International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)
Critical Actions for Mental Health Promotion
Publication
28 Nov 2024
This Position Statement was prepared on behalf of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Mental Health Promotion
Publication
28 Nov 2024
This Position Statement was prepared on behalf of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Mental Health Promotion
Article
22 Nov 2024
Advocacy for people using health and social care services is widely promoted but its theoretical foundation is under-developed and its impact poorly conceptualised. This paper explores the liberatory potential of in- dependent advocacy, using Fricker's concept of ‘epistemic injustice’ as a framework. People experiencing mental distress are particularly vulnerable to epistemic injusti...
Publication
22 Nov 2024
As the global public health community continues to reflect and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and mental health and neurological conditions remains one of the largest unmet gaps in progress towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). People living with these health conditions, particularly among those most marginalized, acutely understand the impa...
Report
05 Nov 2024
By 2030, 1.4 billion people will be aged 60 and over. Yet the majority of health and care systems worldwide remain unprepared for population ageing and associated rises in rates non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and disabilities. This is particularly true in low- and middle-income countries where the majority of older people live. Today, millions of older people in these co...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
05 Nov 2024
Older people are the age group most at risk from NCDs, yet all too often they are left behind in policy and practice. HelpAge's 14-page briefing, accompanied by a two-page overview with key messages, considers the intersection of older age with NCDs and disability, and their importance for health systems and societies alike. It outlines the unique challenges facing older people livin...
Article
25 Oct 2024
This editorial, written by Sanne Peters and Robyn Norton of The George Institute, argues that funding agencies and journal publishers must require sex and gender-specific reporting.
Article
25 Oct 2024
Gendered Innovations harness the creative power of sex, gender, and intersectional analysis for innovation and discovery. Considering these approaches may add valuable dimensions to research. They may take research in new directions. For a summary, see Sex and Gender Analysis Improves Science and Engineering (Nature, 2019). See also Gendered Innovations 2: How Inclusive Analysi...
Publication
25 Oct 2024
This piece explores the role of the obstetricians in contributing to her patients' lifelong wellbeing and minimizing their NCD risk long after pregnancy.
Publication
25 Oct 2024
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the main causes of ill health for women and men in the WHO European Region. NCD indicators in all countries reveal important differences between men and women across the life-course. Biology is important in shaping these differences, but it does not explain them all. Gender norms and roles put women and men at different levels of exposure and vulnerability...
Report
25 Oct 2024
Report advocates for minimizing in-utero and childhood risks for NCDs as an imperitive for reducing poverty and gendered inequalities.
Report
25 Oct 2024
Policy brief by Centre of Excellence for CRVS and Le Centre D'Excellence describing how civil record-keeping disproportionately excludes women and girls, and how women can be instrumental in correcting this problem.
Report
25 Oct 2024
Report by the Institute for Alcohol Studies and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems summarising and expanding on a series of seminars