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Health promotion perspectives and

approaches related to climate change

 

 

We are pleased to offer a new training activity for health promotion practitioners, developed and offered with the School of Public Health of the Université de Montréal (ESPUM), Canada

 

  

Description of the course

This course aims to provide continuous education of health promotion professionals. It includes three modules presented by four trainers with expertise in the field of climate change with relevance for health promotion. The course supports the development of the health promotion competencies underlying the IUHPE accreditation system.

Objectives

  • Gain a better understanding of climate change impact on health promotion field, as well as innovative responses and perspectives for health promoters to emphasize transformative action.
  • Learn on core competencies in health promotion based on concrete experiences and case studies from less known contexts of low-and-medium income countries in various regions of the world.
  • Reflect on the applications of core competencies in health promotion practice in various settings (policy making, community mobilization, environmental action).

Modalities

The training will be presented live, online, through the professional education platform of Université de Montréal to a global audience. Registered participants will connect to Zoom classroom.

The presentation language of the training is English.

Participation

The participants are professionals working in the health promotion field and interested in issues related to climate change. The maximum capacity is 45 participants.

Duration

The intended duration is of 2-3 h / module, for a total of 9 hours for the whole training course.

Certificate of participation

The participants will receive a certificate, delivered by IUHPE, upon the completion of the entire course (all 3 modules) and the evaluation. This certificate is recognized by the IUHPE Global Accreditation System and can be combined with other education and training to complete an application for registration as health promotion practitioner.

Evaluation of the training

The evaluation includes a short evaluation of the course (questionnaire to measure satisfaction with the various aspects of the course), as well as a reflexive exercise (500 words on the applicability of the knowledge and skills acquired in the training to their own practice). Both will be due in the two weeks following the final module.

Registration

Registration is mandatory. To register, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. indicating:

  • The title of the online course (Health Promotion and Climate Change)
  • Your full name
  • Country of residence
  • Main affiliation (if any – e.g. your employer).

You will receive by email the confirmation of your registration and the login details.

Participation in the course is free of charge for IUHPE members and for participants from low-and middle-income countries. PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO PARTICIPANTS FROM LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, should registration numbers exceed the maximum. If you reside in a high-income country, IUHPE membership will be required (once your participation is confirmed) to help support training initiatives accessible to all.

High-income countries: Categories H, I and J of this table.

The deadline for registration is January 15, 2024

 

A full description is available here

 

IUHPE is pleased to share the most recent contribution from its Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health, approved by the IUHPE Executive Board, following its meeting on May 18, 2023.

 

Read the full Position Statement - Planetary Health Promotion and Indigenous World Views and Knowledges.

 

A background paper with additonal content is also available.

 

 

IUHPE is saddened by the recent passing of Ian Young. We share tributes from those who knew and worked alongside him and extend our condolences to his loved ones.

 

Ian Macrae Young: MBE: A Tribute

 

It was with great sadness that I and Ian’s many friends and colleagues learned of his death on 19 July 2023. 

 

Ian was perhaps best known and respected for his leadership and pioneering work in developing the concept of the health promoting school, and indeed in its implementation.  This began to take form when he was Education Adviser at the Scottish Health Education Group and in 1986 organised with the European Office of the WHO the first International Conference with this as its theme.  Ian had a strong belief in the value and central role of education and schools in the healthy development of young people as is apparent in his editorial for a Global Health Promotion Journal  edition in 2005, and is reflected in the frameworks he created. That so much progress has been made in subsequent years is testament to his own work and that of colleagues who joined him.  In the latter stages of his career at NHS Health Scotland he led the organisation’s international programme and his lifetime’s work was rewarded by being made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2008.

 

Ian’s creativity was clearly evident in his publications, training programmes and manuals.  But those who participated in conferences he organised would also be very aware of his musical talents.  His guitar and sometimes banjo would often accompany him to these events.   His solo performances and leading of more communal singing provided an enjoyable and memorable social dimension, some time before the more recent recognition of the benefits of community choirs! 

 

His creativity extended to his skills as a photographer, with an extensive portfolio of work. He had a background in ecology and the biological sciences, and many of his photographs featured Scottish landscapes reflecting his understanding of and respect for the natural world.

 

Ian’s achievements and talents will be well recognised by those who worked with and knew him.   But above all else I will remember him as a wonderful individual who was good fun, great company, caring, thoughtful and generous – a privilege to have known as colleague and friend.

 

If you would like to hear (again or for the first time) Ian’s musical talents I recommend listening to the title track of his CD Time and Tide (https://open.spotify.com/track/0t1zNGDkgNE7z2Y6f9PAXu?si=63bb173161d047b8)

 

Graham Robertson

Past President IUHPE (2016-2019)

 

A tribute to Ian Young written by former WHO staff members Vivian Barnekow and Erio Ziglio

 

On 19 July, the day before his 77th birthday, Ian Young passed away in his beloved Scotland, surrounded by the love of his family, wife Anne and their sons Kenneth and Finlay, and their grandchildren.

Ian is someone you don't forget. We have lost an outstanding scientist, great human being and a unique friend. Everyone who met Ian remained enchanted by his charm, kindness and generosity, and impressed by his work expertise and academic achievements.  

 

His scientific knowledge ranged from biology and botany to medicine and public health. Ian was a greatly talented man: as well as being an admired musician, composer and songwriter, he was also a renowned and much published photographer who specialised in capturing images of nature and breathtaking Scottish landscapes. Ian was all this and much, much more: a unique, caring, special human being.

 

On a scientific level, Ian left a legacy in several domains. His contributions to the initial concept of Health Promoting Schools and the practical action needed to build them has no equal. Ian helped many of us learn what a Health Promoting School is really about.

 

Many people in WHO had the good fortune to work with Ian. He was a dear and committed colleague, and a caring mentor. David Rivett, for example, remembers his cooperation with Ian in disseminating the content and expanding the network of Health Promoting Schools in Europe. David recalls: “I first came across Ian in the late 1980s when I was working in London on young people's issues and later when I was responsible for the HPS and the meetings with the UK regions. His energy, expertise and experience was legendary. I remember how greatly he was admired by the HPS teams in the former Soviet republics for his training skills and publications”.

 

Erio Ziglio worked with Ian since the very early development of the Health Promoting School. He recalls: “I could always rely on Ian’s outstanding capacity to bridge scientific concepts with practical action. On so many occasions, when approaching a difficult decision or preparing to go on a complex country mission, I found myself thinking, ‘I had better call Ian …’”.

 

Another WHO colleague, Vivian Barnekow, worked with Ian on planning and conducting the first three European conferences on Health Promoting Schools, as well as a series of evaluation workshops – breaking new ground again. She says: “Starting from our joint work based on the Health Promoting Schools concept, we moved beyond the school setting into more broadly formulated child and adolescent health strategies across Europe. He has truly influenced policies and action in Europe within these areas of work.”

 

Ian’s emphasis and commitment was always on the children’s side. Teachers, parents and the wider community were seen as key supporters and resources for child development and well-being. For Ian, policies and programmes were conceived as a way of facilitating enabling roles to benefit children.

 

He was a strong advocate for children’s and adolescents’ rights, both in his homeland of Scotland and worldwide. He always had great confidence in young people’s abilities, given fair resources, access and support for improving their own health, well-being and for taking care of their natural and living environments.

 

Ian’s great sense of humour and his unmistakeable love of Scotland drew people to him. Over the years, so many of us from different parts of the world had the opportunity to be guests in his home. We shall never forget the warmth of his hospitality and the family and the musical evenings spent with him and his guitar.

 

Ian is, and always will be, one of our heroes: a true guardian of young people’s health.

 

Ian Young

Ian was one of the best advocates for Health Promotion not only within Europe but across many continents, his professional knowledge covered a wide range of topics but for many people he was a leading light in the field of Child and Adolescent Health.

 

The NHS in Scotland was fortunate to have Ian within its ranks and especially the National Health Promotion Agency which began life as the Scottish Health Education Group (SHEG). On the 1st October 1982 SHEG was designated a WHO Euro Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion and Ian was at the forefront of the work programme along with other colleagues; this work continues to this day.

 

Ian was also a strong advocate and supporter for the Health Behaviour of School Children (HBSC) research study whose principal funder was the National Health Promotion Agency, latterly NHS Health Scotland now part of Public Health Scotland. This study has been in place for 39 years and has 51 States involved and to date had involved responses from over 200,000 children and young people.

 

On of Ian’s passions was the development of the future generations of Health Promoters which he pursued through work with the International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). Additionally in collaboration with two Professors from Rice University in Texas Ian hosted study visits based in Edinburgh for students from the University every couple of years. Not only did they cover the professional areas of work, but Ian ensured that Scotland’s history, especially music and culture, was included in the programme.

 

I knew Ian over a long period of time in various guises and I was fortunate to take over from him in NHS Health Scotland as head of the International Programme in 2008.  He left the most amazing files and documentation relating to his work and I benefited from that legacy.

 

Many people past and present within and beyond the world of Health Promotion, especially Child and Adolescent Health, will miss this man but know his work continues across the world.

 

David L Pattison

Former Head of International Development NHS Health Scotland.

 

 

 

IUHPE is pleased to share the most recent contribution from its Global Working Group on Health Literacy, approved by the IUHPE Executive Board following its meeting of September 27-29, 2023, in Montreal.

 

Read the full IUHPE position statement on health literacy: A practical vision for a health literate world, 2nd Edition.

For the 2023 edition of the WHO World Health Assembly, WHA76, IUHPE co-signed a Constituency statement, meaning a statement from a group of organizations in official relations with WHO.
 
IUHPE was represented in Geneva by Professor Didier Jourdan, IUHPE Vice-President for Administrative Affairs.
 
 
Statement:  
World Obesity Federation, Framework Convention Alliance on Tobacco Control, World Cancer Research Fund International, Movendi International, International Diabetes Federation, FDI World Dental Federation, International Union for Health Promotion and Education and NCD Alliance welcome the updated WHO World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity and the implementation-oriented operational framework for monitoring progress. 
 

We welcome the updated WHO World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity and the implementation-oriented operational framework for monitoring progress. WHO’s work on SDoH is deeply valued by this constituency. Progress to address key SDoH has been insufficient worldwide, especially to tackle power imbalances and the actions by health-harming industries, including the tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy food and beverage and fossil fuel sectors, which is why WHO’s work in this area is so important. Failure to address these issues is driving the global burden of NCD mortality (including from cancers, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, chronic respiratory disease, mental health and neurological conditions) and NCD morbidity (e.g. billions living with oral health conditions)

We particularly commend WHO's work on commercial determinants - a key obstacle to health equity. We welcome the Report’s systems-based approach and proposed actions to address structural barriers: economic and gender inequality; racism and other forms of discrimination. We urge that stigma, false narratives and preconceptions also be addressed as part of the wider determinants to access quality health services, particularly for people living with obesity, alcohol use disorder or other mental health conditions, and other NCDs.

