Welcome

With Eric Breton, President of the Health Promotion Section

Why this initiative?

With GeirArild Espnes

The Trøndelag model for public health, developed in Trøndelag, Norway, is a collaborative, evidence-informed framework that integrates research, public health data, and cross-sectoral action at the municipal and regional levels. It emphasizes intersectoral governance and community participation to address the social determinants of health. This makes it particularly suitable for health promotion, as it supports preventive, sustainable, and population-based interventions
Ruca Maass, Associate Professor, NTNU Center for Health Promotion Research & Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Examples on methodology:

Access to neighbourhood activity facilities and adolescents’ physical and social engagement across rural contexts. Understanding how rural neighbourhood environments facilitate adolescents’ outdoor leisure can guide the planning of inclusive, health-promoting public spaces. This study investigates which GIS-derived neighbourhood features support adolescents’ outdoor play and social interactions, with a focus on a rural Norwegian context. N=1153 adolescents aged 10–16 years from six Norwegian municipalities participated. Findings may inform municipal policies and community initiatives that foster active, socially connected, and safe neighbourhoods for youth.
Guro Vollan Amundsen, PhD student, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Department of public health science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Limerick Food Environment – Improving Access to Healthy Food. This project uses GIS to map food sources across Limerick and combine them with data on deprivation, transport, demographics, and community resources to support decision-making and provide a public app that helps residents find, access, and contribute to the local food system.
Dave Mitchell, Assistant National Coordinator Healthy Ireland

Discussions: What is next

• • A roundtable at the EPH-conference in Bilbao?
  • How to create a “place” so that people with common interests in Rural Health Promotion can find each other to create research teams.
  • How do we impact policy based on what we learn from our discussions.
  • A concept analysis.

Both the presenters and the audience will be visible in the meeting room.