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More than 60 years working to advance health promotion and to achieve equity in health globally I NTERNATIONAL U NION FOR H EALTH P ROMOTION AND E DUCATION www.iuhpe.org
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Promote global health and wellbeing Contribute to the achievement of equity in health between and within countries of the world Mission
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The IUHPE works as: A global professional network A dissemination & exchange hub A facilitating agency of technical expertise IUHPE’s Roles
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Strategies Advocate for health and health promotion Build knowledge base for health promotion Professional and technical development Advance the quality of policy and practice Projects networks, partnership building Develop capacity globally, regionally, locally Short courses, conferences, training
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IUHPE priority areas for action for 2011-2016
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Social Determinants of Health IUHPE’s work on SDH includes: Health in All Policies (HiAP) Whole-of-government approaches Intersectoriality The fight against poverty & Support to MDGs The recommendations of the WHO Commission on SDH Report The structural drivers of inequitable distribution (power/ money /resources/ human rights) Health promotion in emerging economies Health Impact Assessment Health equity
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Health Promotion in Sustainable Development IUHPE’s work on Sustainable Development includes : Food system Climate change Whole systems approaches Partnership across sectors Urbanization & urban planning and poverty Environmental approaches Disaster prevention and post- disaster management
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Including: Physical activity promotion, Equitable access to active and sustainable transportation Healthy villages/cities/schools/work places Food availability and affordability Tobacco control Injury prevention Mental health Violence NCDs Prevention and Control
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It supports the work and infrastructure that underpins the other health promotion work that the IUHPE does. It includes: Capacity building / competencies Advocacy Health literacy Surveillance Communications Evidence of the effectiveness of health promotion Evaluation Transferability Health promotion system
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Capacity Building In Europe, a consensus building process on competencies and professional standards for HP - CompHP Ethical Values and the Health Promotion Knowledge Base underpinning all HP action 9 domains of core competencies for improved practice Professional standards A Pan-European Accreditation Framework
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Building knowledge Use of various types of evidence to inform and support policy dialogue, development and implementation: The global programme on health promotion effectiveness (GPHPE) The GPHPE looks at how to stimulate the evaluation of effectiveness, champion the development of appropriate tools and methods to do so, and espouse the implementation of this body of knowledge to its best use in practice and for advocacy Add picture or call for
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Partnership & networking Working collaboratively across disciplines, sectors, and partners to enhance the impact and sustainability of health promotion programmes and policies to address our priorities for action to: Create synergy Take advantage of complementarity Address common situations Articulate diverse perspectives and realities Inspire other actions Offer space and opportunities for reflection, research, sharing and dissemination of experiences, knowledge and know how to achieve common objectives Facilitate mutual enrichment of local and broader networks Catherine M. Jones
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Partnership Our instrumental role in partnership work is: planning, coordination and dissemination (& knowledge translation our global reach the diversity of expertise on any entry point, the various sectors (policy, research, practice) in which we work, our multi-lingual capacity our independence as an NGO that provides certain operational flexibility
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A global professional network Experts from across the world in various disciplines ▪ Institutional members ▪ Individual members Global Working Groups ▪ Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness ▪ Social Determinants of Health ▪ Health Impact Assessment ▪ Climate Change ▪ Salutogenesis ▪ Surveillance ▪ Health Literacy ▪ Food system Interest Groups (under development) ▪ Healthy Settings ▪ Social Determinants of Health ▪ Surveillance ▪ Health Impact Assessment ▪ Research IUHPE Networks ▪ IUHPE Student & Early Career Network ▪ International Network Indigenous HP Professionals ▪ Academic Network ▪ RéFIPS ▪ Research The underlying strength of the IUHPE resides in the quality of the individual and collective skills and knowledge of its global network
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Health Impact Assessment Salutogenesis Health Literacy Food Systems WARFS Climate Change SDH Interface SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH Research Competencies & Workforce Development IUHPE GLOBAL WORKING GROUPS
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A dissemination and exchange hub Communication provides connection to our members, partners and the public. All of the IUHPE members, Officers and staff have a role in communication of IUHPE messages IUHPE publications : IUHPE Family of journals & IUHPE Thematic publications IUHPE online presence ▪ www.iuhpe.org ▪ VHPO, www.vhpo.net ▪ ISECN, www.isecn.orgwww.iuhpe.orgwww.vhpo.netwww.isecn.org IUHPE Conferences ▪ Regional Conferences ▪ Co-sponsored events ▪ World Conferences
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21 st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion Best Investments for Health 25-29 August 2013 Pattaya, Thailand www.iuhpeconference.net
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Conference Main Theme Best Investments for Health “Best” in dimensions of Sufficiency, Efficiency, Effectiveness or Equity. “Investment” in terms of Health Finance, Systems, Human Resources or Interventions. “Health” in the view of Conventional Health, Wellbeing or Social Development.
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ww.IUHPEconference.net
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A facilitating agency of technical expertise Collaboration with national agencies, university departments & international organisations ▪ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ▪ INPES ▪ Chair, Community Approaches and Health Inequalities ▪ SOPHE ▪ European Commission ▪ WHO ▪ WHO European Observatory ▪ Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) ▪ Department of Health of England … Participation in international networks ▪ Cochrane Public Health Review Group (PHRG) ▪ EuroHealthNet ▪ Global Advocacy for Physical Activity (GAPA) ▪ Global Consortium for the Advancement of Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health (G-CAPP) ▪ HP-Source.net ▪ International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) Donors ▪ French Health Directorate ▪ INPES (France) ▪ SAGE Publications The IUHPE also is a facilitating agency in a large range of collaborative projects and networks
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Working for more than 50 years to connect and support everyone committed to advancing health promotion and to achieving equity in health globally Advancing health promotion & achieving equity in health globally
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