Current educational challenges for specialist community public health nurses following a health-visiting pathway and the consequences of these challenges for public health

Intersectoral Planning for Public Health: Dilemmas and Challenges

Background Intersectoral action is often presented as essential in the promotion of population health and health equity. In Norway, national public health policies are based on the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach that promotes whole-of-government responsibility. As part of the promotion of this intersectoral responsibility, p...

Challenges for a European Public Health Association.

The notion of public health started some 400 years ago with disease control, i.e. to prevent the further spread of diseases. Since then, public health has evolved and now includes health promotion as well as health protection. Public health professionals are now aware of the imbalance between the global magnitude of factors that affect human health and the inadequate structures in place to addr...

Sarcopenia: burden and challenges for public health

Sarcopenia, operationally defined as the loss of muscle mass and muscle function, is a major health condition associated with ageing, and contributes to many components of public health at both the patient and the societal levels. Currently, no consensual definition of sarcopenia exists and therefore it is still a challenge to establish the actual prevalence of sarcopenia or to establish the di...

[Meta-evaluation of health management: challenges for "new public health"].

Urgent Challenges for Local Public Health Informatics

Good informatics improves public health. It enables public health agencies to be more responsive and productive. Improved accessibility to data can create more opportunities to improve health through partnerships, greater accountability, and improved efficiency. Informatics methods and approaches can address lack of timely data and enable quicker investigation of arising topics, from opioid abu...