Increasing public health competence and capacity of local governments
National Institute for Health Development ·Estonia
About this project
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px">Financed from NO FM</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000">Programme outcome the project contributes to “Improved prevention and reduced inequalities in health”</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000">The project aims to increase the focus on public health in local governments and to enhance the capacity in evidence-based planning and interventions on health at local level. The target groups of the project are as follows: local governments (focus on municipalities at Ida-Viru, Lääne-Viru, Põlva, Võru and Valga county), public health specialists and network teams.</span></span></span></span><br> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000">Project activities shall include:</span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px">Capacity-building for newly reformed local authorities on public health activities and awareness-raising; </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000">Training for local government leaders and health promoters;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000">The development of a competence centre and mentor system for local governments on evidence-based health promotion;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000">Support and counselling for local governments on analysis of the local health status (compiling health profiles) and the design of evidence-based interventions;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000">Support and counselling in local interventions on the prevention of risk-behaviour, particularly among young people;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000">The gathering and disseminating of updated scientific evidence on effective measures and best practices in health promotion.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000">The donor project partner Norwegian Institute of Public Health provides its experience </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">of supporting municipalities in enhancing public health activities (Municipal Public Health Profiles, best practises in merging local municipalities, providing them their own data sets etc.)</span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
Good cooperation was established with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. They participated (online) at the opening event and consulted the project on creating health and welfare profiles and on science-based decision making. It has grown into a tighter scientific cooperation.
Project partners
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health Donor project partner· Norway