Crossing Bridges has received funding from the European Union in the Framework of the Health Programme

Introduction

Summary

Partners

How to get involved

Stay up to date

Meetings and presentations

Introduction

Crossing Bridges is a European Union (EU) funded project promoting the implementation of a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach in EU Member States in order to improve health equity within and between states.

The project aims to advance the implementation of HiAP approaches in EU Member States by:

• The development of practical tools to turn HiAP theory into practice;
• Investigating specific examples of inter-sectoral collaboration to identify effective methodologies that can be further developed;
• Developing the capacities of national and regional public health institutes in order to promote HiAP.

Summary

Whilst it is broadly acknowledged that policies and actions taken by the non-health sector influence public health and well-being and can contribute towards the reduction of health inequalities, effective implementation within these sectors remains difficult. Health considerations need to be integrated into policies beyond the health sector which requires a clear mandate from central government supported by effective and responsive leadership with a view to implementing systematic policy changes which build capacities and adopt innovative evidence led methodologies to “cross bridges”. Through this process real progress can be achieved in the EU’s efforts to reduce health inequalities and in the promotion of the health of all EU citizens.

The Crossing Bridges project will look to explore the factors that ensure a successful HiAP approach through the analysis of case studies from across Europe. The project aims to raise awareness of the advantages of adopting a more holistic approach to health, assisting health promotion advocacy and contributing to population health information. These outcomes will provide real EU added-value to national health system approaches and encourage economies of scale as well as improving the transfer of knowledge. Greater application of cross-sectoral approaches is expected to lead to long term health gains for communities and health systems alike.

The Crossing Bridges project will build upon the work of the ‘Closing the Gap’ (2004-2007) and ‘DETERMINE’ (2007-2010) projects, and will complement Equity Action (the Joint Action on Health Inequalities) (2011-2014), to advance the implementation of HiAP approaches in EU member states.

Partners

EuroHealthNet

Austria
Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG)

Czech Republic
National Institute of Public Health (SZU)

Germany
 Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA)

Hungary
National Institute for Health Development (OEFI)

Italy
Verona University Hospital (Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona)

Poland
National Institute of Public Health - National
Institute of Hygiene (NIPH-NIH)
 

Wales
Public Health Wales (PHW)

International: Health Action Partnership International (HAPI)
International: Union Internationale de Promotion de la Sante et d’Education pour la Sante (IUHPE)
Belgium: FOD Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu
Bulgaria: National Center of Public Health Protection
Croatia: Zavod Za Javno Zdravstvo Karlovacke Zupanije
France: Institut National de Prevention et d’Education pour la Sante (INPES)
Finland: Finnish Centre for Health Promotion
Finland: National Institue for Health and Welfare (THL)
Netherlands: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)
Scotland: NHS Health Scotland
Slovenia: Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo Murska Sobota (ZZV MS)
Sweden: Karolinska Institutet

How to get involved

Please contact EuroHealthNet for further information:

Yoline Kuipers
y.kuipers@eurohealthnet.eu

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Meetings and presentations

   Other HiAP initiatives: what can be learned?

                    18 January 2012, Woerden (the Netherlands)

Agenda of the meeting | download (.pdf)

Presentations:

• Gaining health: encouraging healthy choices - Federica Michieletto, Veneto Region (Italy) | download (.pdf)
  
• HiAP initiatives in the Netherlands. Environmental health, transport & planning - Hanneke Kruize, RIVM (the Netherlands) | download (.pdf)
• Possible guidance to facilitate intersectoral decision making on the level of the government - József Solymosy, OEFI (Hungary) | download (.pdf)
• Equity Action: Workstrand on HIA and HiAP - Yoline Kuipers, EuroHealthNet | download (.pdf)

    Third Project meeting

17 January 2012, Woerden (the Netherlands)

Agenda of the meeting | download (.pdf)

Timeline 2012 | download (.pdf)

Meeting Report | download (.pdf)

Presentations:

• Outcomes School Fruit Scheme Exercise - Yoline Kuipers, EuroHealthNet | download (.pdf)
• Analysis of the three Focus Area Groups: Extrapolating the keys to success - Claudia Marinetti, EuroHealthNet | download (.pdf)
• Feedback from HiAP Expert meeting: Outcomes - Yoline Kuipers, EuroHealthNet | download (.pdf)
• Evaluation - Pania Karnaki, PROLEPSIS (Greece) | download (.pdf)
• Health Inequalities Portal & Dissemination materials - Yoline Kuipers, EuroHealthNet | download (.pdf)
• Final Technical and Financial Report - Yoline Kuipers, EuroHealthNet | download (.pdf)
• Final Event and Final Project Report to the European Commission - Claudia Marinetti, EuroHealthNet | download (.pdf)

   HiAP Experts' meeting

8 December 2011, Brussels (Belgium)

    Second Project meeting

7 July 2011, Brussels (Belgium)

Agenda of the meeting | download (.pdf)

Meeting report | download (.pdf)

Presentations | download (.zip)

    Focus Area Group meeting

6 July 2011, Brussels (Belgium)

Agenda of the meeting | download (.pdf)

Presentations | download (.zip)

    Kick-off meeting

3-4 March 2011, Brussels (Belgium)

Agenda of the meeting | download (.pdf)

Meeting report | download (.pdf)

Presentations, part 1 | download (.zip)

Presentations, part 2 | download (.zip)

The opinions expressed in this project section do not necessarily reflect those of the Executive Agency for Health and Consumer Affairs or the European Commission.