The Nordic Arena for Public Health Issues
The Nordic Welfare Centre acts as the secretariat for the Nordic Arena for Public Health Issues, with the task of strengthening Nordic public health cooperation and efforts to reduce health disparities among residents of the Nordic countries.
Cross-sectoral work to improve public health
The arena consists of health experts from the ministries of the Nordic countries and the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. The Arena is especially active in addressing health inequities and the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs): alcohol, tobacco, unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise. Among other objectives, the Nordic Arena for Public Health aims to:
- strengthen Nordic cooperation for good and equitable health;
- contribute to the development of robust policies and the implementation of the cross-sectoral health-in-all-policy perspective in individual Nordic countries and in the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland;
- promote cross-sectoral public health policy cooperation at national and international level; and
- contribute to realising the vision of the Nordic Council of Ministers of a socially sustainable, green and competitive Nordic region.
Completed projects in the Nordic Arena for Public Health Issues
Changing Drinking Habits among Young People and Seniors in the Nordic Region
The project examined the drinking habits of young people aged 14-25, as well as alcohol consumption and elder care.
Changing Drinking Habits among Young People and Seniors in the Nordic Region
Health Equity in the Nordic Region – better conditions at the national level
The project aimed to create better conditions for combatting with health inequalities at the national level.
Health Equity in the Nordic Region – better conditions at the national level
The Nordic Tobacco Project
The purpose of the project was to contribute to the strengthening and development of the Nordic countries’ national efforts to combat tobacco addiction.
Skolelevers positiva hälsa i Norden
Nordens välfärdscenter samarbetade med det nordiska forskarnätverket som tar fram den internationella studien: Health Behaviour in School–aged Children. Målet med samarbetet var att ta fram nya enkätfrågor som ska kunna mäta positiva aspekter av skolelevers hälsa.
Cannabis – care and policy in the Nordic region
The Nordic Welfare Centre mapped Nordic cannabis consumption trends, practice in relation to the legal consequences of possessing and using cannabis, and care in connection with cannabis abuse in the Nordic region.
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