issue:
- Health Promotion and prevention as part of primary care services in Hungary
- How the Netherlands and PHAROS are reducing health inequalities and improving health literacy
- The alcohol harm paradox – Or why alcohol related harm affects poor people more, although they drink less
- The Riga Initiative: Cross-border collaboration for healthier lifestyles and healthy tourism
- A multi-disciplinary and knowledge exchange approach to health promotion at the DoRS Centre, Italy
- TEAviisari, a tool for benchmarking health promotion capacity building in Finland
- 30 Years after the Ottawa Charter: Is it Still Relevant in the Face of Future Challenges for Health Promotion?
The EuroHealthNet magazine highlights the most interesting projects and developments in the field of health promotion in Europe
2015
The sixth edition of EuroHealthNet online magazine focuses on its members and partners activities. Focusing on the ways to move towards sustainable societies, this edition also shows what is done at national, regional and local levels to tackle health inequalities.
EuroHealthNet is very pleased to publish the fifth edition of its online magazine.This fifth edition reflects a wide variety of health promoting approaches, policies, events, research and developments by EuroHealthNet and its members. It is encouraging to see that in many places across Europe, there are committed professionals working and thinking innovatively about how to improve the health of people in their countries.
2014
This fourth edition of the EuroHealthNet online magazine reflects a wide variety of health promoting approaches, policies, events, research and developments by EuroHealthNet and its members and partners. It is encouraging to see that in many places across Europe, there are committed professionals working and thinking innovatively about how to improve the health of people in their countries.
Through the publication of its magazine, EuroHealthNet aims to explain its projects, its objectives and its ways of working. We hope you will enjoy reading our news and articles of our members will contribute to EuroHealthNet’s activities through your comments.
2013
Through the publication of its magazine, EuroHealthNet aims to explain its projects, its objectives and its ways of working. We hope you will enjoy reading our news and articles of our members will contribute to EuroHealthNet’s activities through your comments.
Through the publication of its magazine, EuroHealthNet aims to explain its projects, its objectives and its ways of working. We hope you will enjoy reading our news and articles of our members will contribute to EuroHealthNet’s activities through your comments.