Trends and issues on HPS in Europe

Goof Buijs

24 August 2013, Pattaya

led by CBO as WHO Collaborating Centre for School

Health Promotion

SHE Network – Who are we?

• 43 member countries: EU and EECA

• National coordinators and SHE Research Group

• Since 1992

• Support: WHO Euro, Council of Europe and EC

• Focus: making HPS an integral part of policy development in education and health sector

Overview SHE 2013

• Support SHE network 2013 assembly/newsletters/social media

• Capacity building autumn school, workshops

• Advocacy 2 SHE factsheets/online school manual

• Support research writing workshop, new research publication

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4th HPS conference: Equity, Education & Health Theme 1: Innovative School-based Health Promotion (07.10.13): • Dominic Richardson • Bjørn Holstein Theme 2: Equity and School Health Promotion (08.10.13) • Oddrun Samdal • Serob Khachatryan • Glen Leverack Theme 3: Steps of sustainable change in School-based Health Promotion (09.10.13) • Margaret Barry • Allan Dyson • Gerjo Kok

Trendy topics HPS in Europe

• Monitoring and research on evidence

• Early childhood care and education

• Early school leaving

• Schools and community development

• Child rights and prevention of violence

• Promoting healthy lifestyles

– Mental health promotion

– Preventing overweight and school feeding

• Communicable diseases (ECDC)

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Welcome to health promoting school in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia)

April 2013

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Issues in Europe

• Making better use of 30 years experience intersectoral collaboration

• Focus on reducing inequalities in health

• Support leadership of low and middle income countries in European region

• Linking HPS with community development

• Sustainable (public/private) funding

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contact

• www.schoolsforhealth.eu

• gbuijs@cbo.nl

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