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PROMOTING THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH—Reorienting health policies, linking health promotion and health care. Conclusions drawn from the 2005 EUPHA conference in Graz
Horst NoackEUPHA President 2005-2006
The 13th European Conference on Public Health held from 10 to 12 November 2005 in Graz attracted some 900 public health researchers, policy experts and practitioners from all continents. A conference book1 highlighting the outcomes of what turned out to be a highly stimulating scientific meeting is going to be published by mid-November 2006.
The annual EUPHA conferences seem to have a great potential to promote the professional discourse of the international public health community, though their contribution to the development of the field has never been assessed. This book is intended as a contribution to this discourse, as a part of the international public health process, and one that the readers will hopefully also find interesting and informative from the scientific point of view.
Conference books are inherently a difficult genre. The editors of the Graz conference book have attempted to avoid publishing a conference report of merely a series of plenary speeches and oral presentations. Their aim was to capture the general spirit of the conference, summarize the main scientific content and communicate innovative ideas and visions for the future.
The Graz conference addressed three broad questions:
- Are the determinants of population health a major issue of research, practice, and policies in European public health?
- What efforts have been taken to build adequate structural and strategic capacities for public health?
- Is the improvement of population health a meaningful and realistic goal of 21st century public health policy?
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1 Noack H, Kahr-Gottlieb D, editors. Promoting the public's health. Germany:Health Promotion Publications, Verlag für Gesundheitsförderung, G. Conrad, Werbach-Gamburg, 2006.
2 Ståhl T, Wismar M, Ollila E, Lahtinen E, Leppo K, editors, Health in all policies. Finland:Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2006.
EUPHA conference 2007: 1st Announcement
The 15th European Conference on Public Health will be organised in the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland from 11 to 13 October 2007. The main theme of the conference is |
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- Social and cultural determinants of health
- Public health policies in Europe
- Evaluation of health care reforms
- Priorities in health technology assessments
- Consumerism, medicalization, and health services
- Politics and policies in health promotion
- Alcohol in public health policy
- Promoting physical exercise
- Workplace health promotion
- Controlling epidemics of chronic diseases
- Genetics and public health
- Migration, health, and well-being
- Social welfare systems and public health
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Interested public health experts are invited to submit their abstracts for oral or poster presentation or workshops by 1 May 2007 directly via the EUPHA homepage: www.EUPHA.org. Abstracts are not limited to the main conference themes, other public health and health services topics are welcome. All submitted abstracts are evaluated by the International Scientific Committee.
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Albania
Albanian Epidemiological Association
Dr Enver Roshi, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Rruga Dibra 370, 3554, Tirana, email: e_roshi{at}yahoo.com
National Association of Hygienists
Dr Lumturi Spaho, National Association of Hygienists of Albania, Ruga Mine Peza, Pall 248, Ap. 9, Tirana, email: lumturispaho{at}albmail.com
Armenia
Armenian Public Health Association
Prof. Vladimir Davidyants, Armenian Public Health Association, A9/4 Komitas ave, 376051, Yerevan, email: cdc@arminco.com, website: www.armpha.am
Austria
Austrian Public Health Association
Mrs Andrea Rosenkranz, Austrian Public Health Association, OO Gebietskrankenkasse, Gruberstrasse 77, 4021, Linz, email: andrea.rosenkranz{at}ooegkk.at
Belgium
Belgian Association of Public Health
Dr Nathalie Bossuyt, WIV/ISP, Epidemiologie, J. Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050, Brussels, email: nathalie.bossuyt{at}iph.fgov.be
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Society of Social Medicine—Public Health of Bosnia and Herzegovia
Prof. Izet Masic, Society of Social Medicine—Public Health of Bosnia and Herzegovia, Cekalusa 90/4, 71000, Sarajevo, email: imasic{at}utic.net.ba, website: zlatanmasic.com/bhsmi/
