{"id":19811,"date":"2019-12-04T00:32:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T23:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=19811"},"modified":"2019-12-04T12:40:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:40:31","slug":"first-efficient-health-promotion-conference-held-at-semmelweis-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2019\/12\/first-efficient-health-promotion-conference-held-at-semmelweis-university\/","title":{"rendered":"First Efficient Health Promotion Conference held at Semmelweis University"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first ever Efficient Health Promotion Conference held at the Basic Medical Science Centre was attended by over 300 participants. The two-day event hosting a professional symposium and an NGO expo gave the opportunity to the leaders of medical and health sciences universities to discuss possibilities to harmonize education and research focusing on prevention. The possibilities were presented from the perspective of the government, the population and health care in the plenary sessions and workshops.<\/strong><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>At the opening ceremony of the event Dr. Ildik\u00f3 Horv\u00e1th, State Secretary for Health of the Ministry of Human Capacities spoke about our responsibility in the way our current management of healthcare affects that of the future generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnvironmental impacts on humans are genetically inherited and our habits are passed on from generation to generation. Health promotion is a long term investment aiming at prevention, avoiding diseases and extending the number of years spent in good health.\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n

Ledia Lazeri, Head of the WHO Office in Hungary, highlighted the importance of establishing partnerships. She was pleased that NGOs and researchers were also represented at the event apart from governmental delegates.<\/p>\n

In her opening remarks, Iveta Nagyova, president of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA), drew attention to the difference in life expectancy in the eastern and western countries of the European Union. She believes that this conference is a great opportunity to start working on the reduction of such differences by improving the exchange of information.<\/p>\n\r\n [slb_exclude]\r\n

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In his opening speech Dr. Bal\u00e1zs Hank\u00f3, Vice-Rector for Strategy and Development emphasized the role of the university in propagating health promotion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be the truthful messengers of health and not of disease. To do that, we need to start making changes ourselves. We are all responsible for the education of future generations, as more than a third of future doctors, pharmacists, dentists and health care professionals will graduate from Semmelweis University, who will bring about the paradigm shift in healthcare to create a new health culture. The mission of the university is to make health promotion part of everyday life.\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In her lecture \u201cThree generations for health\u201d<\/em>, State Secretary Dr. Ildik\u00f3 Horv\u00e1th pointed out that our genes do carry inherited, innate health.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur lifestyle is greatly responsible for the way these genes are modified. We need to change our habits, as the lack of physical activity, smoking and unhealthy diets play significant roles in the development of diabetes, tumours, heart and cardiovascular diseases. It is also vitally important to establish preventive primary care, and to find a common language that could be used to communicate with all three generations: children, parents, grandparents.\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n

After a brief presentation of the EUPHA scientific umbrella organization, comprising 47 countries and 81 members, Iveta Nagyova spoke about the societal challenges chronic diseases pose in Europe and Hungary. It is a complex problem requiring complex solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most important things is to change people\u2019s attitude. The responsibility of doctors is huge and their role is critical in this process; it is not enough to provide people with knowledge, they also need to have willpower and motivation to change and self-esteem to carry out this change.\u201d, said Iveta Nagyova.<\/p>\n

In her presentation, Ledia Lazeri said that the goal of health promotion is to empower people to increase their influence and knowledge about improving their own health. The main strategies to achieve this goal are providing support, informing citizens and mediating between social actors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main pillars of health promotion are good governance, the improvement of health literacy, the development of healthy cities and social mobility. Establishing partnerships are vitally important to promote the economical use of resources and the search for creative solutions. Today\u2019s conference is the embodiment of this principle.\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Zsuzsanna F\u00fczesi, Head of Department at the University of P\u00e9cs, gave a lecture entitled \u201cFocus on the personal and responsible approach – let’s talk about our profession<\/em>!\u201d, in which she pointed out the difficulties of health promotion.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In his lecture \u201c250 Years of Excellence in Education, Research and Healthcare\u201d<\/em> Dr. Bal\u00e1zs Hank\u00f3 spoke about Semmelweis University\u2019s pioneering role in shaping Hungary\u2019s healthcare, as the oldest institution of medical education. The university has placed emphasis on preventive public health programs in the anniversary year and a new organizational unit, the Semmelweis Health Development Centre was also established. Moreover, apart from aiming to make medical training more practical and focused on prevention, the new curriculum reform includes mandatory daily physical activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn pharmaceutical sciences the problem of health promotion is most acute in the field of drug dosing. In most cases, drug dosing is applied incorrectly, the effects of the different products are not taken into consideration. Nearly 200,000 patients in European Union die as a result of inadequate dosing of medicines. Pharmacies are public health meeting points, which should be taken advantage of.\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Following the opening session, 22 civil health promotion presentations, six workshops and nine plenary sessions were held over the two-day event, with a total of 350 participants. Leaders of medical and health sciences universities discussed the current issues of public health education, proposing a common professional approach. Several outstanding health promoting NGOs were invited as part of the Health Promotion Civil Expo and awards were handed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Health Promotion NGO of the year became the M\u00e1lvavir\u00e1g Foundation, the Moravcsik Foundation received the prize for the hnine plenary sessions of ealth promotion program of the year, and the audience prize was awarded to the Hungarian Medical Students’ Association.\u201d, said Dr. Magor Papp, professional director of the Semmelweis Health Development Center.<\/p>\n

The 60th birthday of the Health Development journal was also celebrated at the event. The workshops provided opportunities to explore various topics from different perspectives. The professional symposium involved credible and successful communication in health promotion, change and innovation management in public health and health promotion, and modern trends in health promotion.<\/p>\n

Bernadett B\u00f3di, Tam\u00e1s Deme
\nPhoto: Attila Kov\u00e1cs – Semmelweis University
\nTranslation: \u00c1gnes Raubinek<\/p>\n

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