We recognise many determinants of health lie outside the health sector and must be tackled through a multisectoral approach: nowhere is this truer than for public health priorities such as the obesity epidemic, tobacco and alcohol harm, and air pollution.

We call on Member States to:
- accelerate UHC implementation equitably by guaranteeing quality services that span across the continuum of care - including health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care - that are fair and don’t perpetuate stigma;
- focus more strongly on the implementation of the NCD 'best buys', especially pro-health taxes, which provide substantial return on investment and multiple benefits for addressing SDoH.

We call on WHO to:
- ensure the development of the World Report and operational framework remains transparent;
- clarify how the social determinants operational framework and well-being framework will complement each other

 

The statement, and all other statements brought forward by constituencies of Non-State Actors, can be viewed on the WHA website under agenda item 16.3: 

non-State actors statements | Statements by non-State actors in official relations with WHO at the WHO governing bodies meetings

 

Thank you to the World Obesity Federation for leading this effort. The full statement is also featured on their website: https://www.worldobesity.org/resources/resource-library/constituency-statement-to-the-76th-world-health-assembly-social-determinants-of-health

 
 

 

Global Health Promotion

 

Call for papers

 

Decolonizing knowledge, approaches and methodologies in health promotion

 

Please share in your networks! 

 

Following the Tiohtià:ke Statement: Catalysing policies for health, well-being and equity, an outcome of IUHPE2022 World conference, decolonization encompasses the whole-of-the-society and involves global, regional, national and local levels of policy, governance, systems, and communities. It involves questioning and revisiting our worldviews, thinking patterns, governance, organizations and institutions, to include the diversity of traditions and knowledge.

GHP latest editorial On disrupting colonial assumptions in health promotion - Carlos E. Sanchez-Pimienta, 2023 discusses what decolonization in health promotion means and offers a personalized reflection on ways to further the inclusion of various knowledge traditions.

Now, we wish to move forward the discussion on decolonizing knowledge, approaches and methodologies in health promotion and offer a space for critical reflection and sharing experiences from various parts of the world.

We welcome contributions on knowledge systems, approaches, practice, and methodologies that integrate and centre diverse traditional, Indigenous and other local knowledge, values and worldviews in health promotion research and practice.

Contributions can be theoretical papers, case studies, research results, program evaluations, or commentaries.

Papers on the following topics highlighted by the IUHPE2022 Statement are particularly encouraged:

  • Approaches and methodologies to health, policy and practice integrating diverse traditional, Indigenous and local knowledge systems to promote health, health equity and well-being.
  • Wholistic approaches that recognize spirituality, culture, language, knowledge systems, and identity as vital parts of human health and health promotion.
  • Indigenous knowledge systems in the face of climate change and environmental challenges.
  • Trauma-informed approaches.
  • Culturally safe and culturally adapted approaches.
  • Nature-based approaches.
  • Research and evaluations that centre and value reciprocal relationships with communities in decision-making and leadership throughout the knowledge creation process.
  • Other topics are welcome!

Contributions can be submitted in English, French or Spanish, on the journal’s website, here: https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/PED

 

To discuss an idea, please contact the editorial team at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

 

 

Appel à contributions pour la revue

Global Health Promotion

  

Décoloniser les savoirs, les approches et les méthodologies en promotion de la santé

 

Merci de partager dans vos réseaux!

 

Selon la déclaration de Tiohtià:ke: Catalyser les politiques pour la santé, le bien-être et l’équité, résultant de la conférence mondiale de l’UIPES2022, la décolonisation englobe l’ensemble de la société et concerne les politiques, la gouvernance, les systèmes et les communautés aux échelles mondiale, régionale, nationale et locale. Cela nous amène à remettre en question et à revisiter nos visions du monde, nos modes de pensée, notre gouvernance, nos organisations et nos institutions, afin d’inclure la diversité des traditions de connaissances.

Le dernier éditorial de GHP Rompre avec les présupposés coloniaux en promotion de la santé  offre une réflexion sur ce que signifie la décolonisation pour la promotion de la santé et sur les moyens de favoriser l’inclusion de diverses traditions du savoir.

À présent, nous souhaitons continuer la discussion sur la décolonisation des savoirs, des approches et des méthodologies en promotion de la santé et offrir un espace de réflexion critique et de partage d’expériences provenant de diverses parties du monde.

Nous invitons à soumettre à la revue vos contributions originales sur les systèmes de connaissances, les approches, les pratiques et les méthodologies qui intègrent diverses connaissances, valeurs et visions du monde traditionnelles, autochtones ou locales dans la recherche et la pratique de la promotion de la santé. Les contributions peuvent être des articles théoriques, des études de cas, des recherches, des évaluations de programmes ou des commentaires.

Les textes sur les sujets suivants, mis en évidence par la Déclaration de l’UIPES2022, sont particulièrement encouragés:

  • Approches et méthodologies en matière de santé, de politiques et de pratiques intégrant divers systèmes de connaissances traditionnels, autochtones et locaux pour promouvoir la santé, l’équité en santé et le bien-être.
  • Approches holistiques qui reconnaissent la spiritualité, la culture, la langue, les systèmes de connaissances et l’identité comme des éléments essentiels de la santé humaine et de la promotion de la santé.
  • Les systèmes de connaissances autochtones face aux changements climatiques et aux crises environnementales.
  • Approches adaptées aux traumatismes.
  • Approches culturellement sécuritaires et approches culturellement adaptées.
  • Approches fondées sur la nature.
  • Méthodologies basées sur les relations réciproques avec les communautés dans la prise de décision et le leadership tout au long du processus de création de connaissances.
  • D’autres sujets connexes sont les bienvenus!

 

Les contributions peuvent être présentées en anglais, français ou espagnol, sur le site Web de la revue.

Pour discuter d’une idée, veuillez communiquer avec l’équipe de rédaction à This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

 

Call for engagement with the People-Planet-Health Action Board on community (urban) regeneration though participatory methods

 

Announcing two events that will take place in April! Do not miss this unique opportunity to share your ideas about planetary health, participation and community regeneration with World Health Organization representatives.

 

Visions for local participation in global policies: Workshop

Monday 5th of June (1 – 3pm CEST)

We will meet to share our ideas about ways of global participation of unheard local voices for a healthy planet. The topic of participatory methods and community urban regeneration were proposed by participants from Honduras and Spain at the first Action Board meeting and were very much welcomed by Dr. Rudiger Krech, WHO Director for Health Promotion. In this Workshop, we will exchange our experiences, ideas and visions on how unheard and unseen communities and voices can inform global policies for planetary health, and talk about how to broadly develop the approach of community urban regeneration, renewing visions for cities and communities oriented towards energy efficiency and social inclusivity.

All ideas will be welcomed: whether you are trying new participatory approaches in your specialist area of interest, or simply have ideas about what participation in a healthy future means to you, all visions will be valued. Discovering which beliefs about participation in planetary health connect us, and also what unique contributions we each bring to the discussion, we will agree a set of visions and values to share with WHO representatives at our Second Meeting of the PPH Action Board.

 

Next Meeting of the People-Planet-Health Action Board

Tuesday 6th of June (1 – 2pm CEST)

We will meet with Dr. Ruediger Krech and other senior colleagues from WHO to share those visions and ideas of methods and experiences from  unheard voices for a healthy planet. We will celebrate the sustainable innovations you have championed or imagined and ask WHO colleagues how they might inform planetary health policy on a global scale.

 

For more information see the outcomes from the first Action Board meeting in October 2022 and the information an the People-Planet-Health Action Board and what it entails.

 

Interested parties may contact Claudia Meier Magistretti This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Jake Sallaway-Costello This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

Links to join the activities will be shared with participants in due course.

January 21, 1940 – February 11, 2023

 

With sadness, the Executive Board of IUHPE reflects on the life and contributions of Prof. Emeritus, Jürgen M. Pelikan, PhD.

 

He was professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vienna, Austria and Adjunct professor at the Centre for Environment and Public Health, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

 

Prof. Pelikan was a long-time supporter of IUHPE and an elected member of the board of trustees from 2007 to 2013, as well as a founding member of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Health Literacy. He co-authored the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) Position Statement on Health Literacy (2018). He was also active on the Global Working Groups for Salutogenesis and Healthy Settings.

 

He was the founder (1992) and (co-)director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Care, hosted at the Department of Health and Society at Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (Austrian Public Health Institute).

 

As principal investigator (PI) of the WHO model project “Health and Hospital”, and the first European Pilot Hospital Project on Health Promoting Hospitals, he co-initiated the International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH) and Health Services. Since its start in 1993, he was the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the annual International HPH Conference and advisor to the HPH Governance Board. He co-authored the Budapest Declaration, the Vienna Recommendations, the 18 HPH core strategies, the Amsterdam Declaration towards Migrant-Friendly Hospitals in an ethno-culturally diverse Europe, and the New Haven Recommendations on partnering with patients, families, and citizens to enhance performance and quality in health promoting hospitals and health services.

 

Prof. Pelikan was influential in establishing health literacy research in Europe. He co-initiated the first European Health Literacy Survey and was responsible for data analysis and results reporting. He was the Principal Investigator for a project on Health Literate Health Care Organizations and led work on the European Diabetes Literacy Project. He was the project director of an Austrian project on adolescent health literacy and on health literacy of two migrant groups in Austria.

 

He was a co-editor and author of the WHO publication Health literacy: The solid facts. He co-chaired the WHO Action Network on Measuring Population and Organizational Health Literacy (M-POHL).

 

He held multiple positions in international organizations over the years: member of the scientific advisory board of the Asian Health Literacy Association (AHLA), founding member of the Executive Board of the International Health Literacy Association (IHLA), President of the European Society of the Sociology of Health and Medicine, consultant to WHO/Euro, WHO-HQ and the European Commission. He was a member of the editorial board of the journal Health Promotion International and was a co-editor of Clinical Health Promotion – Research and Best Practice for Patients, Staff and Community.

 

Prof. Pelikan, a sociologist, has authored numerous publications on the theory of health and health promotion, on salutogenesis, the settings approach, evaluation in health promotion, quality in health care, measurement of personal health literacy and of health literate health care organizations A list of his scientific publications is available from:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juergen-Pelikan

 

In addition to his many professional accomplishments, Jürgen was appreciated by his colleagues as a friend and mentor. He was known to be “always building bridges”, a “champion of social justice”, “a humanist of great culture”, and to have a “keen intellect.” As one member said, “He did a lot, but said little. Wise, thoughtful, calm and supportive.”