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Public Health Association
Prof. Lyobumir Atanasov Ivanov, Ministry of Health, National Center of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Iv. Geshov blvd, 1431, Sofia, email: livanov{at}nchi.government.bg
Croatia
Croatian Public Health Association
Prof. Zvonko Sosic, Croatian Public Health Association, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School—University of Zagreb, Rockefellera strasse 4, 10000, Zagreb, email: zsosic{at}snz.hr
Czech Republic
Czech Society of Public Health and Management of Health Services
Mrs Vlasta Mazankova, Czech Society of Public Health and Management of Health Services, Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Palackeho Nam 4, PO Box 60, Prague 2, email: mazankova{at}uzis.cz
Denmark
Danish Society of Public Health
Dr Claus Vinther Nielsen, Socialmedicinsk Enhed, Afdelingen for Folkesundhed, Arhus Amt, Olof Palmes All 17, 1, Aarhus, email: cvn{at}ag.aaa.dk, website: www.dssam-nys.dk
Estonia
Estonian Union for Health Promotion
Dr Anu Kasmel, Estonian Union for Health Promotion, University of Southern Denmark, Lumiku 5, Niels Bohrs vej 9/10, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark, 11913, email: anu{at}tervis.ee, website: www.tervis.ee
Finland
Society for Social Medicine—Finland
Dr Mika Gissler, STAKES, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, PO Box 220, 531, Helsinki, email: mika.gissler{at}stakes.fi
France
French Society of Public Health
Mrs Fabienne Digny-Schwaller, French Society of Public Health, 2, rue Doyen Jacques-Parisot, BP 7, 54501, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, email: fs{at}sfsp.info, website: www.sfsp.info
Germany
German Society of Medical Sociology
Prof. Olaf von dem Knesebeck, German Society of Medical Sociology, Department of Medical Sociology, University of Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, email: o.knesebeck{at}uke.uni-hamburg.de, website: www.uni-freiburg.de/medsoz/dgms
German Association for Public Health
Prof. Wilhelm Kirch, German Association for Public Health, Foschungsverbund Public Health Sachsen, Fiedlerstrasse 33, 01307 Dresden, email: public.health{at}mailbox.tu-dresden.de
German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention
Prof. Bernt-Peter Robra, German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention, Uni-Klinikum Sozialmedizin, Sternstrasse 19, Magdeburg, email: bernt-peter.robra{at}medizin.uni-magdeburg.de, website: www.med.uni-magdeburg.de/fme/institute/ism/index2.htm
Hungary
Hungarian Public Health Association
Prof. Péter Józan, Hungarian Public Health Association, Central Statistical Office, PO Box 51, Budapest, email: peter.jozan{at}ksh.gov.hu
Iceland
Icelandic Public Health Association
Dr Geir Gunnlaugsson, Icelandic Public Health Association, c/o Centre for Child Health Services, Barónsstíg 47, Reykjavík, email: geir.gunnlaugsson{at}hr.is
Italy
Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Prof. Walter Ricciardi, Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, S.I.T.I., Viale Citta d'Europa 74, 144, Roma, email: wricciardi{at}rm.unicatt.it, website: www.sitinazionale.it
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Association of Public Health Specialists
Dr Gainel Ussatayeva, KASPH, KSPH, 19 a Utepov street, 19 a Utepov street, 50060, Almaty, email: ugainel{at}hotmail.com, website: www.ksph.kz
Latvia
Public Health Association of Latvia
Dr Iveta Pudule, Public Health Association of Latvia, Health Promotion State Agency, Skolas 3, Riga, email: iveta.pudule{at}vvva.gov.lv, website: www.sva.lv
Lithuania
Lithuanian Public Health Association
Dr Audrius Sceponavicius, Public Health Division, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilniaus 33, Vilnius, email: audrius.sceponavicius{at}sam.lt, website: www.kvsc.lt
Macedonia
Macedonian Medical Association—Society for Social Medicine
Dr Marika Karanfilova, Macedonian Medical Association—Society for Social Medicine, President, 3rd Makedonska Brigada 18, 1000, Skopje, email: mkaranfilova{at}sonet.com.mk
Malta
Malta Association of Public Health Medicine
Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Ministry of Health, Palazzo Castellania, 15 Merchants Street, Valletta, email: natasha.muscat{at}gov.mt
Netherlands
Netherlands Public Health Federation
Dr Marieke van der Waal, Netherlands Public Health Federation, c/o NIVEL, PO Box 1568, Utrecht, email: nphf{at}nphf.nl, website: www.nphf.nl
Norway
Norwegian Public Health Association
