Background: Ageing imposes extra financial burdens on social and health services in developed
countries. Self-rated health (SRH) is considered to be both a reliable measurement of …

… The programme was during 2008-2012 co-chaired by Dr Christopher Alan Birt, Liverpool
University, UK, then member of ASPHER’s executive board and thereafter EPHRF Council …

Ageing imposes extra financial burdens on social and health services in developed countries.
Self-rated health (SRH) is considered to be both a reliable measurement of overall health …

… Dr Christopher A. Birt summarised the work conducted as part of the European Public Health
… As a result, Christopher Birt pointed out that Common Agricultural Policy could represent a …

In recent decades there have been attempts in many professions to define the competences
of their practitioners. Over the last quarter century attempts have been made to apply this to …

Globally, the majority of people now live in urban areas. 1 The European Urban Health
Indicator System projects parts 1 and 2 (EURO-URHIS 1 and 2) have been developing tools to …

Background: With a growing proportion of the European population living in urban areas (UAs),
exploring health in urban areas becomes increasingly important. The objective of this …

Public health (PH) organizations in different parts of the world (such as North America1, 2)
have recently been seeking to define competencies relevant to PH practice. The Association …

In this issue of the Journal, Westerling1 provides a comprehensive overview of the work
performed by the Public Health (PH) Section of the European Union of Medical Specialists (…

Diet includes many risk factors for the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs),
but diets consumed in Europe and in other parts of the developed world are not being …