Vivian Barnekow

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Health of young people in Europe - a snapshot

• Vivian Barnekow
• Child and Adolescent Health and Development
• Country Policies and Systems
• WHO Regional Office for Europe

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• What is the situation - some snapshots
• Determinants for health
• WHO contribution
• The way forward

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Age drift of Europes population - EU countries
Young people a scarce resource
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Poverty rates - inequality is growing
Factors living away from parents, living alone,
having children, not having job
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Well-being is a fundamental part of mental health
Low socio-economic status is related to poor
mental health

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Deaths from injuries

• 3 of deaths age group 0-1years
• 27 of deaths age group 1-4 years
• 37 deaths age group 5-14 years
• 65 deaths age group 15-24 years
• (traffic, drowning, poisoning, fires and falls)

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Suicide
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Commision on Social Determinants for Health

• Social justice
• Empowerment material, psychosocial, political
• Creating the conditions for people to lead
  flourishing lives

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• Inequalities in health that are avoidable are
  inequitable
• Tackling health inequities is a matter of social
  justice

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CSDH Areas for Action

Health Equity in all Policies
Good Governance
Fair Financing
Early child development and education Healthy
Places Fair Employment Social Protection
Universal Health Care
Market Responsibility
Gender Equity
Political empowerment inclusion and voice
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WHO Child and adolescent health strategy -
objectives and guiding principles

• Evidence based policies
• Multi sectoral action
• Role of the health sector in development and
  coordination of policies

• Life-course approach from prenatal life to
  adolescence
• Equity account explicitly for needs of the most
  disadvantaged
• Inter sectoral action
• Participation of public and young people

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Seven priority areas for action

• Mothers and neonates
• Nutrition
• Communicable diseases
• Injuries and violence
• Physical environment
• Adolescent health
• Psychosocial development and mental health

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A toolkit for implementation
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The Action and Gender Tool

• Key issues through the life cycle
• Actions by different sectors
• Role of the health system
• Examples of evidence based actions
• Guidance to incorporate gender analysis
• Identify effective interventions that have a
  gender perspective

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Possible partners
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The way forward - some steps

• identify the key determinants of health
• identify all current sources of data on young
  peoples health (national- international) fill
  the gaps
• effective interventions exist start using them
• improve knowledge and understanding of the links
  between socioeconomic factors, health and
  inequalities among young people.
• comprehensive national health and development
  policies and action with a focus on young people
  are needed
• identify resources for action

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