In Focus

Follow the 20th
IUHPE World Conference
on Health Promotion live

The IUHPE World Conference held in Geneva from the 11th to the 16th of July 2010 is now approaching very quickly.

We invite you to follow up all the news and highlights on the Conference website which will be transformed into a Conference journal as of Saturday 10th of July.

The Conference journal will be refreshed on a daily basis and will include among others:

• Highlights from the different plenary sessions and other key sessions
• Blog interviews with key note speakers and participants at the conference
• Conference pictures and hot topics of the day

Highlights

The European Consortium for Action on the Socio-Economic Determinants of Health (DETERMINE) launches its final publication

The DETERMINE Consortium, of which the IUHPE is an active member, has recently launched its final publication. The publication incorporates DETERMINE outcomes and positions them as an EU added value contribution to global effort and momentum for action. Both French and Spanish versions of the final publication will soon be available. The DETERMINE Consortium has spent the past three years working to address and stimulate action on the social and economic determinants of health inequities in European Union member states and at the EU level. The Consortium brought together over 50 health bodies, public health and health promotion institutes, governments, and various other non-governmental professional and academic organisations from 26 European countries to collaborate in a constructive way, building on existing global evidence of the problems, and focusing on identifying solutions by drawing on existing examples of policy and practice in European countries. For further information and access to the Consortium’s publications and outcomes, visit the DETERMINE portal

Promoting Health in Schools: IUHPE publications & contributions to global efforts

The release of Promoting Health in Schools: from Evidence to Action is part of a dynamic within a current momentum to promote health in schools and sustainable futures at the global level. In collaboration with various partners and actors, the IUHPE is dedicated to advocating for a holistic approach to: create a dialogue between various sectors that act within the school setting (environment, urban planning, education, health, nutrition, etc) and between various areas of research, practice and policy-making; strengthen and advocate for teacher education in health promotion; engage different sectors of government to share responsibility for promoting the health of the whole school community, to create supportive and sustainable infrastructures and to encourage action at the national, sub-national, regional and local levels; influence policies to be healthy public policies by showcasing good practice of culturally adapted, evidence-based, and highly participatory and empowering interventions; discuss key issues including monitoring and evaluation, and indicators with the aim of  adopting a sustainable whole school approach to promoting the physical, mental, social and environmental health of present and future generations.

Developing competencies and professional standards for health promotion capacity building in Europe (CompHP)

The IUHPE is pleased to announce the launch of its web pages on Developing competencies and professional standards for health promotion capacity building in Europe (CompHP). Under the leadership of Professor Margaret Barry (IUHPE Vice-President for Capacity Building Education & Training, the IUHPE and its partners have established a three year initiative, with funding from the European Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC), on Developing competencies and professional standards for health promotion capacity building in Europe (CompHP) that will impact on workforce capacity to deliver public health improvement in Europe. The project was launched on September 2009 and will run through 2012.

News

A new President of the IUHPE was elected for the period 2010-2013: Dr. Michael Sparks

May 8th 2010 - Launch of the Toronto Charter for Physical Activity : A Global Call for Action at the 3rd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health

Publication of a new IUHPE Research Report : Living conditions and determinants of social position amongst women of child-bearing age in very poor ruralities - qualitative exploratory studies in India, Ghana and Haiti

New Publication: Evidence of Health Effectiveness in Africa

Events

20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion July 11-15, 2010 - Geneva, Switzerland

For further information on upcoming events in the health promotion field click here