The IUHPE 2022 programme is out! Check it now!
We are pleased to announce the preliminary programme for the 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion is now available online!
We have confirmed an exciting and informative programme in a variety of formats that will explore the conference theme Promoting policies for.. →
4th IAAH MENA Region Adolescent Health Conference – Declaration
The 4th IAAH (International Association for Adolescent Health) MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Region Adolescent Health Conference was held from 1-3 December 2021 in Hurghada, Egypt.
Theme
The main theme of the conference was: “Adolescent Care, Leaving No One Behind”. The conference.. →
4th IAAH MENA Region Adolescent Health Conference – contributions UNESCO Chair
The 4th IAAH (International Association for Adolescent Health) MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Region Adolescent Health Conference, organized by the Arab Coalition for Adolescent Health & Medicine (ACAHM), was held from 1-3 December 2021 in Hurghada, Egypt. The conference was held under the.. →
Late-breaking call for abstracts – share your latest work at IUHPE 2022!
The Global Scientific Committee is re-opening the opportunity for late-breaking submissions to IUHPE2022. We invite you to submit an abstract for presentation of the latest policy and research issues at the 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Under.. →
5th UNESCO Forum on Transformative Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship, Health and Well-being
From 29 November to 1 December, UNESCO brought together experts in education for sustainable development, global citizenship and, health and well-being to discuss good practices, progress, monitoring and mainstreaming of transformative education towards target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals.. →
Article: Health promotion research has come of age!
Structuring the field based on the practices of health promotion researchers
In the article “Health promotion research has come of age! Structuring the field based on the practices of health promotion researchers” which was recently published in Global Health Promotion, Louise Potvin and.. →
New Strategic Development Plan EuroHealthNet
EuroHealthNet has launched its new Strategic Development Plan, which sets out the principles and priorities which will guide their work over the next five years.
EuroHealthNet members (over 60 organisations, institutes, and authorities working on public health, disease prevention, promoting.. →
Article: Teacher Care is a Lot More Than Self-Care
Published 2 November 2021, on EdSurge
In the article “School Leaders Take Note: Teacher Care is a Lot More Than Self-Care” the author, Sean Slade, stresses the importance of improving the environments educators are in everyday, in stead of focusing on solutions revolving around “self-care”.
Educators.. →
Lifelong learning for health as a key to building sustainable, equitable, inclusive and resilient cities
From emergency to resilience: Building healthy and resilient cities through learning – 5th UNESCO International Conference on Learning Cities
The South Korean city of Yeonsu, a member of UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), hosted the Fifth International Conference.. →
Join the SDG4Youth Network
Call for applications for young leaders, 18-29 years old, who are actively working to contribute to the Education 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with youth/student networks.
The SDG4Youth network aims to include young education activists in shaping global education policies through.. →
Antidote COVID-19 game launched by WHO and Psyon Games
WHO and Psyon Games jointly launched a new tower defense game called the Antidote COVID-19 to turn complex, scientific information into a fun learning experience. During the course of the game, players will learn about their immune system, pathogens, vaccines and how to protect themselves from COVID-19.
The.. →
UNICEF Report – The State of the World’s Children 2021
In my mind – Promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health.
UNICEF recently published a report on the mental health of children around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the mental health of a generation of children. But the pandemic may represent.. →
Online pre-conference Genuine Participation and the Transformational Potential of Health Promotion – 10 November 2021
Join the preconference Genuine Participation and the Transformational Potential of Health Promotion – Coronavirus Politics on 10 November 2021 from 9.00 CET. The focus of this pre-conference is to open new perspectives on genuine participation as a means to highlight the transformational potential.. →
Addressing hate speech through education – Multi-stakeholder online forum
Hate speech is on the rise worldwide, with the potential to incite violence, undermine social cohesion and tolerance, and cause psychological, emotional and physical harm based on xenophobia, racism, antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance and discrimination (UN, 2020). History.. →
The UNESCO Chair endorses The Jena Declaration
The UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education endorses The Jena Declaration which calls for a global mobilization to attain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before 2030. It wants to spur communities around the world to choose pathways to sustainability through a new culturally.. →
Building Health Throughout the Life Course
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently published “Building Health Throughout the Life Course. Concepts, Implications, and Application in Public Health[1]”. The publication explains how health develops and changes throughout the life course, and how the use of the life course approach.. →
Webinar Strategies for School Health Promotion during COVID-19 – 30 September 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted schools all over the world. Schools in many countries closed in haste and had to create virtual learning opportunities for their students. The reopening of schools is taking place in various speeds and with different guidance at national and/or local level.
The.. →
The Healthy Settings Approach in Hong Kong: Sustainable Development for Population Health
An individual’s health depends on their personal lifestyle and living conditions, which are influenced by a host of complex physical, social, and economic determinants. The same is true of organisational and community health.
This book explains the Healthy Settings Approach as a.. →
Involve children and young people in assessing the impact of school closures on their wellbeing and developing strategies for post-COVID-19 schooling
Article published in MDPI on 5 September 2021
Nearly 200 countries have implemented school closures to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Although these closures have seemed necessary, there have been serious concerns about their effects on the well-being of children and adolescents… →
Cost-effectiveness and return on investment of school-based health promotion programmes for chronic disease prevention
Although school-based health prevention programmes are effective in promoting healthy eating and physical activity, little is known about their economic impact. An economic evaluation of programmes identified as feasible, acceptable and sustainable in the Canadian context has been published in the European.. →