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Patient empowerment in the European Region
A call for joint action
First European Conference on Patient Empowerment Copenhagen, Denmark, 11–12 April 2012
Zsuzsanna JakabWHO Regional Director for Europe
Gradient: tackle the health divide
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Address the social determinants of health
Redress patterns of health inequities
Ensure that continual reduction of health inequities becomes a criterion for assessing the performance of health systems
Gap: tackle Europe’s major disease burden
Implement global and regional mandates: noncommunicable diseases, tobacco, diet and physical activity, alcohol, HIV, TB, International Health Regulations, antibiotic resistance, etc.
Promote healthy choices
Develop healthy settings and environments
Strengthen health systems, including primary health care, health information and surveillance
Give attention to special needs and disadvantaged populations
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Reach and maintain recommended immunization coverage
Health literacy in eight European countries
• 47% of the people surveyed across eight European countries have limited health literacy
• The lower the health literacy in a country, the poorer the health of its citizens
Health 2020
Health 2020 is a value-based action-oriented policy framework that can be adapted to the different
realities in the countries in the WHO European Region
Health 2020 vision
A WHO European Region in which all people are enabled and supported in achieving their full health potential and well-being and in which countries, individually and jointly, work towards reducing
inequities in health within the Region and beyond
Health 2020 goalsTo improve the health and well-being of populations, to reduce health inequities and to ensure sustainable people-centred health systems
New European policy for Health – Health 2020: increasing citizen and patient participation
Provide structures and resources that empower the people of the European Region:
• to make use of their own assets
• to be active participants in shaping health policy
• to respond to the health challenges by improving health literacy
• to ensure their voice in patient-centred health systems
• to participate fully in community and family life.
Empowerment strategies and areas of action
1. Healthy public policy, political participation and protection of rights
2. Health literacy and disease self-management
3. High-quality care and accountability of services
4. Empowering communities
Improving health literacy and disease self-management
• Information is power
• Accessible and appropriate information and education about healthy living and risk factors
• Promoting health literacy among individual people and strengthening community action
High-quality care and accountability of services
• Access to general and specialized services, including for marginalized groups
• Rights-based and person-centred treatment, relationships based on respect and trust
• Patient safety and rights
• Accountability of service providers
Community empowerment
• Everybody can help to remove barriers!
• Health promotion in schools
• Housing and employment opportunities
• Disease prevention and disease self-management at workplaces
• Anti-stigma programmes
• Supporting family caregivers
Patient empowerment programmes at the WHO Regional Office for Europe
• Noncommunicable
diseases and health promotion
• Mental health
• Patient safety
THANK YOU!
Joint action for patient empowerment in the European Region