Prof. Gunnar Tellnes, Norwegian Society of Public Health, Institutt for allmenn og samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo, Frederik Holst Hus–Ulleval Sykehus, PO Box 1130 Blindern, Kirkeveien 166, Oslo, email: gunnar.tellnes{at}medisin.uio.no
Poland
Polish Association of Public Health
Prof. Stanislaw Tarkowski, School of Public Health, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, 8 St Teresy street, PO Box 199, Lodz, email: tarko{at}imp.lodz.pl
Portugal
Portuguese Association for Public Health Promotion
Dr Carlos Matias Dias, Portuguese Association for Public Health Promotion, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Av. Padre Cruz, Lisboa, email: carlos.dias{at}insa.min-saude.pt
Romania
Romanian Public Health and Health Management Association
Dr Irina Eclemea, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Management Department, 1-3 Dr Leonte Street, sector 5, 7 Trestiana Street Bl. 10 et. 8, ap.73, 40373, Bucharest, email: ieclemea{at}univermed-cdgm.ro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbian Association of Public Health
Prof. Ljiljana Denic, Serbian Association of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health in Serbia, Visegradska 26, Belgrade, email: denic{at}eunet.yu
Slovakia
Slovak Public Health Association
Dr Zuzana Katreniakova, Department of Social Medicine, Medical Faculty, PJ Safarik University, Trieda SNP 1, Kosice, email: zkatren{at}central.medic.upjs.sk, website: www.vadium.sk
Slovenia
Slovenian Preventive Medicine Society
Dr Alenka Kraigher, Communicable Diseases Center, Institute of PUblic Health Slovenia, Trubarjeva 2, 1000, Ljubljana, email: alenka.kraigher{at}ivz-rs.si
Spain
Spanish Society of Public Health–SESPAS
Mrs Rosa Roda, Spanish Society of Public Health–SESPAS, Calvet 30, 8021, Barcelona, email: suport{at}suportserveis.com, website: www.sespas.es
Sweden
Swedish Association of Social Medicine
Dr Gunnel Hensing, Department of Social Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, PO Box 453, Göteborg, email: gunnel.hensing{at}socmed.gu.se, website: www.gu.se
Switzerland
Swiss Society for Public Health
Mr Markus Kaufmann, Swiss Society for Public Health, Effingerstrasse 54, PO Box 8172, 3001, Bern, email: kaufmann{at}public-health.ch, website: www.public-health.ch
Turkey
Turkish Public Health Association
Mr Bekir Metin, Turkish Public Health Association, Mustafa Kemal Mah. 41. Sok. No. 42, Eskicehir Yolu 7. Km, 6520, Ankara, email: bekirmetin{at}zedturizm.com.tr, website: www.t.hasak.org
Public Health Association—Turkey
Prof. Hikmet Pekcan, Public Health Association—Turkey, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Harbiye Mahallesi Veznedar Sokak No. 3/D dikmen, 6450, Ankara, email: hikmetp{at}hacettepe.edu.tr, website: www.t.hasak.org
United Kingdom
UK Society of Social Medicine
Dr Alastair Leyland, University of Glasgow, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, email: a.leyland{at}msoc.mrc.gla.ac.uk
UK Faculty of Public Health
Ms Caroline Wren, UK Faculty of Public Health, 4 St Andrews Place, London, email: carolinewren{at}fph.org.uk
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Cyprus
Dr Olga Poyiadji-Kalakouta, Medical and Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Nicosia, tel. +357 2 305870, fax +357 2 43 4451, email: ykalak{at}spidernet.com.cy
Greece
Prof. Jeffrey Levett, National Athens School of Public Health, 196, Alexandras Avenue, GR-11521 Athens, tel. 30 1 643 3980, fax + 30 1 646 0658, email: jlevett{at}compulink.gr
Greece
Prof. John Kyriopoulos, Department of Health Economics, National School of Public Health, 196, Alexandras Avenue, 115 21 Athens, tel. +301 64 35 328, fax +301 64 49 571, email: nsph-kyr{at}ath.forthnet.gr
Israel
Assistant Prof. Ted Tulchinsky, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Ein Karem, PO Box 122272, 91120 Jerusalem, tel. +972 2 561 7455, fax +972 2 679 5816, email: tedt{at}hadassah.org.il
Moldova
Dr Ruslan David, NCMI "Mednet", Testemitanu 27, 2025 Chisinau, email: rdavid{at}mednet.md
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Scientific Institute of Public Health
14, J. Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
STAKES—National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
PO Box 220, 00531 Helsinki, Finland
Ecole Nationale de la Santé Publique
Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, CS 74312, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Technische Universität Dresden, Medizinische Fakultät
Fiedlerstrasse 27, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
Institute of Public Health NRW (LOEGD) Westerfeldstrasse 35-37, D-33611 Bielefeld, Germany