 

As individual members and as a global organization, IUHPE wishes to acknowledge Professor Jürgen Pelikan’s passing and to offer sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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Selected Quotes from IUHPE Executive Board Members

 

“I had the privilege to work closely with Jürgen and other colleagues to create “Health and Modernity” a reflection on theories for health promotion. For this project our small group held several meetings over a few years and during which we shared thoughts and experience on the theoretical foundations of our field. Jürgen was an extremely original and sophisticated thinker on how health promotion is a reflection and a transformative force in our societies. I will remember him as a kind man and a “renaissance” man: a humanist of great culture. I think that we should also extend our condolences to Marina, his lifetime companion, who was ever present in his conversations.”

Louise Potvin

 

“I worked with Jurgen since 2007 on implementation & promotion of health promoting hospitals and health literate organizations. With the support of his expertise, we held the 2012 International Conference in Taipei reaching the ever highest number of participants and countries. He did a lot, but said little.  Wise, thoughtful, calm and supportive.”

Shu-Ti Chiou

 

“I am really sorry to hear this sad news about the passing of Professor Jürgen Pelikan.

He was a very significant figure in Health Promotion, not only in Europe but internationally. Both his earlier ground breaking work in relation to Health Promoting Hospitals and more recently in Health Literacy had a global impact.

I had the privilege of getting to know him through my role as a Scientific Board Member of the then Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Promotion Research in Vienna. I visited over a number of years for annual meetings. 

Alongside his keen intellect, Jürgen was always incredibly courteous, thoughtful and kind.

He will be sadly missed by the global health promotion community and my sincere condolences go to all his close colleagues, friends and family at this sad time.”

Margaret Barry

 

“Professor Pelikan has been serving as the advisor to Asian Health Literacy Association (AHLA) and attended our annual conference in person for many years. He is a great supporter to the establishment of AHLA in 2013. 

As the pioneer in health literacy, he shared his experiences in health literacy research in Europe with Asian group.  His speech is always full of wisdom, and we always love to hear his advice, in particular the way how to develop/validate health literacy measurements and how to advocate health literacy in organizations despite of all the challenges and barriers. 

His valuable contributions to health literacy knowledge and practices in both Asia and the globe is well recognized. 

Our deepest condolences to his family and we wish him rest in peace.” 

Angela Leung

 

We are deeply shocked and saddened by the news of Dr. Pelikan's passing.

His organization's health literacy chart impacted many professionals in Japan.

I want to express my sincere condolences. I pray that he may rest in peace.

Hiroshi Fukuda

 

 

 

The 15th Conference of the parties to the UN convention on biological diversity is taking place this December in Montreal, Québec (COP15 of Kunming, China, Part II). IUHPE has gained accreditation by the Secretariat of the Convention for Biodiversity, as observer for the event. We have submitted an opening statement (available here) for the record, and will be present onsite to share publications and information at a booth hosted by Montreal International. We will make the most of this unique opportunity to highlight the role of a healthy planet as a key determinant of health and will share relevant documents, such as the declarations of World Conferences IUHPE2019 (including the Indigenous Statement) and IUHPE2022, GHP articles from the last 5 years (available here), and the People-Planet-Health Project. We will also have the opportunity to connect with other health stakeholders present, and jointly advocate for all parties to take a broad view of health and equity while considering the impact of biodiversity loss and other environmental threats on NCDs.

                   

 

IUHPE at the 75th World Health Assembly

 

WHA75 Non-State Actors Individual Statements

 

Item 16.2 - Strengthening WHO preparedness for and response to health emergencies

 

IUHPE Statement:

The Geneva Charter names various health-related risks for the future and calls to set the foundations for well-being. Similarly, the IUHPE2019 Rotorua and Waiora Legacy Statements, and the IUHPE2022 Tiohtià:ke Statement call for a global effort to address the wellbeing of the planet and humanity.

IUHPE advocates for a systems approach that allocates resources and builds capacity to create health for all, by fostering resilient and healthy populations so that vulnerable populations are not disproportionally threatened.

The IUHPE system requirements provide a framework for a collective response to current health issues. These include Political and Policy Requirements, Enabler Requirements, and Delivery and Implementation Requirements. They are easily adaptable to health emergency preparedness and response plans. And can be used alongside bottom-up processes reflecting local and Indigenous knowledge.

We call on Member States to embrace these systems requirements and to support and value initiatives that protect the natural environment and the health and well-being of all.

 

Read IUHPE's full position statement on Beating NCDs Equitably: Ten system requirements for health promotion and the primary prevention of NCDs.

 

Item 15 - Human resources for health

 

IUHPE Statement:

The “Working for health: draft 2022-2030 action plan” on human resources for health addresses the need for financially sustainable health and care systems. We argue that a specialized health promotion workforce is necessary to prevent the increasingly alarming cost of preventable diseases, to increase resilience of populations and communities, and to engage with actors across sectors and settings to address the determinants of health.

Health promotion practitioners develop and exercise a range of competencies that are fundamental to effective health promotion and the prevention of disease. IUHPE has identified, through a rigorous and consensus-building process, core competencies and standards of practice applicable globally. They form the basis for the IUHPE Global Accreditation System. Health promotion practitioners are essential to achieve the WHO target of one billion people enjoying better health and wellbeing. IUHPE calls on member states to recognize and to value the unique competencies and contributions of health promotion practitioners.

 

Read more on IUHPE's Accreditation System and The IUHPE Health Promotion Core Competencies and Standards of Practice.  

 

 

                   

 

IUHPE World Health Day statement

 

Written by Dr. Trevor Hancock, member of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing.

 

Our Planet, Our Health, Our Health Promotion Task 

Today, April 7th,  we join people around the world in celebrating  World Health Day, marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). This year WHO has chosen the theme of ‘Our Planet, Our Health’, in order to “focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being.” 

 

This reflects a growing global concern about what we are doing to the Earth, and what that means for the well-being of humanity – and the wellbeing, indeed the very survival in many cases,  of all the other species with whom we share the Earth. Our actions were summed up bluntly and succinctly by Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General, in December 2020: “Humanity is waging war on nature . . . this is suicidal.”

 

On its World Health Day 2022 website, the WHO is equally clear and blunt:

“WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes. This includes the climate crisis which is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. The climate crisis is also a health crisis.”

 

The IUHPE has recognised the importance of planetary health for some years. The theme for our 2019 Global Conference on Health Promotion, held in Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand, was ‘WAIORA: Promoting Planetary Health and Sustainable Development for All’.

 

Reflecting the important role of the Maori people as co-hosts of the conference, there was a strong emphasis on Indigenous perspectives and knowledge throughout the conference. This was also reflected in the use of the Maori word ‘Waiora’ in the title; the word “means water in its purest, life-giving form” but “is linked more specifically to the natural world and includes a spiritual element that connects human wellness with cosmic, terrestrial and water environments. It is a call to share knowledge from our diverse cultural systems for the wellbeing of the planet and humanity.”

 

In the Conference Statement

“participants call on the global community to urgently act to promote planetary health and sustainable development for all, now and for the sake of future generations”,

while the Indigenous Peoples’ Statement noted:

“We call on the health promotion community and the wider global community to make space for and privilege Indigenous peoples’ voices and Indigenous knowledges in taking action with us to promote the health of Mother Earth and sustainable development for the benefit of all.”

 

One result of the conference was the creation of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing (Waiora GWG). The GWG is helping IUHPE and the health promotion field focus on planetary health, and to recognise and pay attention to Indigenous peoples’ voices and Indigenous knowledges in working to protect and heal Mother Earth and promote the wellbeing of people and the myriad species with whom we share this small planet that is our one and only home.

 

Thus IUHPE strongly supports the theme of ‘Our Planet, Our Health’, having made planetary health part of our strategic priorities for its 2021 – 2026 Strategic Plan. IUHPE is determined to enhance a planetary consciousness in health promotion, and to incorporate an eco-social understanding of planetary health and human wellbeing into health promotion, making it transformative and more effective.

 

We strongly encourage the health promotion field, and indeed governments and societies as a whole, to embrace the concept of planetary health and to heed WHO’s call in the Geneva Charter to create Well-being societies that  are “committed to achieving equitable health now and for future generations without breaching ecological limits”.

 

IUHPE is convinced planetary health is central to health promotion policy and practice in the 21st century, and that it must become a core subject not only in the education and training of health promotion practitioners but all health prtactitioners. And it must be linked to the social determinants of health, recognising both that social values drive social and economic development and thus ecological change, but that social and ecological injustice co-exist and must be addressed together.

 

Finally, IUHPE encourages health promoters and other health professionals around the world to take the Planetary Health Pledge. A shortened version, based on the Pledge in the Lancet in 2020, has been developed by Doctors for Planetary Health – West Coast. They suggest making a video of yourself taking the pledge - alone or together with colleagues, - and posting it to social media, with the hashtags #PlanetaryHealthPledge  #HealthierTomorrow  #ClimateJustice  #OneHealth  #ActNow

 

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Further reading

  • Tuitahi, Sione; Watson, Huti; Egan, Richard, Parkes, Margot and Hancock, Trevor (2021) Waiora: The importance of Indigenous worldviews and spirituality to inspire and inform Planetary Health Promotion in the Anthropocene. Global Health Promotion 28(4): 73 –82 (Special supplement for the IUHPE 2022 Conference, Montreal, on behalf of the IUHPE’s Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health) https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975921106226 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17579759211062261

  • Hancock, Trevor (2021) Towards Healthy One Planet Cities and Communities: Planetary Health Promotion at the Local Level Health Promo Int’l 36(Supp 1): i53–i63 (Special supplement for the WHO Global Health Promotion Conference, Dubai, on behalf of the IUHPE’s Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health) https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab120

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Useful links

  • World Health Day 2022 - Our planet, our health

https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2022

  • WHO - What can you do to protect our planet and our health?

https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2022/recommended-actions-to-protect-our-planet-our-health

  • WAIORA: Promoting Planetary Health and Sustainable Development for All (Rotorua Statement)

https://www.iuhpe2019.com/PicsHotel/iuhpe/Brochure/Rotorua%20Statement%20For%20Closing%20Plenary%20Revised%20(1).pdf

  • Waiora – Indigenous Peoples’ Statement for Planetary Health and Sustainable Development

https://www.iuhpe2019.com/PicsHotel/iuhpe/Brochure/Indigenous%20Statement%20for%20Plenary%20Revised.pdf

  • IUHPE Strategic Plan: 2021-2026

https://www.iuhpe.org/index.php/en/iuhpe-activities/strategy-and-governance/1411-governance-2

  • Planetary Health Alliance

https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/

 

                                                          

The International Union for Health Promotion and Education wishes to express solidarity with the people of Ukraine and support for the health and humanitarian workers and all those impacted by the ongoing crisis. This deeply concerning situation impacts severely on the health and wellbeing of the affected populations, many of whom have lost their lives or have been displaced.

