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Child and Adolescent Public Health

Supporting public health efforts in Europe to help children and adolescents achieve the best possible health

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Our mission and focus areas

The Child and Adolescent Public Health Section aims to support public health efforts in Europe to help children and adolescents achieve the best possible health. The Section covers priority themes including preconception and pregnancy, health literacy of parental skills, postnatal care, access to urgent care and preventive care, and vaccine uptake.

By joining this Section, you can exchange knowledge with researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the field of child and adolescent public health. You don’t need to be a EUPHA Member to join a Section.

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Key topics

First 1000 days

  • Preconception and pregnancy
  • Health literacy of parental skills, postnatal care
  • Access to urgent care and preventive care, vaccine uptake

Meet our team

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Prof. Sonia Saxena

President

Imperial College London Child Health Unit, School of Public Health, United Kingdom

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Prof. Julia Dratva

Vice-President

University of Basel, ZHAW School of health professions Institute of health sciences, Switzerland

Child and Adolescent Public Health newsletter

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Newsletter
Published 14 May, 2022

Dear CAPH members, Coming Monday the  European Public Health Week  17-21 May  starts. It is an extraordinarily strong program with lots of session concerning child and adolescent health. We went through the program and […]
Newsletter
Published 15 April, 2021

Dear colleagues, Invitation to submit an abstract to the following workshop. If you have research to share on this topic, please send an abstract to the organizer by 7th of April of March […]
Newsletter
Published 16 April, 2021

Dear colleagues, sorry about the confusion – the call for abstracts for the mental health workshop at the EPH conference 2021 year was extended to the 21st of April. We are looking forward to […]
Newsletter
Published 19 October, 2023

Dear Section members, We are happy to share the re-election results for the second three year term of section President Sonia Saxena. Congratulations Sonia!             Join the […]
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Published 23 September, 2024

Dear CAPH members,  Now that the conference spots are confirmed, the 16th European Public Health Conference 2024 – “Sailing the Waves of European Public Health: Exploring a Sea of Innovation” is drawing even nearer. […]
Newsletter
Published 27 September, 2022

Dear colleagues, We ask your attention for the EU-wide survey on the EU School fruit, vegetables and milk scheme The PPMI research institute is conducting an EU-wide survey as part of the evaluation […]
Newsletter
Published 28 October, 2021

2 more days left….. On Friday, November 12th 10:10 – 11:10 CEST we invite you to join the EUPHA Child and adolescent public health section network meeting and strengthen child and adolescent public health. […]
Newsletter
Published 29 March, 2024

Dear CAPH members,   It’s time to mark your calendar for the two of the biggest events of our year – the European Public Health Week (May 2024) and the EUPHA Conference (November 2024).   […]
Newsletter
Published 29 September, 2023

Dear section members, According to the EUPHA Section Rules a section president can serve two terms of three years. The first term of section president Sonia Saxena ends in November of this year. […]
Newsletter
Published 30 October, 2023

Dear CAPH members, The anticipation builds as we gear up for the 16th European Public Health Conference 2023 – “Our Food, Our Health, Our Future: Sustaining Humanity“. Our enthusiasm is boundless as we chart out the […]
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Published 1 January, 1970

Dear colleagues, Copy your plain text here, but not as a table. text text text etc Prof Sonia SaxenaPresident EUPHA- CAPH   Prof […]
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Published 1 January, 1970

Dear colleagues, We are still in time to wish you all a very happy new year. Let us hope that 2022 brings opportunities for improving health, freedom and connection for us. We are excited […]
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Published 1 January, 1970

Dear CAPH members, This March 2022, we are profoundly concerned about the health and safety of children and youth in the Ukraine and their families. We recently supported the EUPHA statement and published our […]
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Published 1 January, 1970

                                     CALL FOR ABSTRACTS TO EPH 2022 Dear colleagues, WE EXTEND THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE by one week to 11th of APRIL! We invite you to submit an abstract to a workshop on child […]
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