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

 

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The CompHP Project ended in October 2012 but this site will remain accessible and all information, reports and Handbooks will continue to be available here. The CompHP Project Partners would like to thank all who contributed to the success of the Project.

Work on implementing the CompHP Pan European Accreditation Framework has now begun and a website will be available later in 2013. For information on the Accreditation Framework please contact the Coordinator Marie Grimm.

 

Publication of the CompHP Project Handbooks in one volume

 

Publication of the press release "Final Conference of the European Project CompHP"

 

CompHP Statement of Intent

 

Newsletter n.4

 

 

Project overview

The CompHP Project aimed 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 used consensus-building approaches 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 were:

 

• To identify, agree and publish core competencies for health promotion practice, education and training in Europe.

• To develop and publish competency-based professional standards for health promotion practice.

• To promote quality assurance through the development of a Europe-wide accreditation system.

• To map competencies and standards in academic courses across Europe and link to accreditation for academic settings.

• To pilot competencies, standards and accreditation with practitioners in a range of settings across Europe.

• To engage in consultation with key stakeholders and disseminate information on the project outcomes throughout the 27 member states and all candidate countries.

 

This project (# 20081209) was funded by the European Commission and run from 2009 through 2012.

 

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Background, Context, Ethos and Rationale

 

The development of a Europe-wide system of competency-based standards in health promotion aimed to 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 took a consensus building approach and aimed to work in collaboration with practitioners, policymakers and education providers across Europe. The project partners have been 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 worked through existing health promotion and related networks across Europe and linked to associated international developments. All member States have been engaged in the project through a comprehensive consultation process.

 

The project developed and tested 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, the Project added 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.

 

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 was structured into units of work or ‘workpackages' (WPs). Three core workpackages focused respectively on the coordination and management (WP1), dissemination (WP2) and evaluation (WP3) while the remaining workpackages  (WP4-8) focused 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 will 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:

 

Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway

    http://www.nuigalway.ie/hprc/

    Prof. Margaret Barry - Project Leader

 

International Union for Health Promotion and Education, France

    http://www.iuhpe.org/

    Dr. Claire Blanchard

 

Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy

    http://www.unipg.it/

    Dr. Giancarlo Pocetta

 

Royal Society for Public Health, UK

    http://www.rsph.org.uk/

    Prof. Richard Parish

 

The Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion

    http://www.nigz.nl/

    Mr. Gerard van der Zanden

 

Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy

    http://www.unica.it/

    Prof. Paolo Contu

 

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

    http://www.urjc.es/

    Prof. Carmen Gallardo

 

SOSTE Finnish Society for Social and Health, Finland

    http://www.soste.fi/

    Ms. Pirjo Koskinen-Ollonqvist

 

University of Tartu, Estonia

    http://www.ut.ee/

    Dr. Anu Kasmel

 

National Institute of Public Health, The Czech Republic

    http://www.szu.cz/

    Dr. Hana Janatova

 

Health Service Executive, Ireland

    http://www.hse.ie/eng/

    Mr. Brian Neeson

 

In addition, thirteen other European organisations have been actively contributing to the project as collaborating partners. The project therefore, had active representation from eleven EU member states and two of the three candidate countries, as well as from Israel, which is a country member of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education/European Region (IUHPE/EURO). This wide partnership ensured access to an extensive range of stakeholders, through IUHPE/EURO and other established networks. The project also benefited from the input of an International Experts Advisory Group with experience in developing competency-based standards and accreditation systems for health promotion.

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Project Publications, Reports & Newsletters

Press Releases

• European accord on core competencies, standards and quality assurance in health promotion (13 June 2012)
• Final Conference of the European Project CompHP (27 September 2012)
  

 

Handbooks

 

• The CompHP Project Handbooks in one volume

• The CompHP Core Competencies Framework for Health Promotion Handbook
• The CompHP Core Competencies Framework for Health Promotion Handbook (French translation)
  

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  • Short ENGLISH version 

  • Short FRENCH version

  • Short SPANISH version

These documents are meant to be printed in A4 or Booklet formats

 

• The CompHP Professional Standards for Health Promotion Handbook
  

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  • Short ENGLISH version

  • Short FRENCH version

  • Short SPANISH version

These documents are meant to be printed in A4 or Booklet formats

 

• The CompHP Pan European Accreditation Framework for Health Promotion Handbook

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  • Short ENGLISH version

  • Short FRENCH version

  • Short Spanish Version

• These documents are meant to be printed in A4 or Booklet formats

   