We add our voice to that our of our members and partners globally in calling for peace and an end to hostilities.


 L'Union internationale de la promotion et d'éducation pour la santé souhaite exprimer sa solidarité avec le peuple ukrainien et son soutien aux travailleurs sanitaires et humanitaires ainsi qu'à toutes les personnes touchées par la crise actuelle. Cette situation profondément préoccupante a des conséquences graves sur la santé et le bien-être des populations touchées, dont beaucoup ont perdu la vie ou ont été déplacées.

Nous ajoutons notre voix à celle de nos membres et partenaires pour appeler à la paix et à la fin des hostilités. 


La Unión Internacional de Promoción de la Salud y Educación para la Salud desea expresar su solidaridad con el pueblo de Ucrania y su apoyo a los trabajadores sanitarios y humanitarios y a todos los afectados por la crisis actual. Esta situación tan preocupante afecta gravemente a la salud y el bienestar de las poblaciones afectadas, muchas de las cuales han perdido la vida o han sido desplazadas.

Sumamos nuestra voz a la de nuestros miembros y socios en todo el mundo para pedir la paz y el fin de las hostilidades.

 

français | español

 

We are hereby opening the call for nominations of candidates for the upcoming election of the Executive Board of IUHPE! 

 

Eligibility for nominations:

  • Candidates must be eligible for election and they must confirm in writing their willingness to stand for election. 
  • Eligible candidates are individual IUHPE members, and persons designated by institutional members. Institutional members may not designate more than one person to stand for election from their own Institution.
  • Individual members may present their own candidacy, and they may also nominate any other member. We will communicate with those nominated by another party to confirm their interest.
  • Candidates may provide a supporting statement of up to 150 words. 

Kindly provide the full name, main affiliation and an email address of any person(s) you wish to nominate to the attention of Liane Comeau: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Deadline : March 9th, 2022 


Please remember that you should nominate people with outstanding skills, global experience and capacity to lead major dimensions of our work (scientific affairs, advocacy, finance and internal control, communications, conferences, partnership, marketing and fund-raising, capacity building, education and training, membership, etc.). Nominees should also have support available to travel to annual meetings of the Executive Board and other events, and fulfill their mission.

 

Please note that nominations are not specific to a particular position on the Executive Board; the brief descriptions of specific roles outlined here are provided for information only.


Nous lançons par la présente notre appel à nomination de candidatures au Conseil exécutif de l'UIPES! 

 

L'admissibilité des candidatures: 

  • Les candidats doivent être éligibles pour cette élection et doivent confirmer par écrit leur volonté de s’y présenter.
  • Les candidats éligibles sont des membres individuels de l'UIPES et les personnes désignées par les membres institutionnels. Les membres institutionnels ne peuvent désigner qu'une seule personne au sein de leur Institution pour se présenter à cette élection.
  • Les membres individuels peuvent soumettre leur propre candidature, mais peuvent également nommer tout autre membre. Nous communiquerons avec ceux-ci par la suite pour confirmer leur intérêt.Merci de préciser le nom complet, l’affiliation principale et l’adresse courriel de la ou des personnes que vous proposez.
  • Les candidats peuvent fournir un texte justificatif de 150 mots maximum. 

Merci de préciser le nom complet, l’affiliation principale et l’adresse courriel de la ou les personnes que vous proposez. Enovyer vos réponses à Liane Comeau : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Date limite : le 9 mars 2022.

Les personnes que vous proposez doivent avoir toutes les compétences requises, l’expérience à l’échelle mondiale et les capacités de mener des dimensions stratégiques essentielles de notre travail (affaires scientifiques, plaidoyer, finances et contrôle interne, communications, conférences, partenariat, marketing et mobilisation de fonds, développement des capacités, éducation et formation, etc.). Les personnes proposées devront également avoir à leur disposition un soutien financier et/ou institutionnel pour pouvoir se rendre aux réunions annuelles du Conseil exécutif et autres évènements, et remplir leur mission.

 

Remarque : les candidatures ne sont pas spécifiques pour un poste particulier au sein du Conseil ; les courtes descriptions des rôles spécifiques sont fournies à titre informatif uniquement.


Por la presente se abre el plazo para presentar candidaturas a la Junta Ejecutiva de la UIPES. 

 

Elegibilidad para las nominaciones: 

  • Los candidatos deberán cumplir los requisitos para ser elegidos y confirmar por escrito su intención de presentarse a la elección.
  • Los candidatos elegibles son miembros individuales de la UIPES y personas designadas por los miembros institucionales. Los miembros institucionales no podrán designar a más de una persona de la Institución a la que pertenecen para que se presente a la elección de miembros de la Junta Ejecutiva. 
  • Los miembros individuales pueden presentar su propia candidatura, así como nominar a otros miembros. Desde luego, en el caso de nominar a otro miembro, la organización hará la verificación necesaria para confirmar su interés.
  • Los candidatos podrán enviar una carta de motivación de hasta 150 palabras. 

Por favor no olvide indicar el nombre completo, la institución y el correo electrónico de la(s) personas nominada(s). Enviar candidaturas a Liane Comeau: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Fecha límite: el 9 de Marzo, 2022.

 

Cuando envíe sus propuestas al Comité de Candidaturas, le rogamos recuerde que los candidatos propuestos tienen que poseer habilidades destacadas, experiencia a escala mundial y capacidad para liderar los principales aspectos de la labor que realizamos (asuntos científicos, “advocacy”, finanzas y control interno, comunicación, conferencias, alianzas, marketing y captación de fondos, capacitación, educación y formación, membresía, etc.). Asimismo, los candidatos deberán contar con apoyo para los desplazamientos y poder asistir a las reuniones anuales de la Junta Ejecutiva y a otros acontecimientos necesarios para llevar a cabo su misión.

 

Tenga en cuenta que las candidaturas no son para un cargo concreto de la Junta; la breve descripción de las funciones específicas se ofrece a efectos meramente informativos. 

January 2022

 

The IUHPE is recruiting a new Head of Communications. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged apply as soon as possible – the position will remain open until it is filled.

 

L'UIPES recrute un nouveau responsable des communications. Les candidats intéressés sont encouragés à postuler dès que possible - le poste restera ouvert jusqu'à ce qu'il soit rempli.

La version française suit ci-dessous

 

Head of Communications

Role:

Plan and carry out a wide range of communication activities concerning the events, projects and publications of IUHPE (e.g. 70th Anniversary, World Conference).

 

Duties:

  • Organize and coordinate implementation of IUHPE communication activities to promote visibility of the organization and current projects, internationally:

    • Prepare and disseminate promotional material for IUHPE and its activities, and those of key partners

    • Coordinate IUHPE’s Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube accounts.

    • Ensure that communications correspond to IUHPE values and standards.

  • Write and disseminate IUHPE Flash-Info newsletter (up to 6 issues per year)

  • Support writing and production of the IUHPE annual report.

  • Develop and manage website content and ensure coordination with hosting and system maintenance company.

  • Support the work of IUHPE networks and working groups according to communication needs.

Join us to help advance health promotion!

For more information on the position and the application process, please read the full job description.


 

Responsable des communications

RôLE:

 Planifier et réaliser les tâches de communication en lien avec nos événements, activités et publications (ex. 70e anniversaire, Conférence Mondiale).

 

Tâches:

  • Organiser et coordonner la mise en œuvre des activités de communication de l’UIPES, en assurant la visibilité de l’organisation et des projets en cours :
    • Préparer et diffuser du matériel promotionnel de l’UIPES et de ses activités, ainsi que celles de partenaires clés;
    • Assurer une bonne coordination des comptes Twitter, Facebook et LinkedIn de l’UIPES;
    • Veillant à l’adéquation des communications avec les valeurs et les normes de l’UIPES;
  • Rédiger et diffuser l’infolettre de l’UIPES, Flash-Info (jusqu’à 6 numéros par année);
  • Soutenir la rédaction et la production du rapport annuel de l’UIPES;
  • Développer et gérer les contenus du site internet et faire la liaison auprès de la société d’hébergement et de maintenance du système;
  • Soutenir les travaux des réseaux et groupes de travail de l’UIPES selon les besoins en communications.

Venez travailler avec nous pour faire avancer la promotion de la santé !

Pour plus d'informations sur le poste et le processus de candidature, veuillez lire la description complète du poste.

 

 

Décembre 2021

 

 

IUHPE STRATEGIC PLAN: 2021-2026

 


This Strategic Plan (2021-2026), which was developed in consultation with the IUHPE Executive Board and members, builds on existing developments and outlines the strategic priorities of the organization over the next five years.


The central theme and overarching framework that informs this Strategic Plan is a systems approach to health promotion. The Strategic Plan places the strengthening of health promotion systems at the centre of our priority actions. This is informed by the key requirements and enablers for strengthening health promotion systems, as outlined in a Position Statement published by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education in 20181. These system requirements inform and underpin this Strategy, as they are critical to effective action.


The Strategic Priorities identified for 2021-2026 include:
• Action on the determinants of health and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Addressing global challenges to health and health equity, including noncommunicable and communicable disease and promoting mental health and wellbeing
• The development of the health promotion field


These strategic priorities are supported by Operational Measures, which align with the portfolios of IUHPE Vice Presidents. These measures are advocacy, partnerships, leadership, capacity development, knowledge development and translation, communication, membership development and effective governance.

 

READ THE IUHPE STRATEGIC PLAN: 2021-2026

 

The dissemination of quality, timely and understandable information is key in slowing down transmission and avoiding overburdening the healthcare system. We have been supporting dissemination of evidence-based messaging on COVID-19 by trusted sources (e.g. WHO, national public health agencies, research institutions) mainly via Twitter.

To further IUHPE contribution to this collective effort, we are compiling a list of resources from key sources, IUHPE institutional members, Global Working Groups and Networks, academic publishers as well as collections of resources. We will be updating this page as new resources are created, or we learn about them.

We are open to receiving suggestions to add to this list – especially if they have a health promotion approach – just click on this form and let IUHPE know about them!

