Spring / Summer 2022
Caroline Costongs, Director of EuroHealthNet, reviews the latest evidence on whether European countries are on track to reach goals on reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). While the EU …
Continue reading “Are we on track to meet SDG 3 to reduce NCDs in Europe?”
Improving population health and wellbeing is the fundamental goal of the Andalusian Comprehensive Strategy for Healthy Living. With the drafting process currently underway, the voices of citizens and professionals from …
Continue reading “The Andalusian Comprehensive Strategy for Healthy Living: a collaborative process”
Integrated and community-based health and social care services offer new and untapped opportunities to generate health and address the diversity and complexity of health and social issues faced by different …
Continue reading “Changing lives through social prescribing – a personal reflection”
Every fifth consultation in primary care is due to health-related, non-medical concerns. Social prescribing is a promising approach to systematically address these concerns. It “enables GPs, nurses and other primary …
Continue reading “Social prescribing in Austria: First steps towards implementation”
The places in which we live are integral not only to our health, but also to the climate crisis we all now face. With the European Union’s ambitious Green Deal …
The determinants of health, access to green and blue spaces, housing condition, and noise and air pollution, highlight the breadth of impact that spatial planning can have on people’s health …
EuroHealthNet recently joined the Advisory Board of the CultureForHealth project (2021 – 2023), which is an EU Preparatory Action – Bottom-Up Policy Development for Culture & Wellbeing in the EU, …
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)s are traumatic events in (early) childhood that significantly affect health and wellbeing, such as verbal, mental, sexual and physical abuse, or being raised in an environment …
Health is a basic, universal need, but health and social services are often difficult to access by foreign communities. In Southern Italy, the FARI project is providing information and helping …
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In Europe, people with various migration backgrounds do not always receive the care they need. This is caused by, amongst others, discrimination, misunderstanding or a lack of interest by health …
Continue reading “Improving healthcare for people with migration backgrounds”
Our societies have reached their tipping point. Demographic change, growing inequalities, the climate crisis, COVID-19, and the impacts of the war in Ukraine are all having a negative impact on …