Global Health Promotion

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www.vhpo.net

Dialogues in Progress

CompHP

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

Working Group on Competencies and Workforce Development (CWDG)

Rationale

Achieving high levels of capacity in individuals, organisations and countries to undertake health promotion activities; and offering capacity building opportunities for individuals and institutions to better carry out health promotion initiatives and advocacy efforts, are key strategic objectives of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).

The Working Group is established to build on, follow up, complete and extend the positive outcomes of the CompHP Project - Developing Competencies and Professional Standards for Health Promotion Capacity Building in Europe, funded by the European Commission (EAHC, http://www.ec.europa.eu/eahc - Project number 20081209). The IUHPE has been an active partner in the Project and has been recognized as the most relevant organisation to take forward the work of the CompHP Project, in particular in relation to accreditation.

In addition to the CompHP Project, the basis for this Working Group lies in the Galway Consensus Conference (2008) which promoted dialogue and established an exchange of understanding among international partners regarding domains of core competency, standards, and quality assurance mechanisms in the professional preparation and practice of health promotion specialists. The Consensus Conference, organized by the IUHPE in collaboration with the National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland, the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), United-States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a range of other partners, was designed to provide a forum for discussion to identify the practices necessary to build capacity for health promotion, as well as systems that can assure quality in practice, education, and training.

It contributes directly to the 'Health Promotion Systems' priority area for the work of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) for the period 2011-2016.

Aim

The IUHPE Working Group on Health Promotion Competencies and Workforce Development aims to improve the competency and effectiveness of health promotion practitioners, recognizing that a competent workforce, with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities for translating policy, theory and research into effective action, is critical to the growth and development of global health promotion.

Objectives

Facilitate dialogue and coordination between practitioners, policymakers and education providers to improve the competency and effectiveness of the health promotion workforce;
Identify and implement relevant capacity building activities for health promotion professionals;
Advocate for, and actively contribute to, the implementation of agreed competency-based standards for health promotion practice, to improve quality assurance and continuous professional development, and to facilitate international mobility of health promotion professionals;
Support the implementation of the findings of the CompHP Project at the European level, and ultimately at a global level, with regards to the core competencies, professional standards and accreditation mechanisms for health promotion practice, education and training.

2013 Workplan

Implement and establish the CompHP Accreditation Framework at the European level with the IUHPE as the Accreditation Organisation, as described in the CompHP Accreditation framework;
Identify and contribute to the development of appropriate tools to facilitate the operational functioning of the Working Group, such as an online document sharing system, in coordination with the IUHPE Vice President for Communications and Headquarters staff members;
Develop online tools for capacity building of health promotion Practitioners, in coordination with the IUHPE Vice Presidents for Scientific Affairs and Capacity Building Education and Training, the other IUHPE GWGs and Headquarters officers;
Contribute to the development of curricula and modules of health promotion in different settings and for different target audiences (mixed teams of practitioners within and outside the health sector, policy-makers and programme managers, etc.);
Contribute to the development of the scientific programme of the IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion.

2014 Workplan

Operating Procedures

Members' roles and responsibilities

Members will be responsible for:

Contributing and/or taking leadership with respect to the development of specific activities detailed in the work plan;
Participating in email exchanges, teleconferences, and face-to-face meetings when possible to advance the work of the Working Group;
Signaling opportunities for pursuing additional resources to support the work plan of the Working Group;
Ensuring efforts to connect with other relevant groups or organisations from their networks with which the Working Group should be linking up for greater impact and reach.

Co-Chairs' roles and responsibilities

The co-Chairs of the Working Group will be responsible for:

Coordinating the overall development and implementation of the Working Group work plan;
Actively participate in the development of the scientific programme of the IUHPE World Conference;
Liaise with other Working Groups' chairs in order to ensure synergies and mutual support where appropriate;
Report to the IUHPE Vice President for Scientific Affairs, on a regular basis and formally bi annually (IUHPE Board of Trustees and Executive Committee);
Ensure that appropriate evaluation mechanisms are in place.

Communication and dissemination

The members of the group will keep regular internal contacts through email, teleconferences, and yearly meetings. If funding is secured, the Working Group members will also communicate through a dedicated space on an IUHPE online platform.

