The EMC team at the Final Conference of APPCARE
EMC attended the final conference of the project APPCARE on May 23, 2019. The objective of this conference was to present the results, deployment and findings of the APPCARE project in orderRead More…
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Second publication of EFFICHRONIC already available!
The second publication of the EFFICHRONIC consortium has been recently published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. This manuscript describes the evaluation framework of theRead More…
The Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway: a source of information for policy makers
The Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway is an action targeted at public health policy makers. Policy makers will find reliable, independent and up-to date information on topics related to theRead More…
Check the manual for patients accessing health services in other EU countries
Following the Cross-border Healthcare Directive, patients have the right to to access health services in another EU/EEA country and to enjoy assumption of costs by their home country. This is discussed inRead More…
An overview on physical activity related to health
The JRC has recently published an overview on physical activity related to health in the European Commission’s Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway. Almost half of the Europeans (46%) declare theyRead More…
The European Commission publishes a report on tools to assess the efficiency of health care services
A consensus is emerging among researchers that up to 20% of current expenditure in modern health care systems can be categorised as either ineffective or wasteful. European governments seek to exploit opportunitiesRead More…
European Public Health Week (13-17 May 2019)
The European Public Health Association organises the first European Public Health Week. More than 100 events and activities in at least 30 countries, with each day dedicated to an important public healthRead More…
Discussing the outcomes of EFFICHRONIC at Erasmus Medical Center
The member of the consortium attended the first annual face-to-face meeting in Rotterdam to discuss the main achievements during the implementation of the intervention programme. The evaluation framework of the recruitment strategiesRead More…
Do you exercise enough?
According to data from Eurostat, around 28 % of the European Union (EU) population aged 16 or over did not do any exercise outside working time in 2017. in contrast with theRead More…
Do you eat veg and fruit every day?
In 2017, around 1 in 4 people (27 %) ate fruit at least twice a day, according to a survey of the European Union (EU) population. A further 37 % of theRead More…