Author name: Tim Devlin

Gender specific mechanisms in coronary heart disease

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A European pilot project GenCAD aims to improve the understanding of sex and gender differences in chronic diseases, using coronary heart disease (CAD) as an example to highlight these differences regarding treatment and prevention activities in European countries. As with other chronic diseases, CAD differs significantly in women and men throughout Europe, in age distribution, […]

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Preventing ageing unequally

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A report, from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), examines how the two global mega-trends of population ageing and rising inequalities have been developing and interacting, both within and across generations. Taking a life-course perspective the report shows how inequalities in education, health, employment and earnings compound, resulting in large differences in lifetime earnings

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Planning cities to boost physical activity

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A new publication from WHO/Europe is offering guiding principles for the WHO European Region to move towards increased physical activity in urban settings by transforming public spaces in ways that promote physically active lifestyles. With more than 80{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of the European population expected to live in urban areas by 2030, cities have a pivotal role

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Reducing childhood obesity in Poland by effective policies

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Being overweight affects about 14{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of Polish girls and almost 20{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of boys. Childhood obesity is a health concern, as it increases the demand for paediatric treatment. Moreover, the slow but continuous increase in the prevalence in Poland over the past 40 years and the fact that an obese child will most likely become an

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WHO | Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused

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Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is a gross violation of their rights and a global public health problem. It adversely affects the health of children and adolescents. Health care providers are in a unique position to provide an empathetic response to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. Such a response can go

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Transforming Intergrated Care in the Community (TICC)

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Transforming Integrated Care in the Community (TICC) has secured more than €4.8 million of European funding in this €8 million cross-border partnership involving 14 organisations from the UK, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The project was approved and funded by the EU Interreg 2 Seas Programme 2014-2020 (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund) which has

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Reducing health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people

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A pilot project aiming to reduce health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people will increase our understanding of how best to reduce these specific health inequalities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex (LGBTI) people, focussing in particular on overlapping inequalities stemming from discrimination and unfair treatment on other grounds (e.g. older, younger, refugee, immigrant,

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