Autumn / Winter 2017
I write this editorial having just returned from a meeting at an economics think-tank. There, I was pleased to hear arguments for more investments in health promotion and disease prevention …
Continue reading “Making the shift to prevention and promotion”
Companies are increasingly using digital channels to market products to children. Why is digital marketing so effective? Should we be concerned about the potential effects on health? What is the …
Continue reading “Digital Marketing to Children: a New Public Health Challenge”
New nutrition and physical activity guides have just been published by the Flemish Institute for Healthy Living. Designed to make every citizen aware of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and …
The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) represents all local and regional authorities in Sweden. For the last six years it has been coordinating and supporting local authorities …
Continue reading “Can social investment help the public sector become outcomes focused?”
Interest in the topic of health diplomacy has been growing recently. This article describes how health diplomacy has developed, and considers how it links to the sustainable development goals. The …
Continue reading “Health Diplomacy – past, present and future”
Can lay people do public health research? And if so, what would be the challenges and benefits? These questions were at the heart of a project carried out in the …
Continue reading “Citizen Science in the Public Health field –win some, lose some”
A new research centre focusing on global health inequalities was launched at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) on 23 of October 2017. The objective of the Centre …
We are witnessing a general decline in the health of people in vulnerable and isolated situations. In this article, David Pattison looks at the common challenges experienced by these groups …
Continue reading “Improving the health of people in isolated and vulnerable situations.”
The Global Health Centre (GHC) facilitates the development of synergies among different groups of professionals working in the Tuscany Region in the fields of international health cooperation and migrants’ health. …
What kind of policies, practices or innovations are being applied across the EU that support people’s efforts to behave in ways that contribute to environmental sustainability, improve their health, and …
On the 1st and 2nd of February 2018, during the Health4LGBTI conference in Brussels, the European Commission will launch a new and innovative training course for Health Professionals on how …
Continue reading “Addressing Health Inequalities faced by LGBTI people”
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