Health promotion
Service description
Health promotion encompasses all areas of a healthy lifestyle.
The main focus of health promotion activities is on
- Coordination of institutions, organisations and bodies active in the field of health promotion
- Initiation, support and promotion of regional activities and self-help groups
- Planning, organisation and implementation of own behavioural prevention measures (individual behavioural change, e.g. healthy eating, etc.) and structural prevention (structural changes, e.g. nursery and school catering) in the form of events, exhibitions, specialist presentations, seminars, projects, teaching units with school classes and nurseries, etc.
- Formation of and participation in working groups and networks,
- Multiplier training,
- Planning and realisation of projects for affected and interested parties.
Health promotion projects are offered by several departments of the public health department, especially for children and young people by the social psychiatric service, sometimes in co-operation with the child and youth health service and early help.
Information on individual projects, community organisations and groups is available on request.
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