As we all spend more time at home, the links between our homes and health have never been clearer. How can we build on those links to improve health outcomes? …
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Hosting migrants in a crisis: access to COVID-19 health care services for migrants and refugees in Greece
Greece is hosting many of the third country migrants in Europe. At the same time it deals with a second wave of COVID 19 and the impacts of years of …
Preventing and counteracting interpersonal violence
Interpersonal violence is a problem everywhere in Europe. For many, lockdowns have made their situations worse. In Tuscany, Italy, many different services are coming together to prevent and treat interpersonal …
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Aligning Health Promoting Communities and the Sustainable Development Goals: the Icelandic experience
Many of the factors that affect our health lie beyond the scope of the health sector. Therefore health systems have an important role in influencing other sectors to protect and …
Health promoting hospitals and health services – even more important during the pandemic
For 30 years, health promoting hospitals have been helping to re-orient health services towards health promotion and prevention. Their vision is of comprehensive and ambitious organisation-wide reforms. Guidance has been …
Learning the lessons of the past to restore the nation’s health and prevent widening health inequalities post-COVID-19
A healthy population is one of any nation’s most important assets. We have known for a long time that not everyone has the same opportunity to access the things they …
Supporting older people in remote areas in a post COVID-19 time
During the pandemic, access to healthcare has been limited and we have been forced to become more isolated. Under these conditions, how can we help older people to live independent …
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Local mental health support in Slovenia during COVID-19: setting up primary health care helplines
In Slovenia, health promotion centers – embedded within all primary care centers – are the main providers of preventive and health-promotion services, including mental health services. Soon after the pandemic …
Mental health of the French population during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of the CoviPrev survey
How have lockdowns affected mental health? The French public health agency shares the results of their study, what lessons can be learnt, and the links to social and economic protection …
La santé mentale des Français pendant l’épidémie du COVID-19 : résultats de l’enquête CoviPrev
Quel a été l’impact du confinement sur la santé mentale ? L’agence nationale de santé publique française partage les résultats et conclusions de leur enquête, et réfléchit sur le rôle …
The story from Italy: COVID-19 and inequity
Italy was the first European country to be hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the rest of the world watched, staff at the Italian National Institute of Health were under …
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Applying behavioural science in the battle against the coronavirus
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) set up a specific corona behavioural unit to provide coordinated scientific behavioural support to policymakers and government during the …
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Gender-sensitive workplace health promotion: why it is important and how it can be implemented in practice
Sex and gender are important determinants of health, but we often lack criteria for effective gender-sensitive work place health promotion. A team at the Austrian Health Promotion Fund are working …
Talking “place” – a public health conversation for everyone?
The Place Standard is a tool to facilitate effective conversation between organisations, businesses and communities to identify both the assets of a place, and areas deemed priority for improvement. It …
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