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The European Journal of Public Health 2006 16(5):458-459; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckl118
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Viewpoints

Ten statements on the future of public health in Europe

Walter Ricciardi

Professor and Chair of Hygiene and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, tel: 0039 06 35019534, fax: 0039 06 35019535, e-mail: wricciardi@rm.unicatt.it

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The notion of public health started some 400 years ago with disease control to prevent the further spread of diseases. Since then, public health has evolved and these days includes health promotion as well as health protection.

Now, as we stand on the verge of the 21st century, public health professionals are aware of the imbalance between the global magnitude of factors that affect human health and the inadequate structures in place to address them. Global integration is moving at a rapid pace, fuelled by faster communication and greater movement of people and ideas, yet the world continues to use nineteenth century structures based on individual nation states. These changes require new solutions, with effective international . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   1 Future public health can only be achieved if the whole society invests in it: building partnerships is essential here
 

   2 The long-term benefits of public health should be taken seriously by policymakers
 

   3 Public health should form an integral part of the political agenda in all fields
 

   4 Public health policy should be based on assets rather than disease
 

   5 Research remains a solid basis for the development of public health practice and policy
 

   6 Research should focus on the needs of policy and practice
 

   7 Researchers should learn how to interact with politicians and practitioners
 

   8 Innovative ways to promote health should be encouraged
 

   9 The future public health practice: think globally, act locally
 

   10 EUPHA can do a lot
 

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