Reports

• Literature Review - Developing Competencies for Health Promotion & appendices

• Developing a European Consensus on Core Competencies for Health Promotion Final Report

• Mapping the CompHP Core Competencies against academic curricula and exploring accreditation of educational and training programmes

• Developing a European Consensus on Professional Standards for Health Promotion  

• Testing the implementation of the CompHP Pan European Accreditation Framework in Practice Settings

• Developing Consensus on a Pan European Accreditation Framework for Health Promotion
• CompHP Conference Report

• Draft Templates for the CompHP pan-European Accreditation Framework

Newsletters

• June 2010

• April 2011

• February 2012

• October 2012

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Meetings & Events

2012

 

CompHP Workpackage Leaders meeting in Madrid, Spain - 1^st - 2^nd February 2012

5^th IUHPE Latin-American and 4^th Inter-American Health Promotion and Health Education Conference in Mexico City, Mexico - 11^th - 13^th April 2012 - http://conferenciapesmexico2012.com/

16^th Health Promotion Conference 2012 - Embracing New Agendas for Health Promotion Action: Developing workforce competencies for effective practice in Galway, Ireland - 21^st June, 2012 - http://www.hprcconference.ie/index.html

 

9th IUHPE European Health Promotion Conference: Health and Quality of Life - Health and solidarity. Partnership in the current economic situation in Tallinn, Estonia - 27^th - 29^th September 2012 - http://www.conferences.ee/iuheli2012/

 

15^th European Health Forum Gastein in Gastein, Austria - 3^rd - 6^th October 2012 - http://www.ehfg.org/congress.html

5^th Annual European Public Health Conference 2012 - All Inclusive Public Health in Portomaso, St. Julian's, Malta (EUPHA/ASPHER)- 8^th - 10^th November 2012 - http://www.eupha.org/site/upcoming_conference.php

 

10^th Brazilian Congress of Public Health / 10° Congresso Brasileiro de Saúde Coletiva organised by the Brazilian Association of Public health (http://www.abrasco.org.br/) in Porto Alegre, Brazil - 14^th - 18^th November 2012 - http://www.saudecoletiva2012.com.br

 

 

2011

 

Symposium: Twenty Years of Capacity Building in Health Promotion - European Training Consortium in Public Health and Health Promotion (ETC-PHHP) Experiences and Future Strategies in Zagreb, Croatia - July 25^th - 27^th, 2011 - http://www.etc-summerschool.eu

20^th European Training Consortium in Public Health and Health Promotion (ETC-PHHP) Summer Course 2011 in cooperation with European Masters Programme in Health Promotion (EUMAHP) - Strategies for Health in Europe: Health in a Lifecourse Perspective in Zagreb, Croatia - July 25^th - August 6^th 2011 - http://www.etc-summerschool.eu

10^th Nordic Public Health Conference - Health Promotion on System Level in Turku, Finland August 24^th - 26^th, 2011 -http://www.thl.fi/en_US/web/en/whats_new/events/nordic_public_health_conference_2011

 

Public Health International Conference 2011: Health and Wellbeing - the 21st Century Agenda in London, United Kingdom - September 8^th - 9^th 2011 - http://www.rsph.org.uk/en/courses-conferences-and-events/public-health-international-conference/index.cfm

 

 

2010

A symposium - The COMPHP Project: Developing consensus on competencies and professional standards for health promotion capacity building in EuropCompHP - information on the project and update on first year progress presented at the 20^th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion - Health, Equity and Sustainable Development in Geneva, Switzerland - July 11^th - 15^th 2010 - http://www.iuhpeconference.net

 

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

• A presentation at the ASPHER pre-conference event - Public Health Core Competencies and Accreditation for Public Health Education in Europe - November 10^th 2010

• A poster - Developing pan-european competency based professional standards and accreditation framework for health promotion - Van der Zanden G. H., Barry M. M., Battel-Kirk B., Parish R., Bensaude De Castro Freire S.

 

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Links and Resources

 

 

Related links

Association for Health Promotion Ireland - http://www.ahpi.ie/

 

EuroHealthNet - http://www.eurohealthnet.eu

 

European Masters in Health Promotion (EUMAHP) - http://www.sgw.hs-magdeburg.de/eumahp/

 

European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) - http://www.enwhp.org/

 

European Training Consortium in Public Health and Health Promotion - http://etc-summerschool.eu/

 

Please find a list of other relevant links and resources here.

 

Other CompHP interactive web platforms

• Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/CompHP-Project/152435551461139

• Twitter - http://twitter.com/CompHPProject

• Blog - http://comphpproject.blogspot.com/

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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