For health promotion, the work of the CoP presents both an opportunity and a challenge. It is
an opportunity, first of all, because strengthening public health capacities creates a real …

The core competencies presented in this Handbook were developed as part of a European
project entitled 'Developing Competencies and Professional Standards for Health Promotion …

Understanding of health and its determinants is rapidly expanding and changing. The
emergence of chronic diseases as the leading cause of global disease burden and …

Health Promotion is an evolving field in Europe with a diverse and growing workforce. In
view of the varying levels of professional development and training across countries, an …

Competencies have been increasingly used in education and the labour market since the
1970s. Within the Health Promotion framework, however, attempts to discuss specific …

The growing burden of non-communicable and newly emerging communicable diseases,
multi-morbidity, increasing health inequalities, the health effects of climate change and …

Developing a competent health promotion workforce is a key component of capacity building
for the future and is critical to delivering on the vision, values and commitments of global …

Background. The CompHP Pan-European Accreditation Framework for Health Promotion
was developed as part of the CompHP Project that aimed to develop competency-based …

There is a growing and diverse health promotion workforce in Europe; however, no overall
body has responsibility for quality assuring standards of training and professional practice at …

The health promotion competencies presented in the Galway Consensus Conference
Statement build on an emerging international literature that includes a proposed set of …