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

 

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Project overview


The CompHP Project aims to develop competency-based standards and an accreditation system for health promotion practice, education and training that will positively impact on workforce capacity to deliver public health improvement in Europe.

 

The project aims to use a consensus-building approach to establish means and methods by which quality governance standards in Health Promotion can be implemented across Europe to stimulate innovation and best practice. The general objectives of the project are:

 

 

This project (# 20081209) is funded by the European Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) and runs from 2009 through 2012.

 


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Background, Context & Ethos

 

The development of a Europe-wide system of competency-based standards in health promotion will provide a basis for building a competent and effective health promotion workforce capable of translating into action the key priorities identified in recent European health strategies. These include addressing health inequities and promoting healthy ageing, healthy weight and positive mental health and well-being.

 

The project takes a consensus building approach and aims to work in collaboration with practitioners, policymakers and education providers across Europe. The project partners are sensitive to the fact that health promotion is at different stages of development across Europe. While there is a commitment to delivering the agreed outcomes it is recognised that these are not likely to be adopted at the same speed or in the same way across Europe. It is envisioned that the implementation of the tools and systems developed by the project will be decided upon by health promotion professionals and national bodies in the context of their own resources, structures, opinions and culture.

 

The project will work through existing health promotion and related networks across Europe and link to associated international developments. It is envisaged that all member states will be engaged in the project through a comprehensive consultation process.

 

The project will develop and test the implementation of a sustainable competency-based system in countries with varying levels of infrastructure development (from developed to virtually non-existent). For the small number of countries that have, or are currently developing, similar frameworks the pan-European system will add validity and credibility to their endeavours while for those countries which have not yet developed such systems, this innovative project will allow for economies of scale by developing core competencies, professional standards and an accreditation framework that can be adapted within agreed parameters at national level.

 

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Project Rationale

 

For more information on the project rationale, detailed outline of history, other EU funded projects that fostered interest in  Health Promotion competencies and key documents that underpin the project rationale please click here.

 

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Specific Objectives

 

For more information on the project  specific objectives, please click here.

 

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Project structure

 

The project is structured into units of work or ‘workpackages' (WPs). Three core workpackages focus respectively on the coordination and management (WP1), dissemination (WP2) and evaluation (WP3) while the remaining workpackages  (WP4-8) focus on specific aspects of developing and testing the competencies, standards and accreditation.

 

 

 

 

 

Developing competencies - Workpackage 4

Developing consensus on core competencies for health promotion in Europe based on a comprehensive review of the international literature and a process of consensus building employing Delphi studies, focus group feedback and online consultation.

 

Developing standards - Workpackage 5

Developing and agreeing competency-based standards for professional practice through electronic surveys, focus group feedback and online consultation.

 

Developing an accreditation system - Workpackage 6

Developing a sustainable pan-European accreditation system, that could potentially be facilitated centrally by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education /European Region (IUHPE/EURO) and operated at national level through designated national agencies.

 

Mapping in academic settings - Workpackage 7

Relating competencies, standards and accreditation to education and training programmes across Europe, through mapping competencies against academic curricula and exploring accreditation of educational and training programmes.

 

Testing in practice settings - Workpackage 8

Testing the implementation of competencies, standards and accreditation framework in practice settings with a representative range of national agencies across Europe.

 

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Project partners

 

Eleven Project Partners:

 

Prof. Margaret Barry - Project Leader

    Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway

    http://www.nuigalway.ie/hprc/

 

Dr. Claire Blanchard

    International Union for Health Promotion and Education, France

    http://www.iuhpe.org/

 

Dr. Giancarlo Pocetta

    Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy

    http://www.unipg.it/


Prof. Richard Parish

    Royal Society for Public Health, UK

    http://www.rsph.org.uk/


Mr. Gerard van der Zanden

    Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, The

    Netherlands / The Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion

    http://www.nigz.nl/

 

Prof. Paolo Contu

    Università di Cagliari, Italy

    http://www.unica.it/


Prof. Carmen Gallardo

    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

    http://www.urjc.es/


Mr. Heikki Parviainen

    Finnish Centre for Health Promotion, Finland

    http://www.health.fi/

 

Dr. Anu Kasmel

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    http://www.ut.ee/


Dr. Hana Janatova

    National Institute of Public Health, The Czech Republic

    http://www.szu.cz/


Mr. Brian Neeson

    Health Service Executive, Ireland

    http://www.hse.ie/eng/

 


In addition, eleven other European organisations are actively contributing to the project as collaborating partners. The project therefore, has active representation from ten EU member states, two of the three candidate countries and a country member of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education/European Region (IUHPE/EURO), together with access to a wide range of stakeholders through the International Union for Health Promotion and Education/European Region (IUHPE/EURO) Network and other established networks. It will also benefit from the input of an advisory panel of international experts with experience in developing competency-based standards and accreditation systems for health promotion.

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Project Publications, Reports & Newsletters

 


Project Updates

 

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Meetings & Events

 


A Project Partners Meeting in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy - May 26th - 27th 2010


20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion - Health, Equity and Sustainable Development in Geneva, Switzerland - July 11th - 15th 2010 - http://www.iuhpeconference.net/


3rd European Public Health Conference (EUPHA) in Amsterdam, Netherlands - November 10th - 13th 2010 - http://www.eupha.org/site/upcoming_conference.php



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Links and Resources

 

 

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For further information, please contact Barbara Battel Kirk (CompHP Project Coordinator).

 

If you would like to know more about this three year project and/or contribute to some or all stages of the project consultation, please provide your information at - http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEplZUZ3MlB6YVVPdnFtRU5qN3dBM0E6MA.

If you know of someone who you think should be involved or contacted to be involved in the project, please either refer them to this website for providing information or send contact name and e-mail address to CompHP Workpackage 2 Researcher.