well being

UNICEF Innocenti Report Card: Child Well-being in Rich Countries.

The Report card considers five dimensions of children’s lives: material well-being, health and safety, education, behaviours and risks, and housing and environment. The report is a good example of indicators to be taken into account when developing and monitoring policies that have direct and indirect effect on child well-being, including cross-sectorally. The paper key findings can be summarised as follows: The Netherlands is the leader and the only country ranked among the top (...)

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Also about: children and adolescents , childhood mortality , exclusion , beyond-GDP , Fundamental Rights , Children health

EU Mental Health Compass update: economic analysis of workplace mental health promotion and disorders prevention

Mental health disorders impose significant barriers for the EU realising its policy objectives for improved public health and recovered economic growth. But what is the estimated contribution good mental health can add to EU economy? What numbers are to convince policy-makers and employers to invest in mental health promotion and mental disorders prevention actions? This Economic Analysis of Workplace Programmes gives answers to these questions. After launch of the Joint Action on Mental (...)

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Also about: mental health , social policy , workplace , health economics

Join proposal to support Recommendations on Child Poverty & Well-being

An Ad hoc group including ATD fourth World, Caritas Europa, Coface, Eurochild, EAPN, Eurodaconia and PICUM have sent a letter to the László Andor, European Commissioner responsible for employment, social affairs and inclusion, calling to better fight child poverty and promote child well-being. The letter has proposed set of guidelines on how to achieve more effective implementation of the Recommendation on Child Poverty and Well-being, by engaging stakeholders and government on local, (...)

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Also about: poverty and health , better regulation , public health programme , Europe 2020 , Children health

Children’s well-being: investing in a healthy future - a silent emergency in Europe

On 27 March, the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Daciana Octavia SÂRBU (S & D, RO) hosted a seminar on child health, nutrition and education policies. In her speech, EPHA Secretary General Monika Kosińska highlighted why is it important to put child well-being at the heart of EU policies. In her speech, MEP Daciana Octavia SÂRBU (S&D, RO) stressed that good and healthy nutrition have a crucial impact on children life expectancy and that the role of the parents in (...)

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Also about: children and adolescents , Economic crisis , equity , vulnerable groups , housing , exclusion , social inclusion , social determinants of health , social protection , Children health

“Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage” recommends EU’s Social Investment Package

The European Commission has recently proposed a Social Investment Package - a framework that sets up a number of recommendations to promote social protection and investments in people skills and capability. One of the elements of the package is to ”Invest in Children and Break the cycle of Disadvantages” which encourages regional and local authorities to follow EU guidelines on reducing child poverty and social exclusion, and promote well-being. Reducing the risk of poverty (...)

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Also about: Economic crisis , equity , social inclusion , social protection , Children health

Health improves unequally within and among European countries

Every three years the World Health Organisation (WHO) publishes its report on European Health. This year its report has a special focus on well-being. "The European Health Report 2012: Charting the Way to Well-Being", released by the WHO Regional Office for Europe on March 13, reveals some bitter-sweet data: even if there have been important health improvements in the European Region, the inequities across and within the countries are persistent. According to the WHO Regional Director for (...)

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Also about: Communicable Diseases , Non-communicable diseases , Cancer , Health Inequalities , childhood mortality , health threats , cardiovascular , life expectancy , Austerity

Amnesty International urges EU Institutions to end Female Genital Mutilation

Amnesty International Ireland, together with 15 other organisations from across Europe, has been running the END Female Genital mutilation (FGM) European Campaign since 2009 to promote awareness and challenge the EU to end FGM and other forms of violence against women. On 27 February 2013 the Seminar "Towards European Action to end Female Genital Mutilation" took place in the European Parliament, as part of the END FGM-European Campaign aiming "to put female genital mutilation high on the (...)

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Also about: Gender Issues , Social Issues , Development and Health , vulnerable groups , prevention , sexual , discrimination , social determinants of health , equality

EPHA Report on the Impact of the Crisis on the Population Mental Health

Economic crises such as the one Europe has been going through since late 2007 have a considerable impact on the society as a whole. Sky-rocking unemployment, the use and abuse of unhealthy substances, and mental illnesses are just some of the areas EPHA looked at in its just-released "Report on the impact of the crisis on the population mental health". “The economic crisis should not turn into a health crisis”, John Dalli, ex EU Commissioner in charge of health and consumer (...)

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Also about: environment , mental health , Economic crisis , Health Inequalities , prevention , promotion , Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , employment

Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion EU Commissioner: "The European Social Situation is Worrying" - Social Investment Package as a European Answer

"In this period household incomes have declined and the risk of poverty or exclusion is constantly growing in the European Union. Some population groups are affected more than others: young adults particularly, unemployed women, and single mothers. They are among those facing the highest risk of persistent poverty," Commissioner Andor said. The study of the European Commission published on 8 January 2013 follows a year which has seen several member states coping with escalating debt and (...)

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Also about: Social Issues , poverty and health , Economic crisis , Health Inequalities , vulnerable groups , exclusion , prevention , social inclusion , Europe 2020 , social policy , beyond-GDP , social protection , equality , Children health

Hearing: Discussing health inequalities in the context of the European Year of Citizens

Hearing: Setting standards - Discussing health inequalities in the context of the European Year of Citizens. A spotlight on mental health and homelessness. Hosted by Kinga Göncz MEP, 13th November 2012 (14.00 – 17.00) at the European Parliament, Room Paul-Henri Spaak P7C050 Organised by European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless and the Mental Health Europe (FEANTSA) and Mental Health Europe (MHE) the hearing will disscuss how, the discourse around the (...)

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Also about: poverty and health , Health Inequalities , vulnerable groups , economic policies , exclusion , social inclusion , Europe 2020 , discrimination , health economics , equality , Fundamental Rights