Sections:

 

 

iNTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Main resource WHO site: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

Knowledge Action Portal: https://www.knowledge-action-portal.com/en/knowledge/covid19_and_ncds

Rapid assessment of service delivery for NCDs during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/rapid-assessment-of-service-delivery-for-ncds-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

 

WHO Regional

WHO Africa: https://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus-covid-19

WHO Europe: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19

 

PAHO/OPS: https://www.paho.org/en/topics/coronavirus-infections/coronavirus-disease-covid-19

COVID-19 guidance and the latest research in the Americas

Spanish: https://covid19-evidence.paho.org/?locale-attribute=es

English: https://covid19-evidence.paho.org/?locale-attribute=en

Portuguese: https://covid19-evidence.paho.org/?locale-attribute=pt_BR

Understanding the Infodemic and Misinformation in the fight against COVID-19:  

https://www.paho.org/en/documents/understanding-infodemic-and-misinformation-fight-against-covid-19

Promoting health equity, gender and ethnic equality, and human rights in COVID-­19 responses: Key considerations

Spanish: https://bit.ly/LEquidad202011

English: https://bit.ly/LEquidad202010 

 

Eastern Mediterranean: http://www.emro.who.int/health-topics/corona-virus/index.html

Western Pacific: https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/covid-19

South-East Asia (no dedicated page)

 

European Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response_en

 

UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covid-19 

 

UNAIDShttps://www.unaids.org/en/20200317_covid19_hiv 

  

Contribution of IUHPE and IUHPE Global Working Groups

NEW

Renforcer les capacités d’adaptation des individus et des communautés en contexte de pandémie : le rôle clé du sentiment de cohérence, une publication endossée par l'UIPES et le RÉFIPS, et soutenue par le Groupe de travail mondial de l’UIPES sur la salutogénèse.
English version also available - Strengthening the adaptive capacities of individuals and communities in times of pandemic: the key role of the sense of coherence.

 

Prise de position conjointe RÉFIPS/UIPES: La promotion de la santé en temps de crise.
The document is also available in English and Spanish.  

 

IUHPE Position Statement on COVID-19 response for the Seventy-third World Health Assembly, 18-19 May 2020http://www.iuhpe.org/images/IUHPE/Advocacy/WHA-Position-Statement_FINAL_17May-2020.pdf 

 

EUPHA-HEALTH PROMOTION, IUHPE and UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education

A Health Promotion Focus on COVID-19. Keep the Trojan horse out of our health systems:
Promote health for ALL in times of crisis and beyond! 
English: http://www.iuhpe.org/images/IUHPE/Advocacy/COVID19_HealthPromotion.pdf 

Spanish: https://www.iuhpe.org/images/IUHPE/Advocacy/COVID19_HealthPromotion_es_.pdf 

French: https://chaireunesco-es.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/A-Health-Promotion-Focus-on-COVID-19-FR.pdf

Portuguese: http://www.iuhpe.org/images/IUHPE/Advocacy/COVID19_HealthPromotion_pt.pdf 

Italian: http://www.iuhpe.org/images/IUHPE/Advocacy/COVID19_HealthPromotion_it.pdf 

 

IUHPE Latin America Region (ORLA)

Cidades Latino-americanas e o desafio de integrar políticas públicas em situação pós pandemia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84uKfUmz_wI 

 

GWG on Social Determinants of Health

COVID-19: Blending social determinants of health and intensifying existing health inequities:  

English: https://www.iuhpe.org/images/GWG/SDH/IUHPE_SDOH_COVID19.pdf

French: https://www.iuhpe.org/images/IUHPE/Advocacy/IUHPE_SDOH_COVID19_fr.pdf 

Spanish: https://www.iuhpe.org/images/IUHPE/Advocacy/IUHPE_SDOH_COVID19_es.pdf

 

Covid-19 and undocumented workers in the Australian horticulture industry: https://www.iuhpe.org/images/GWG/SDH/Howe_and_Singh_-Covid-19_UndocumentedWorkers.pdf  

Joanna Howe and Ankur Singh (Chair of the GWG on SDOH).

 

GWG on Health Literacy

NEW

Short Summary Report. Corona-specific Health Literacy in Germany. Second survey of the
HLS-COVID-19 trend study: 
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/download/2951266/2951267/HLS-COVID-19_2nd_Report_English_Summary.final.pdf 

Orkan Okan, Torsten Michael Bollweg, Ullrich Bauer, Klaus Hurrelmann, Christina Janner, Doris Schaeffer, Bielefeld University, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Literacy Research

 

COVID-19: a guide to good practice on keeping people well informed: https://theconversation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/theconversation.com/amp/covid-19-a-guide-to-good-practice-on-keeping-people-well-informed-134046

Orkan Okan, Bielefeld University, Kristine Sørensen, Freiburg University, Melanie Messer, APOLLON University of Applied Sciences

 

COVID19 Infodemic – A Tsunami of Health Literacy Issues: https://blogs.bmj.com/ebn/2020/07/19/covid19-infodemic-a-tsunami-of-health-literacy-issues/ 
Evelyn McElhinney (@evmcelhinney), Glasgow Caldedonian University

 

GWG on Health Impact Assessment

Can coronavirus spread through food? Can anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen make it worse? Coronavirus claims checked by experts: https://theconversation.com/can-coronavirus-spread-through-food-can-anti-inflammatories-like-ibuprofen-make-it-worse-coronavirus-claims-checked-by-experts-133911

Ben Harris-Roxas, South Eastern Sydney Research Collaboration Hub (SEaRCH)
Part of the UNSW Sydney Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity

 

Information from IUHPE Institutional Members

NEW

Répercussions de la pandémie de coronavirus sur la santé de la population en termes de vulnérabilité et de ressources Sélection de résultats de recherches de 2020 pour la Suisse: https://promotionsante.ch/assets/public/documents/fr/5-grundlagen/publikationen/diverse-themen/arbeitspapiere/Document_de_travail_052_PSCH_2021-01_-_Repercussions_de_la_pandemie_de_coronavirus.pdf 

Promotion Santé Suisse

 

Santé publique France (in French) : https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/maladies-et-traumatismes/maladies-et-infections-respiratoires/infection-a-coronavirus/articles/infection-au-nouveau-coronavirus-sars-cov-2-covid-19-france-et-monde

Infection au nouveau Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19, France et Monde

 

Public Health Agency of Canada

In English: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html

In French: https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies/maladie-coronavirus-covid-19.html

 

Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA - Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung) (in German): https://www.infektionsschutz.de/coronavirus-sars-cov-2.html

 

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) : https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/media-and-resources/coronavirus 

 

Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec (in French) : https://www.quebec.ca/sante/problemes-de-sante/a-z/coronavirus-2019/

INSPQ - Institut national de santé publique du Québechttps://www.inspq.qc.ca/covid-19 

 

dors. Centro Regionale di Documentazione per la Promozionne della Salute (in Italian) : https://www.dors.it/page.php?idarticolo=3374        

 

École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (in French): https://espum.umontreal.ca/lesechoscovid19/

 

Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ENSP-UNL) (in Portuguese): https://www.ensp.unl.pt/comunidade/covid-19/

 

Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand - tool for families:

http://hauora.co.nz/hpf-offers-new-tool-for-families/

 

Voluntary Health Association of India: A summary of the Report COVID-19 Global and National Response

 

Suggestions by IUHPE members

From Shu-Ti Chiou, IUHPE Executive Board/ Health and Sustainable Development Foundation:

Response to COVID-19 in Taiwan. Big Data Analytics, New Technology, and Proactive Testing
C. Jason Wang, MD, PhD; Chun Y. Ng, MBA, MPH; Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD

JAMA. Published online March 3, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.3151 

EPI-WIN: WHO information network for epidemics: https://www.who.int/teams/risk-communication

 

From Frederico Peres, IUHPE GWG on Health Literacy/ The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation:

Recommendations on breastfeeding during COVID-19 pandemic The Brazilian Human Milk Banks Network/The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health:

English: http://rblh.fiocruz.br/sites/rblh.fiocruz.br/files/usuario/80/covid-19_-_rblh_recommendation_01020_170320.pdf  

Portuguese: http://rblh.fiocruz.br/sites/rblh.fiocruz.br/files/usuario/80/rblh_recomendacao_01020_170320.pdf 
Spanish: http://rblh.fiocruz.br/sites/rblh.fiocruz.br/files/usuario/80/covid-19_-_rblh_recomendacion_0120.170320_esp.pdf  
Short videos on different topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic, focus on prevention and public awareness, Brazilian Ministry of Health: http://www.saude.gov.br/campanhas/46452-coronavirus 

 

From Georg Bauer, Chair of IUHPE GWG on Salutogenesis/ Center of Salutogenesis, University of Zurich:

Community engagement for public health events caused by communicable disease threats in the EU/EEA, ECDC: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/community-engagement-guidance.pdf 

 

From Health Promotion Research Center - HPRC, National University of Ireland Galway, IUHPE Institutional member, WHO Collaborative Center: 

Rights in the time of COVID-19 — Lessons from HIV for an effective, community-led response: https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/documents/2020/human-rights-and-covid-19

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Public health agencies/institutes

CDCs

USA: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html

 

European Center for Disease Prevention and Control:

Main page: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china

Micro learning: https://eva.ecdc.europa.eu/totara/catalog/index.php?catalog_cat_browse=16005&orderbykey=text&itemstyle=narrow

 

China:

Chinese: http://2019ncov.chinacdc.cn/2019-nCoV/

English: http://www.chinacdc.cn/en/COVID19/

 

Taiwan:

English: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Category/ListContent/bg0g_VU_Ysrgkes_KRUDgQ?uaid=0nAzwpXdBNIAPOvJhwrGoQ

Chinese: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/Disease/SubIndex/N6XvFa1YP9CXYdB0kNSA9A

 

EpiCentro Istituto Superiore di Sanitàhttps://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/

 

HSE-Health Service Executive Ireland (COVID 19 translated resources): https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/partner-resources/covid-19-translated-resources/ 

 

Public Health Ontario

Synopsis of Key Articles – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/diseases-and-conditions/infectious-diseases/respiratory-diseases/novel-coronavirus/articles 

Daily Scan of Public Health Organizations: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/ncov/ncov-daily-lit.pdf

 

psychosocial and mental health impact/ Health promotion/ Health equity

NEW

Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review. The Pandemic, Socioeconomic and Health Inequalities in England. Executive Summary: http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/build-back-fairer-the-covid-19-marmot-review/build-back-fairer-the-covid-19-marmot-review-executive-summary.pdf  

 

CDC COVID-19 Parental Resources Kit. Ensuring Children and Young People’s Social, Emotional, and Mental Well-being: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/parental-resource-kit/index.html 

 

McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) - Learning from COVID. Perspectives on Health and Social Policy – COVID and Beyond: https://blogs.mcgill.ca/learning-from-covid/  

 

Vital Strategies - COVID-19 Risk Communication Hub: https://covid19riskcomms.org/ 

 

WHO 

Mental health considerations: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/mental-health-considerations.pdf

Addressing human rights as key to the COVID-19: response: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331811 

 

WHO/Europe

Strengthening and adjusting public health measures throughout the COVID-19 transition phases. Policy considerations for the WHO European Region: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2020/4/whoeurope-publishes-considerations-for-gradual-easing-of-covid-19-measures 

 

UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education - list of resources: https://unescochair-ghe.org/resources/themes-covid-19/ 

 

World Federation for Mental Health: https://wfmh.global/wfmh-coronavirus-statement/

 

Canadian Mental Health Associationhttps://cmha.ca/news/covid-19-and-mental-health

 

HSE-Health Service Executive Irelandhttps://www2.hse.ie/wellbeing/mental-health/minding-your-mental-health-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak.html

 

Psycom - Épidémie et confinement : ressources utiles pour notre santé mentalehttp://www.psycom.org/Espace-Presse/Actualites-du-Psycom/Epidemie-et-confinement-ressources-utiles-pour-notre-sante-mentale

 

Réseau Qualaxia - COVID-19 et santé mentale: https://qualaxia.org/dossier/covid-19-et-sante-mentale/  

 

IFRC, UNICEF and WHO - Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/key-messages-and-actions-for-covid-19-prevention-and-control-in-schools-march-2020.pdf 

 

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec - Self-Care Guide - COVID-19: 

English: https://publications.msss.gouv.qc.ca/msss/en/document-002492/

French: https://publications.msss.gouv.qc.ca/msss/document-002491/

 

Société Française de Santé PubliqueAlimention, activité physique : les bons réflexes en période de confinement: https://sfsp.fr/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=item&cid=10&id=16463 

 

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health - Equity-informed responses to COVID-19:

In French: http://www.nccdh.ca/fr/our-work/covid-19/

In English: http://www.nccdh.ca/our-work/covid-19/

Conversation series: Health equity, determinants of health and COVID-19: http://nccdh.ca/workshops-events/entry/COVID-19-webinar-conversation-series 

 

Naître et grandir (Covid19) - ressources en lien avec la famille et les enfants:
https://naitreetgrandir.com/fr/nouvelles/2020/03/17/coronavirus-covid-19-liens-utiles-parents-enfants/

 

University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics - COVID-19 kids research evidence update: https://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/school-structure/paediatrics/news-and-events/covid-19_kids_research_evidence_update 

 

Cultures&Santé - L'épidémie Covid-19 sous le prisme de l'équité: https://cultures-sante.be/centre-doc/coin-thematique/930-l-epidemie-covid-19-sous-le-prisme-de-l-equite.html 

 

IRESP-ARA - Inégalités sociales de santé au temps du coronavirus : constats et pistes d'actions en promotion de la santé: http://ireps-ara.org/portail/portail.asp?idz=1339 

 

American Public Health Association - COVID-19 and Equity: https://apha.org/topics-and-issues/communicable-disease/coronavirus/equity

 

Emory University - COVID-19 Health Equity Dashboardhttps://covid19.emory.edu/

 

Young Scot - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Info for Young People
https://young.scot/campaigns/national/coronavirus

 

Fabrique Territoires Santé et Elus, Santé Publique & Territoires:

Tribune "Covid-19 et lutte contre les inégalités": https://www.fabrique-territoires-sante.org/sites/default/files/cp_fts_espt_avril_2020.pdf

[COVID-19] Les prises de position: https://www.fabrique-territoires-sante.org/ressources/actualites/covid-19-les-prises-de-position

 

Fédération nationale d’éducation et de promotion de la santé (Fnes) - Tribune « Épidémie, crise sanitaire et COVID-19 : le pouvoir d’agir de la promotion de la santé»

https://www.fnes.fr/publications-des-ireps/tribune-epidemie-crise-sanitaire-et-covid-19-le-pouvoir-dagir-de-la-promotion-de-la-sante 

 

Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres - COVID-19 en la vida de las mujeres. Razones para reconocer los impactos diferenciados: http://www.oas.org/es/cim/docs/ArgumentarioCOVID19-ES.pdf

 

National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Healthhttps://ncceh.ca/environmental-health-in-canada/health-agency-projects/environmental-health-resources-covid-19

 

Van den Broucke, S.(2020). Editorial: Why health promotion matters to the COVID-19 pandemic, and vice versa. Health Promotion International. daaa042, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa042 

 

Abel,T. & McQueen, D. (2020). Letter to the Editor: Critical health literacy and the COVID-19 crisis. Health Promotion International. daaa040, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa040 

 

Smith, J. A. & Judd, J. (2020). Editorial: COVID-19: Vulnerability and the power of privilege in a pandemic. Health Promot J Austral. 2020;00:1–3. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.333  

 

Paakkari, L. & Okan, O. (2020), Comment: COVID-19: health literacy is an underestimated problem,
The Lancet Public Health, April 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30086-4 

 

Holmes, E. et al. (2020). Position paper: Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science. The Lancet Psychiatry. April 15, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30168-1 

 

Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), Pedagogy in Health Promotion - Curated Special Collection: Online Teaching for the Health Promotion Workforce: https://journals.sagepub.com/php/curatedcollection1?pbEditor 

 

Education, health literacy and COVID-19, by Ian Warwick, Centre for Education and International Development (CEID), UCL Institute of Education: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ceid/2020/05/20/warwick/  

 

Sunshine Behavioral Health - Telehealth and Online Mental Health Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic: https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/resources/telehealth-addiction-treatment-during-quarantine  

  

Academic Publishers

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Research: https://journals.sagepub.com/coronavirus

The Social And Behavioral Response To Coronavirus​: https://www.socialsciencespace.com/coronavirus/

Free access to OUP resources on coronavirus and related topics: https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/coronavirus

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. A new virus and associated respiratory disease: https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/campaigns/coronavirus

COVID-19 Resource Centre: https://www.thelancet.com/coronavirus

Free access to new Public Health journals: https://about.jstor.org/l/public-health/

Revista Gaceta Sanitaria - Ciclo de Webinars sobre COVID19 en iberoamérica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHMNaa4vC0&list=PLZpzXpbDMriaz1wdPorYxV_echifwgjIw 

Nature - COVID-19 Research in Brief: December, 2019 to June, 2020:  https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-020-00026-w

 

collections

NEW:

World Health Summit - COVID-19 Platform: https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/covid-19.html 
The latest scientific insights on the coronavirus by World Health Summit's academic network, the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. It is an international association of 28 excellent universities, research institutions in 19 countries, and the medical branches of national academies of science in 130 countries.

 

Portal regional de la BVS. Información y conocimiento para la salud - Enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19): https://bvsalud.org/vitrinas/es/post_vitrines/nuevo_coronavirus/

La Biblioteca Virtual de Salud (BVS) se estableció en 1998 cómo modelo, estrategia y plataforma operacional de cooperación técnica de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) para gestión de la información y conocimiento en salud en la Región del América Latina y el Caribe (AL&C).

 

COVID-19 Resources for Members and Global Public Health Professionals: https://ianphi.org/news/2020/covid-resources.html

The International Association of National Public Health Institutes created a list of publicly available resources, links and documents related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response, as well as a list of publicly available web pages and documents detailing responses of our member organizations. Resources are primarily in English.

 

Coronavirus in discussion now by HIFA's global health professionals: http://www.hifa.org/news/coronavirus

HIFA's global health professionals are discussing coronavirus (COVID-19) now. Below are the latest messages on our HIFA-English discussion forum.

HIFA (Healthcare Information For All) is a global social movement to improve the availability and use of healthcare information in low- and middle-income countries. It has more than 19,000 members (health workers, librarians, publishers, researchers, policymakers...) committed to the progressive realisation of a world where every person has access to the healthcare information they need to protect their own health and the health of others.

 

Portail de la veille sur le nouveau coronavirus, 2019-nCoV de la bibliothèque de l’Université de Montréal : https://bibliothequeduchum.ca/sp/subjects/guide.php?subject=v_coronavirus

 

Veille informationnelle psychosociale du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (CCSMTL): http://ccsmtl-biblio.ca/

 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Resources for Librarieshttps://librarianship.ca/features/covid-19-resources/

 

WFSJ Briefing COVID-19: https://wfsj-briefing.org/

This site was set up by the World Federation of Science Journalists to provide a hub of scientific information about the COVID-19 crisis for our global community of science journalists, and to share best practice on covering this type of subject. The site is entirely curated by science journalists and, in this era of fake news, is intended to show only the most trustworthy information.

 

Cochrane Special Collection Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection control and prevention measures: https://www.cochrane.org/news/special-collection-coronavirus-covid-19-infection-control-and-prevention-measures

It includes reviews that evaluate the effects of interventions referenced in the WHO interim guidance for the 2019 coronavirus outbreak (28 January 2020), as well as other potentially relevant reviews from three Cochrane Networks:  Cochrane Public Health and Health Systems; Cochrane Musculoskeletal, Oral, Skin and Sensory; and Cochrane Acute and Emergency Care.

Cochrane is an independent global network of over 38,000 healthcare practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others.

 

Global MediXchange for Combating COVID-19: https://covid-19.alibabacloud.com/

The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation, together with the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, jointly established the Global MediXchange for Combating COVID-19 (GMCC) programme, with the support of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence and Alibaba Health, to help combat the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. This platform was established to facilitate continued communication and collaboration across borders, as well as to provide the necessary computing capabilities and data intelligence to empower pivotal research efforts. The platform can provide frontline medical teams with the necessary communication channels to share practical experience and information about fighting the pandemic.

 

Novo Coronavírus Covid-19 | Fiocruzhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/2442236/novo_coronavrus_covid-19__fiocruz/

Compilation by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation of articles, health and epidemiological information and education resources in English, Portuguese and other languages.

A plataforma, uma iniciativa da Coordenação de Informação e Comunicação (CINCO) da VPEIC/Fiocruz, tem na sua essência, o conceito de “conectar para apoiar” - com uma base técnico-científica, apoiar fortemente a pesquisa científica e o processo de tomada de decisões para a adoção de medidas mitigadoras e/ou eliminar dos impactos da pandemia sobre o novo coronavírus.

 

COVID-19 Outbreak. Research Knowledge Hubhttps://coronavirus.tghn.org/ 

This Global Health Network pop-up space for 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (formerly 2019-nCoV) supports evidence generation by pooling protocols, tools, guidance, templates, and research standards generated by researchers and networks working on the response to this outbreak. Findings from previous outbreaks, largely obtained during MERS and SARS, are also available. 