External dissemination will be done through:

a dedicated page on IUHPE web site;
a Working Group newsletter (if appropriate funding is secured);
IUHPE World and Regional Conferences;
Participation in other events and conferences where relevant;
Publication of articles on the specific activities implemented in the whole of the IUHPE family of Journals and other relevant supports;
Any other appropriate means according to the specific activities implemented.

Resources

Fund-raising activities are ongoing. Funds collected from external sources will be managed directly from IUHPE Headquarters, though a dedicated budget line, specifically made available for the Working Group and earmarked for the implementation of its objectives according to the approved yearly work plans.

The planned accreditation system should become self-sustainable after the piloting phase.

IUHPE Headquarters Support

The IUHPE will provide the Work Group's Secretariat, as well as support in the development of core activities, of a dedicated webpage and of other communication tools, proportionately to the resources available.

The IUHPE Headquarters will also facilitate the exchange with other Working Groups, and the participation in the IUHPE specific research-collaborative programs.

Reporting to IUHPE governing bodies:

through the IUHPE Vice-President for Scientific Affairs.

Co-Chairs:

Professor Margaret Barry
National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
http://www.nuigalway.ie/hprc/

Professor Paolo Contu
Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy
http://www.unica.it/

Members:

Dr. Christine Dimitrakaki
Centre for Health Services Research Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Athens University, Greece
http://healthpromotion.med.uoa.gr/center_for_health_services_research/info.htm

Wolfgang Dür
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Health Promotion Research (LBIHPR), Austria
http://lbihpr.lbg.ac.at/en

Edina Gabor,
Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Institute for Health Promotion and Sport Sciences
http://www.elte.hu/en

Professor Carmen Gallardo
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
http://www.urjc.es/

Eberhard Goepel
German speaking health promotion network
Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Germany
https://www.hs-magdeburg.de/

Emmanuelle hamel
Institut national de prevention et d’éducation pour la santé (Inpes), France
http://www. inpes.sante.fr

Dr. Hana Janatova
National Institute of Public Health, the Czech Republic
http://www.szu.cz/>

Dr. Anu Kasmel
Estonian Union for Health Promotion
University of Tartu, Estonia
http://www.ut.ee/en

Professor Lasse Kannas
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
https://www.jyu.fi/en/

Lijana Kragelj
University of Ljubljiana, Slovenia
http://www.uni-lj.si>

Isabel Loureiro
National School of Public Health/New University of Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.ensp.unl.pt>

Professor Richard Parish
Royal Society for Public Health, UK
http://www.rsph.org.uk/ >

Dr. Giancarlo Pocetta
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
http://www.unipg.it/ >

Helene Reeman
Federal Centre for Health Education (Bzga), Germany
http://www.bzga.de/home/>

Dr. Viv Speller
University of Southampton
http:// www.southampton.ac.uk >

Stephan Van den Broucke
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
http://www.kuleuven.be/english>

Mr. Gerard van der Zanden
The Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion, Netherlands
http://www.nigz.nl/ >

International

Professor John P. Allegrante
Columbia University, USA
http://www.columbia.edu/>

Professor Hiram V. Acevedo Arroyo
University of Puerto Rico
http://www.upr.edu/>

Elaine Auld
Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), USA
http://www.sophe.org/>

Elizabeth Howze
Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development
Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, USA
www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/smdp>

Mr. Brian Hyndman
University of Toronto, Canada
http://www.utoronto.ca/>

Dominique Kondji-Kondji
Building Capacity for Better Health in AFRICA, Cameroon>

Dr Diane Levin-Zamir,
Clalit Health Services, Israel
http://www.clalit-global.co.il/en/>

Professor David V. McQueen
International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), USA
http://www.iuhpe.org/>

Professor Hans Onya
University of Limpopo, South Africa
http://www.ul.ac.za/>

Ms Helen Rance
Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand
http://www.hpforum.org.nz/>

Professor Mala Rao
Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, India
http://www.phfi.org/our-activities/academic-programmes/485>

Trevor Shilton
National Heart Foundation, Australia
www.heartfoundation.org.au>

Alyson Taub
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University, USA
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/

Coordinators of operations:

Working Group coordinator: Sara Nina Debenedetti, IUHPE
Operating grant coordinator: Marie Josefine Grimm, IUHPE
Operating grant consultant: Barbara Battel-Kirk