This category includes articles about public health projects and interventions that aim to reduce health inequalities and the effect of socioeconomic position and social determinants on health status.
By Kristine Mozerte & Nikola Tilgale Since 2000, the Municipality of Riga has implemented intensive and extensive addiction prevention programs targeting different population groups and professionals (i.e.: social workers, police …
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Traditionally, society has turned to the health sector to deal with its concerns about health, health inequalities and disease. But a huge amount of research and data has long shown …
Welcome to the second edition of the EuroHealthNet online magazine, taking a look behind the headlines of health promotion and wellbeing in Europe, and thanks to all for your positive …
“Do something, do more, do better” seems to be the concluding recommendation in the recently launched WHO Review of the social determinants and the health divide (This message was picked …
NHS Heath Scotland is a Special Health Board in NHS Scotland. Its work focuses on: Linking together experts from across Scotland to tackle the biggest issues in achieving the right …
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The Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) promotes cooperation for public health between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland by strengthening public health intelligence; building public health capacity; …
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CBO is a not-for-profit research organisation and has expertise in health promotion and quality improvement in health care. CBO was founded in 1979 as Central Accompagnement Organization for peer review …
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A strategy for equity in health has been under development in Germany since 2001. This is co-ordinated by the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) acting as the central coordinating …
Continue reading “Municipal Partner Process: “Healthy Growing Up for All!””
On the 20th February 2013, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited Social Investment Package (SIP) for Growth and Cohesion. The SIP builds on the idea that welfare systems have contributed …
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The Equity Action final conference will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 23rd January 2014 at the European Commission. Experts on health inequalities, officials and policy makers from Member States and …
Protecting and promoting health in the workplace is of the utmost importance given the centrality of work to many Europeans. Work provides a source of income and social protection, helps …
Continue reading “Healthy Workforce: A key component of our lives”
Health Inequalities are a complex phenomenon, and entail lower life-spans and healthy-life years for millions of people in the EU. They undermine quality of life, well-being, the principle of solidarity, …
Continue reading “What is being done to tackle Health Inequalities in the EU?”
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