Health Canada is the government department responsible for the health of the Canadian population in terms of maintaining it and health improvement. This includes food and nutrition work.
The Department of Health published this strategic framework in July 2008, in order to maximise the potential of social marketing and health-related behaviour.
It promotes the development of health improvement at every opportunity within the NHS as well as defining and highlighting effective practise in Scotland.
The first comprehensive report on the mental health of adults and factors that influence it in Scotland has been published by NHS Health Scotland 'Scotland's mental health and its context: adults 2009'.
This research and development centre works across all areas of research, policy, implementation and community life to help inform national health improvement and tackle health inequaties. It has a particular focus on work that will improve the health of Glasgow’s population.
Scotland's national health improvement agency covers every aspect of health improvement, from gathering evidence, to planning, delivery and evaluation, and spans the range of health topics, settings and life stages.
This is a World Health Organisation collaborative cross-national research study. The study aims to gain insight into, and increase the understanding of young people's health and well being, health behaviours and their social context. There are 43 countries participating in this long term study of the health promoting behaviour of school-aged children. All UK countries are involved as well as countries across Europe and North America.
Healthy Communities: Meeting the Shared Challenge is a Scottish Government funded programme that aims to encourage and support community-led approaches to health improvement throughout Scotland. This conference aims to share experiences and lessons from across Scotland, to link community-led health to key policy agendas, and help signpost the resources that are now available to support community-led health.
The project report presents an overview of the 21 EU Member States or health promotion agencies within the EU states are currently doing to tackle health inequalities, and further actions that they plan to take. It also includes a series of key conclusions and recommendations for priority actions in this area.
