The project aims to strengthen health promotion
activities in provinces and other regions. This work calls for
various actors to work together. In addition to health care, other
sectors of government, such as social affairs, education, community
planning and transport, also have significant effects on health.
Thus, health promotion requires solid cooperation among actors from
all policy sectors, entrepreneurs and NGO’s. National Public
Health Institute, KTL, supports this task by disseminating and
interpreting reliable regional information on population health and
health inequalities. KTL provides this expertise in regional
education seminars that cover three main themes: population health,
lifestyle factors and health inequalities. Productive networking
and the development of permanent regional operation models are
required for making good use of health information and achieving
high commitment among actors in health promotion. The project works
actively to develop and strengthen these operation models and to
expand health promotion networks. The project cooperates with other
health promotion projects of KTL relying also on other
health-related projects under the policy sector of Ministry of
Social Affairs and Health. The project disseminates information
about these projects to the regional actors.
Contact person: Heli Bäckmand