PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Programmes and calls for public health research in European countries.

INTRODUCTION Public health research, at population and organizational level, needs to be identified independently within 'health' research from biomedicine and life sciences. In PHIRE (Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe), we investigated the extent and character of public health research calls and programmes in European countries. METHODS Country respondents, identified through n...

Strategies for public health research in European Union countries.

INTRODUCTION 'Health' is an identifiable theme within the European Union multi-annual research programmes. Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe (PHIRE), led by the European Public Health Association, sought to identify public health research strategies in EU member states. METHODS Within PHIRE, national public health associations reviewed structures for health research, held stakeh...

Sustainable development and public health: rating European countries

BACKGROUND Sustainable development and public health quite strongly correlate, being connected and conditioned by one another. This paper therein attempts to offer a representation of Europe's current situation of sustainable development in the area of public health. METHODS A dataset on sustainable development in the area of public health consisting of 31 European countries (formally propose...

Health status in east European countries.

Health of Immigrants in European countries.

The health of older immigrants can have important consequences for needed social support and demands placed on health systems. This paper examines health differences between immigrants and the native-born populations aged 50 years and older in 11 European countries. We examine differences in functional ability, disability, disease presence and behavioral risk factors, for immigrants and non-imm...