European Public Health Association EUPHA

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European Public Health Association EUPHA

• And the future of public health in Europe
• Marieke van der Waal
• Dineke Zeegers Paget

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Content

• EUPHA in general
• Our tools
• European Journal of Public Health
• EUPHA conferences
• EUPHA sections
• Statements and reports
• EUPHA and the future of public health in Europe

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1. EUPHA in general

• EUPHA in short
• Founded in 1992
• Umbrella organisation for public health
  associations in Europe
• 48 Member associations from 39 countries
• More than 10000 Public Health Experts
• Multidisciplinary approach to public health

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1. EUPHA in general objectives

• To promote and strengthen public health research
  and practice in Europe
• To improve communication between policymakers,
  researchers and practitioners
• To provide a platform for the exchange of
  information, experience and research
• To encourage and promote effective European joint
  research and other activities in the field of
  public health research and health services
  research in Europe

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2. EUPHA tools

• European Journal of Public Health
• Annual scientific conference
• EUPHA sections
• Statements/projects

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2.1. European Journal of Public Health

• Highly appreciated forum for the exchange of
  research
• 2005 year of change
• Increase to 6 issues per year
• New design/lay-out
• More diversified content
• Electronic format for our members

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2.2. EUPHA conferences

• Oslo 2004
• 700 participants from 46 countries
• 27 workshops
• 25 parallel sessions
• 150 posters
• Some images from Oslo 2004
• Information on the 2005 EUPHA conference

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OSLO, NORWAY from 7 to 9 October 2004
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Oslo Town Hall Reception by the mayor
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Gunnar Tellnes EUPHA president
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Best abstract prize 2004
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Best poster 2004
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Best poster prize 2004
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A captive audience
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AIMS of the 2005 EUPHA conference in Graz

• To identify and analyse major public health
  challenges
• To examine the opportunities for healthy public
  policies,
• e.g. policies linking health promotion and health
  care
• To explore and discuss possible public health
  futures for Europe

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SPECIAL FEATURES of the 2005 EUPHA conference

• A conference co-organanised by three countries in
  a highly dynamic region
• In a region with different patterns of health and
  social problems
• A conference emphasising a wide perspective of
  public health
• A conference linked to an EU project exploring
  the knowledge base of public health

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Submission of abstracts

• Deadline for submission 1 May 2005
• All subjects
• Research or practice/policy
• Possibility of workshops
• Submission via WWW.EUPHA.ORG

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See you ALL in Graz !
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2.2. EUPHA conferences

• 2006 Montreux, Switzerland
• 16-18 November
• Politics, policies and/or the publics
  health
• 2007 Finland
• The future of public health in an Unified
  Europe

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2.3. EUPHA sections

• EUPHA encourages the creation of sections for
  specific public health themes, which are
  international and open to all regular EUPHA
  members.
• The goal is to bring together researchers and
  public health professionals working in the same
  field for the exchange of information and the
  setting up of joint policies, reports and
  research.

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2.3. 10 EUPHA sections

• Health promotion
• Food and nutrition
• Health services research
• Youth
• Migrant health
• Infectious diseases control

• Social security and health
• Public health practice and policy
• Utilisation of medicines
• Public health epidemiology

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2.3. Sections under negotiation

• Health economics
• Injury prevention
• Chronic diseases
• Public health genetics

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2.4. EUPHA statements

• The future of public health in Europe 10 years
  of EUPHA, 2002
• Ten statements on the future of public health in
  Europe, 2004
• Oslo conference proceedings book, 2005

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2.4. EUPHA projects

• OSI/EUPHA project to support public health
  associations in Eastern Europe
• SAVEZ a prime example
• Strengthening Public Health Research in Europe
  SPHERE
• ASPHER project on accreditation of public health
  training programmes

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10 STATEMENTS ON THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN
EUROPE

• EUPHA report 2004-1

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Methods

• Series of four workshops (2002-2003) with
  policymakers, practitioners and researchers
• Email exchange with our members

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Workshop 1 Dresden, November 2003

• Gunnar Tellnes, Norway
• The History of Public Health
• Ineke Thien, the Netherlands
• The Problems of Implementing Public Health
• Jan-Maarten Boot, the Netherlands
• Public Health in the Future

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Workshop 2 Utrecht, May 2003

• Kieran Walshe, United Kingdom
• Evidence-based management in health care what
  can public health learn from clinical practice?
• Loek Stokx, the Netherlands
• The research-policy interface implications for
  public health research

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Workshop 3 Bergen, June 2003

• Eric Ziglio, WHO Europe
• Investment for Health lessons, opportunities and
  challenges for public health
• Bjorn-Inge Larsen, Norway
• How do we turn policy into practical public
  health work?
• Geir Sverre Braut, Norway
• Should Public Health efforts be integrated in
  other sectors and political areas, or should it
  be a separate part of societys tasks and
  policies?

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Workshop 4 Rome, November 2003

• Dineke Zeegers Paget, EUPHA
• The first results of the project the future of
  public health in Europe
• Aginus Kalis, the Netherlands
• A critical review of the first results

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TEN STATEMENTS

• Future public health can only be achieved if the
  whole society invests in it building
  partnerships is essential here
• The long term benefits of public health should be
  taken seriously by policymakers

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TEN STATEMENTS

• Public health should form an integral part of the
  political agenda in all fields
• Public health policy should be based on assets
  rather than disease

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TEN STATEMENTS

• 5. Research remains a solid basis for the
  development of public health practice and policy
• Research should focus on the needs of policy and
  practice
• Researchers should learn how to interact with
  politicians and practitioners

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TEN STATEMENTS

• Innovative ways to promote health should be
  encouraged
• The future of public health practice think
  globally, act locally

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TEN STATEMENTS

• The role of EUPHA
• EUPHA conferences should develop the policy and
  practice side even further
• Pre conference training for researchers and
  policymakers/practitioners
• Publish reports on the state-of-the-art of public
  health issues in Europe
• Important partner of EU and WHO/EURO to set up
  the new public health policy

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THANK YOU