 

Protect yourself and others from coronavirus – #KnowCOVIDhttps://www.vitalstrategies.org/covid/

Vital Strategies and their Prevent Epidemics initiative have established the #KnowCOVID web page and hashtag to offer clear, credible and current information on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through materials on this page and through their social media channels.

 

The Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center: https://cities4health.org 
The Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center is home to practical guidance and tools to support cities in four technical areas: Surveillance and Epidemiology, Communications, Public Health and Social Measures, and Legal and Ethical Considerations.

 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) News and Resources
from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:
https://nam.edu/coronavirus-resources/ 

 

Resources for Response to COVID-19: healthinschools.org/schools-and-covid-19-resources/
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) has compiled some of the latest resources and guidelines from various government and nongovernmental organizations to help school leaders and educators to plan, prepare and respond appropriately to COVID–19.


World Cancer Research Fund - Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources:
https://www.wcrf-uk.org/uk/here-help/coronavirus-covid-19-resources
Browse resources to help you keep active, eat well and look after your wellbeing if you're self-isolating and staying at home

OFICIALES SALUD PÚBLICA:
https://twitter.com/i/lists/1238073490173046784
Lista de perfiles Twitter oficiales de salud pública-coronavirus por CC.AA.

 

Escola Andaluza de Salud Pública - Comprender el COVID-19 desde una perspectiva de salud pública: https://www.easp.es/web/coronavirusysaludpublica/  

 

PubMed Articles - COVID literaturehttps://ucsf.app.box.com/s/2laxq0v00zg2ope9jppsqtnv1mtxd52z 

First selection by Sachin J. Shah, Assistant Professor at University of California, San Francisco, being updated with the contribution of other experts.

 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources relevant to NCDshttps://ncdalliance.org/what-we-do/knowledge-exchange/coronavirus-covid-19-resources-relevant-to-ncds

A collection by NCD Alliance of resources and tools.

 

COVID-19 Primer: https://covid19primer.com/  
COVID-19 Primer summarizes research trends as well as the news coverage and social media discussion on scientific research about the COVID-19 pandemic and the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It employs natural language processing and generation to read and analyze research papers, bubble up trending concepts and discussions, as well as write the summaries.

 

The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) - COVID-19 Data Portal: https://www.covid19dataportal.org/  

 

COVID-19 Resourceshttps://fairsharing.org/collection/COVID19Resources

This is a draft collection containing databases (which includes knowledgebases and repositories) and standards that are responding to or appropriate for use in the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

COVID-19 Evidence Synthesis Resourceshttps://evidencesynthesisireland.ie/covid-19-evidence-synthesis-resources/

List of resources that include information on databases, protocols and publishing, searching and maps.

 

COVID-19 presse prohttps://covid19-pressepro.fr/

Gestionnaires d'établissement, personnel médical, soignants... : les médias santé s'unissent pour vous livrer toute l'information dont vous avez besoin.

 

What We Know So Far About… Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/diseases-and-conditions/infectious-diseases/respiratory-diseases/novel-coronavirus/what-we-know 

“What We Know So Far” documents prepared by Public Health Ontario are intended to provide a rapid review of the evidence related to a specific aspect or emerging issue related to COVID-19.

 

A tracker of trackers: COVID-19 policy responses and data: https://lukaslehner.github.io/covid19policytrackers/ 
This collection covers cross-country research in the areas of non-pharmaceutical interventions, economic and social policy responses, public attitudes, politics and media coverage.

 

Center for Science in the Public Interest - COVID-19 Evidence hub: https://cspinet.org/covid-19-evidence-hub 
Aggregates international databases related to evidence on COVID-19 based on three content categories that the underlying websites may contain: a study database (i.e., a listing of ongoing and completed studies), a study results database (i.e., results from completed studies), results appraisals (critical reviews of study results), or some combination of these.

 

 

 

Last update: 15 February 2021

 

À l’occasion de la 24e conférence mondiale de l’UIPES en promotion de la santé qui aura lieu à Montréal, en 2022, le partenariat entre l'UIPES et le RÉFIPS se poursuit et se renforce. Le RÉFIPS est fier de prendre en charge le sous-comité scientifique francophone dans la perspective d’accroître la présence francophone lors de cette conférence qui se veut trilingue.

Le sous-comité scientifique francophone a comme mandat de soutenir le comité scientifique international dans la préparation de cette conférence qui promet d’être stimulante. Entre autres, le sous-comité est impliqué dans l’identification de conférenciers potentiels pour les plénières, dans la préparation de sous-plénières en français et dans les activités de diffusion de la conférence afin d’assurer un maximum de propositions et de participants francophones.

Faites connaissance avec les membres du sous-comité francophone de l’UIPES 2022, en visitant le site web du RÉFIPS.

      

 

IUHPE invites you to submit your contribution to the International Handbook of Teaching and Learning Health Promotion: Practices and reflections from around the world to be published by Springer and launched at the 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, in Montréal, May 2022.

Proposals must be sent by April 15, 2021, to the email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

This call is intended to identify experiences that produce a dialogue between teaching and learning practices carried out locally and the possibilities of application and transformation from local to global reality.

This book is about teaching and learning health promotion in the health professions undergraduate and postgraduate courses, bearing in mind the Health Promotion approaches, according to WHO and the five strategies of Ottawa Chapter. In addition, chapters on how health promotion is taught in related fields such as architecture, urban planning, and social protection, as well as various areas of public policy and international affairs etc. are welcome.

This book intends to share analyses of what teaching methodologies university lecturers from different countries use in health promotion classes. We want to discuss what competencies in health promotion we seek to develop as results of our teaching-learning processes and to indicate research opportunities in the field of teaching-learning process in health promotion for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The chapters (6,000 – 7,000 words, up to 50 references) should contain description of the context of the experience and the characteristics of the participants, as well as the professions and courses involved; theories and methodologies used in the teaching-learning process; duration and frequency of activities; forms of assessment; results achieved and challenges faced; analysis that includes the principles, pillars, competencies or approaches to Health Promotion; the potential for applicability of the experience in other contexts.

The proposed book structure includes seven sections, which will be composed by commissioned chapters and chapters selected from the open call:

Section 1. The HP curriculum (the challenge of making HP distinct, explaining its scope and the different ways that curricula are organized).
Section 2. Making it relevant to practice (for nurses, doctors, architects, social workers, health promotion specialists, etc.).
Section 3. Pedagogies for HP (innovative methods, online teaching, etc.).
Section 4. Topics for HP (settings, health behaviors, community action, health education and communication, health related policymaking and policy analysis, health literacy, SARS COV-2, etc.).
Section 5. Assessment of HP and quality assurance (methods, challenges, etc.).
Section 6. HP as transformational (new narratives, theory of change, connections, systems theory? etc.).
Section 7. Reflections from Students (The impact that learning about HP had on me?).

 

Click here to read the full call for chapters

"Supporting every school to become a foundation for healthy lives": a Lancet Child and Adolescent Health article, co-written by IUHPE President Margaret M. Barry, colleagues from the WHO Collaborating Centre and UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education and other international experts, offers a synthesis of the available knowledge and a roadmap for building bridges between education and health and enabling the development of intersectoral practices in schools. It takes stock of the available evidence on school health interventions and the conditions necessary for their effectiveness and sustainability.

Click here to read the article

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In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Editor-in-Chief of Global Health Promotion, Erica Di Ruggiero approached the Editor-in-Chief of Health Promotion International, Evelyne de Leeuw, to co-launch a call for papers focused on the following question: How is the health promotion community affected by and responding to this unprecedented global challenge?

The response from the health promotion community was overwhelming; about 170 proposals for articles and commentaries were received. Following a rigorous selection, GHP invited 48 papers (33 in English, 9 in Spanish, 6 in French) to submit final versions. GHP recruited guest editor Paola Ardiles to assist particularly with Spanish papers.

This collection presents a selection of the peer-reviewed manuscripts issued from these contributions. World renowned scholars, as well as emerging scientists, practitioners and professionals in health promotion share their findings, reflections, and insights on a variety of health and social-related issues that are raised or amplified by this global crisis.

Please note this is a living collection and new contributions will continue to be published. Register for SAGE’s email alerts to stay informed about new articles and commentaries published Open access! Share widely with your network and enjoy your reading!  

Click here to learn more about the collection and read the articles


Global Health Promotion

Colección sobre las perspectivas de la promoción de la salud frente a la pandemia de la COVID-19

En las primeras semanas de la pandemia de la Covid-19, la Jefa de Redacción de Global Health Promotion, Erica Di Ruggiero, contactó a la Jefa de Redacción de Health Promotion International, Evelyne de Leeuw, con el propósito de lanzar una convocatoria conjunta para el envío de trabajos que analizaran ¿Cómo se ha afectado la comunidad de promoción de la salud y cómo ha respondido a este desafío mundial sin precedentes?

La respuesta de la comunidad de la promoción de la salud superó cualquier expectativa: se recibieron cerca de 170 propuestas de artículos y de comentarios. Después de un riguroso proceso de selección, GHP invitó a los autores de 48 de estas iniciativas (33 en inglés, 9 en español y 6 en francés) a presentar las versiones finales. Además, llamó a Paola Ardiles para que en calidad de editora invitada se encargara específicamente de los trabajos en español.

Esta colección representa una selección de manuscritos revisados por pares publicados a partir de estas contribuciones. Académicos de renombre mundial, así como nuevos científicos, profesionales y promotores de la salud compartieron sus hallazgos, reflexiones y sus puntos de vista sobre una variedad de problemas sociales y de salud que surgieron o se acentuaron por cuenta de esta crisis mundial.

Tenga en cuenta que esta es una colección abierta que seguirá recibiendo nuevas contribuciones para ser publicadas. Regístrese para recibir por correo electrónico las alertas de SAGE con información sobre nuevos artículos y comentarios disponibles en línea.

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Global Health Promotion - 

Un recueil des points de vue de la promotion de la santé sur la pandémie de COVID-19

Au cours des premières semaines de la pandémie de COVID-19, la rédactrice en chef de Global Health Promotion, Erica Di Ruggiero, a approché la rédactrice en chef de Health Promotion International, Evelyne de Leeuw, pour co-lancer un appel à articles portant sur la question suivante : Comment la communauté de la promotion de la santé est-elle touchée par ce défi mondial sans précédent et comment y répond-elle ?

