Editorial By Caroline Costongs For those of us working on health promotion and health inequalities, these are important times. On the one hand we are seeing increasing interest in our …
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Monitoring the Dutch National Prevention Program
A grassroots-led ‘health movement’ is growing in the Netherlands, stimulated by a collaboration between governments, businesses, and civil society. This ‘National Prevention Program’ emphasises health promotion in healthcare, at home, …
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HiNEWS project: Health Inequalities in European Welfare States.
How newly available data is shedding light on health inequalities in Europe. How and why do social inequalities in health and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) vary across European welfare states? This …
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Smoke-Free Sports Stadia: A case study in implementing protective measures in the absence of legislation.
Over 20 million people attend professional football matches across Europe each week, which usually take place in semi- enclosed venues which are not always covered by smoke-free legislation. Healthy Stadia …
The Swedish Experience of developing and Implementing a national mental health strategy, and efforts to prevent suicide.
The Swedish government has introduced a new national mental health strategy for 2016-2020. Here, the Public Health Agency of Sweden discusses the importance of analysing and disseminating data for promotion …
Spanish strategy on health promotion and prevention and its local implementation.
Life expectancy in Spain is one of the highest in the world (86.2 years for women and 80.4 for men [i]), however, healthy life expectancy is lower than in other …
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Combating food insecurity & Promoting Healthy Nutrition in schools in disadvantaged areas across Greece: The DIATROFI Program
Faced with high numbers of children at risk of poverty and a growing childhood obesity epidemic, Prolepsis in Greece developed a comprehensive food aid and healthy nutrition programme. Based on …
Senior volunteering – Social inclusion of older people through volunteering
Older people have the knowledge, skills, and experience to make a valuable contribution to the society. Three cities have been developing new ways to promote and develop volunteering opportunities for …
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