Università Catolica del Sacro Cuore, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia "Agostino Gemelli", Istituto di Igiene, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168 Rome, Italy
University of Siena, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia, Medicina Sperimentale e Senita Pubblica
via A. Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy
Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)
Center for Studies, via della Sierra Nevada, 60, I-00144 Roma, Italy
NIVEL—Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
Otterstraat 118-124, PO Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment—RIVM
RIVM, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Health Statistics
PO Box 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine—LSHTM
Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
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International Union for Health Promotion and Education
Miss Catherine Jones, IUHPE, International Projects Manager, 42 Boulevard de la Libération, 93203, Saint-Denis Cedex, France, email: cjones{at}iuhpe.org, website: www.iuhpe.org
Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region
Mr Thierry Louvet, ASPHER, Executive director, 14, rue du Val d'Osne, 94229, Saint-Maurice cedex, France, email: thierry.louvet{at}aspher.ensp.fr, website: www.aspher.org
European Healthcare Management Association
Mr Philip Berman, European Healthcare Manegement Association, c/o IPA, Vergemount Hall, Clonskeagh, Dublin 6, Ireland, email: pcberman{at}ehma.iol.ie, website: www.ehma.org
European Association for Communication in Healthcare
Dr Sandra van Dulmen, NIVEL, Postbus 1568, Utrecht, The Netherlands, email: s.vandulmen{at}nivel.nl, website: www.each.nl
TACKLING THE CHALLENGE OF OBESITY IN EUROPE
Obesity presents Europe with an unprecedented public health challenge that has been underestimated and poorly assessed; governments do not fully accept it as a strategic problem with substantial economic implications. Overweight affects between 30 and 80% of adults in the various countries of the WHO European Region and up to one-third of children. The costs to the health services of treating the resulting ill health—such as type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer, and cardiovascular disease—are estimated to be up to 6% of total health care expenditure; indirect costs in lost productivity may be as much again.Preventing obesity is thus an urgent public health goal that should be dealt with through innovative environmental approaches, part of a coherent, progressive, cross-governmental and international strategy, based on short-, medium- and long-term societal changes. Most countries in the WHO European Region have developed nutrition action plans or public health strategies to deal with obesity risk factors, although only a few deal with physical activity. No country has been able to curb the epidemic, yet the obesity epidemic is reversible.
To address the growing challenge posed by the epidemic of obesity to health, economies, and development, WHO is organizing the WHO European Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity (Istanbul, Turkey, 15–17 November 2006). The Conference will be attended by high-level delegations from the health and other relevant sectors in the Member States of the WHO European Region, the European Commission, international organizations, nongovernmental and professional organizations, experts, and the media.
Preparation for the Ministerial Conference has involved government sectors, civil society, experts, and private–public partnerships across the Region in dialogue and consultations, and taken into account a broad range of views, experiences, and suggestions. As a result, several papers have been developed to describe the public health challenge and highlight the areas for action, based on evidence of effectiveness. New tools to support this action have also been developed, such as an outline for a second European action plan on food and nutrition, a framework for promoting physical activity for health, guidelines for action in the school setting and several monitoring tools.
The Conference is expected to adopt a European charter on counteracting obesity, a document containing commitments and precise areas for action that will guide strategies and international cooperation.
Haik Nikogosian, Deputy Director, Division of Health Programmes, and Francesco Branca, Regional Adviser, Nutrition and Food Security, WHO Regional Office for Europe
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