La réponse de la communauté de la promotion de la santé a été immense ; environ 170 propositions d’articles et de commentaires ont été reçues. Après une sélection rigoureuse, GHP a retenu 48 articles (33 en anglais, 9 en espagnol, 6 en français) en invitant leurs auteurs à soumettre la version finale. GHP a dû recruter Paola Ardiles en tant que rédactrice invitée pour aider en particulier à la publication des articles en espagnol.

Ce recueil présente une sélection de manuscrits évalués par des pairs provenant de ces contributions. Des universitaires de renommée mondiale, de même que des jeunes scientifiques, des praticiens et des professionnels en promotion de la santé partagent leurs constatations, leurs réflexions et leurs perspectives sur différents problèmes de santé et problèmes sociaux soulevés ou amplifiés par cette crise mondiale.

Veuillez noter qu’il s’agit d’une collection vivante et que de nouvelles contributions continueront d’être publiées. Inscrivez-vous aux alertes par courriel de SAGE pour rester informé(e) des nouveaux articles et commentaires publiés en Open access ! Partagez largement avec votre réseau et profitez bien de votre lecture!  

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16th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH2020). Public health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action, 12-16 October 2020, organised by the World Federation of Public Health Association (WFPHA) in collaboration with the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI)

 

 

Workshop - Health promotion: An integrative paradigm for sustainable health, wellbeing and development, IUHPE

 

A critical reflection on the enablers of transformative health promotion actionclick here for slides

Margaret Barry, IUHPE President

Strengthening health promotion research - click here for slides

Louise Potvin, IUHPE Board member, Co-chair of the 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion (IUHPE 2022) and Chair of its Global Organising Committee, Canada

Strengthening health promotion policy - click here for slides

Evelyne De Leeuw, IUHPE Board member, Co-chair of the Global Scientific Committee of IUHPE 2022

Strengthening health promotion practice - click here for slides

Stephan Van Den Broucke, IUHPE Vice President for Scientific Affairs

 

Click here to visit the IUHPE 2022 website.

 

This workshop organised by IUHPE addressed the importance of health promotion for enabling all human beings to have healthy lives, to maximise their health potential and ensure that no one is left behind.  Health promotion is a critical component of modern health systems and a vital strategy for sustainable health development and human flourishing. Effective health promotion strategies are essential in addressing the broader determinants of health, reducing health inequities, and tackling current and emerging health challenges to human development.

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and universal health coverage calls for concerted action on health promotion as an integral component of modern health systems and future development. While successive global health policies have endorsed the need to invest in health promotion, political commitment to implementing health promotion is lacking and health policies and budgets remain focused on curative approaches. Health promotion is often poorly understood, both within the health sector and society more widely, and there is a limited appreciation of what is required to translate health promotion into effective action. Transformative health promotion actions are needed to deliver on improved population health and wellbeing and the creation of a healthy society where human wellbeing can flourish.

This workshop aimed to engage participants in an interactive discussion on how health promotion policy, research and practice can be strengthened in order to advance human health and wellbeing. Critical insights were exchanged on how to bring a renewed focus on health promotion as a key transformative and disruptive strategy for advancing human wellbeing development. The workshop critically considered what mechanisms are needed for strengthening health promoting policies, implementation processes and structures, capacities and research, to advance population health and wellbeing and a healthier future for all.

 

Key messages:

  • Health promotion actions are critical to the delivery of improved population health and health equity, transforming health systems and enhancing human wellbeing and sustainable development.

  • Strengthening health promoting policies, practices and research is essential to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and enable the conditions for a healthier world.


Workshop - Health Literacy in Policies: European and National Perspectives, EUPHA-HP, WHO/Europe, Health Literacy Europe, IHLA, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Literacy Research - Bielefeld University

 

WHO European Health Literacy Action Plan

Kristine Sørensen, President of the International Health Literacy Association, Executive Chair of Health Literacy Europe

Expert Recommendations for Health Literacy Policies addressing Children and Adolescents - click here for slides

Orkan Okan – EUPHA-Health Promotion, Bielefeld University

Health Literacy Policy in Israel. Culturally Appropriate Health Systemsclick here for slides

Diane Levin-Zamir, Chair of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Health Literacy, Chair of the National Health Promotion Council, Israel Ministry of Health

A National Position Paper: Health Literacy from a Structural Perspective-A path to equity in health?click here for slides

Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Danish Society of Public Health, the Danish Health Literacy Network, Aarhus University

 

Members of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Health Literacy actively participated in a workshop on health literacy. More than 70 participants joined the virtual workshop from across the world and contributed to a lively discussion on health literacy and public health policy making.

Health literacy has evolved into a key dimension of public and global health policy. In the wake of Health in all Polices (HiAP), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and recent health equity discussions, health literacy plays an important role in the context of health promotion and education in order to empower people and enable systems to sustain more effective health communication and better health outcomes. Health literacy increases personal and organizational capacities to deal with health information and make informed decisions, as well as creating an environment that supports these actions. In recent years, digitalization and digital transformation of societies and everyday environments have contributed to the increasing awareness of the role of health literacy for navigation of these new and often complex environments. Together, these developments have facilitated the establishment of health literacy as a critical policy item on agendas across the world, such as that of the IUHPE Position statement on health literacy. A practical vision for a health literate world.

In response to these developments, the aim of this workshop was to address policy issues in relation to health literacy and to:

  • present research findings from recent health literacy policy initiatives, such as the WHO European health literacy roadmap and action plan and European national policies and

  • initiate a critical discussion regarding future health literacy policy development in the European region and beyond. 

Key messages:

  • Health literacy policy is an important cornerstone of national and global public health and policy strategies and linked to the UN Sustainable Developmental Goals.

  • WHO Europe has launched a health literacy strategy and is now developing a pan-European action plan that should help to promote health literacy in populations in the 53 countries of the European Region.

  • Worldwide, there are already 26 health literacy policies in 18 countries that specifically address children and a hand-on guide on how to develop new strategies and improve existing ones is being developed.

  • Policy planning must include cultural appropriateness as an important dimension to depict the diversity of people in order to ensure that action on health literacy reaches all populations effectively and where they stand – including during a period of health crisis.

  • In order to enhance health literacy development in the population and generate better health outcomes, health literate thinking and health literacy responsiveness must be integrated into current health strategies, including drawing the link between health literacy and the UN SDGs.


Pre-conference - Helping people to help themselves to better health, WHO Collaborating Centre & UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education, EUPHA Health Promotion Section and EHESP School of Public Health

 

Please visit the pre-conference webpage for up-to-date information on this event and its follow-up.

 

Several members of IUHPE were engaged in this pre-conference that aimed to result in a statement with the main conditions for large-scale implementation of policies and practices that leave no one behind, by reviewing the evidence and learning from innovations in the field.

Objectives of the pre-conference:

  • available evidence on the mechanisms underpinning participation, non-participation and victim-blaming;

  • factors explaining the over-investment in interventions targeting individual determinants of health at the expense of actions on the SDH;

  • innovations in participatory community-based interventions that improve daily living conditions and indicators of health and well-being;

  • enablers and barriers to scaling-up health promotion and community-based approaches.

Speakers:

  • Didier Jourdan, WHO Collaborating Center & UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education

  • Eric Breton, EHESP School of Public Health, France

  • Goof Buijs, WHO Collaborating center & UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education

  • Nina Bartelink, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

  • Marco Akerman, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Brazil

  • Orkan Okan, Vice-President of the EUPHA Health Promotion section, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Literacy Research, Bielefeld University, Germany,

  • Louise Potvin, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, Canada

  • David Houéto, President of RÉFIPS, School of Public Health, Parakou University, Benin

  • Faten Ben Abdelaziz, Coordinator of Health Promotion, WHO

 

Last chance to contribute to the statement! You are all invited to share your experience by answering two short questions by 30 October 2020 and contribute to the pre-conference statement on large-scale implementation of policies and practices that leave no one behind.

Question 1: What explains the priority to invest in programmes and policies targeting individuals, rather than upstream social determinants of health?

Question 2: How can we contribute to scaling-up health promotion and   community-based approaches?

Answer these questions or contribute directly to the scrumble board

 

 

Webinaire : L’Outil d’appréciation des effets de l’action intersectorielle locale

7 décembre 2020 - Ressources disponibles

 

À la demande des participant.e.s du webinaire «L'outil d'appréciation des effets de l'action intersectorielle locale » qui s'est tenu le 7 décembre dernier, l'enregistrement est maintenant disponible pour visionnement. Les intervenantes ont gentiment accepté de donner accès à leur présentation PowerPoint pour faciliter l'utilisation de l'outil.

Ce webinaire était coorganisé par l'UIPES et le Réseau francophone international pour la promotion de la santé.

 

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La collaboration intersectorielle étant au cœur des actions de promotion de la santé, l’Union internationale de promotion de la santé et d’éducation pour la santé et le Réseau francophone international pour la promotion de la santé sont réunis pour organiser ce webinaire qui présente un outil pratique pour les acteurs de terrain.

L’Outil d’appréciation des effets de l’action intersectorielle locale permet, à partir du récit de votre projet, d’en repérer les réalisations marquantes qui ont contribué à le faire progresser vers ses effets dans les milieux de vie. Il permet d’interpréter ces réalisations en recourant à un répertoire de 12 résultats transitoires, ou actions types, qui s’enchaînent pour montrer comment les processus de l’action intersectorielle sont reliés à ses effets. 

L'Outil est le résultat d'une collaboration entre : 
    

Coorganisateurs du webinaire:

         

 

The IUHPE GWG on Waiora Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing originates from the 23rd IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion in 2019, in Rotorua, co-hosted by the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand Runanga Whakapiki Ake I Te Hauora o Aotearoa, and the IUHPE. Its theme was “WAIORA: Promoting Planetary Health and Sustainable Development for All.” This new Global Working Group will strive to advance the aim of the conference and its two Legacy statements.

Chairs

Sione Tu’itahi, Executive Director, Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand

Professor Claudia Meier Magistretti, Forschungsleiterin ISB und Dozentin, Switzerland 

Main objectives

Its main objectives are the following:

  • To enhance a planetary consciousness in health promotion

  • To contribute an eco-social understanding of planetary health and human wellbeing into health promotion

  • To value indigenous ways of knowing about the world, including spirituality and reverence for nature

  • To collaborate and share knowledge with other GWGs within IUHPE, and external groups working in the field of planetary health

  • To contribute to the research, teaching, policy-making and practice of planetary health and human wellbeing in health promotion

  • To contribute to the translation of planetary health and human wellbeing in health promotion into practical applications at all levels, from the global to the local.

Learn more about this GWG’s background and membership

 

IUHPE invites you to read the Global Health Promotion collections on Planetary Health and on IUHPE 2019., and to learn more about the project People-Planet-Health.

 

15/12/2020