{"title":"Innovation leadership perspective in public health.","authors":"Moredreck Chibi, Gauden Galea","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae217","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae217","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":"35 Supplement_2","pages":"ii19-ii20"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933795/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Geneviève Chêne, Mili Spahic, Joao Breda, Katarzyna Czabanowska
{"title":"Developing evidence-based, values-driven skills: WHO-ISPED European public health leadership course 2023.","authors":"Geneviève Chêne, Mili Spahic, Joao Breda, Katarzyna Czabanowska","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae189","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae189","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":"35 Supplement_2","pages":"ii7-ii8"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933793/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monica-Georgiana Brînzac, Marieke Verschuuren, Lore Leighton, Robert Otok
{"title":"Public health competencies: what does the next generation of professionals deem important?","authors":"Monica-Georgiana Brînzac, Marieke Verschuuren, Lore Leighton, Robert Otok","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae201","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To adequately address many complex societal challenges, the public health workforce needs to learn new competencies. It is of particular interest to know what young people consider important in this regard, as they represent the future generation of public health professionals. Public health students and early career professionals in Europe were asked by means of an online questionnaire which of the competencies included in the 2020 WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for the Public Health Workforce in the European Region they deemed most important for their future careers, and how well prepared they felt to execute these competencies in practice. In total, 127 respondents were included from 25 countries. They ranked Promoting health, Science and practice, and Leadership and systems thinking as the most important competency areas for their future careers. The first two were also the competencies for which the respondents felt best prepared, while they felt less prepared for Leadership and systems thinking. Other competencies that they felt less prepared for were Law, policies, and ethics; Governance and resource management; and One health and health security. This study shows a mismatch between what young professionals deem most important and what they feel best prepared for. The respondents did not feel well prepared for several competencies that are vital for a well-equipped future public health workforce. Public health in Europe would benefit from a unified public health curriculum that implies a list of mandatory competencies and a closer collaboration between academia with students and young professionals and the public health sector.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":"35 Supplement_2","pages":"ii11-ii16"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933798/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Donatella Barbina, Joao Breda, Alfonso Mazzaccara, Alessandra Di Pucchio, Guglielmo Arzilli, Camilla Fasano, Christos Triantafyllou, Thanos Myloneros, Carlo Signorelli, Silvia Stacchini, Stefania Bocci, Lucia Dell' Amura, Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera, Luigi Bertinato, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Silvio Brusaferro
{"title":"Competency-based and problem-based learning methodologies: the WHO and ISS European Public Health Leadership Course.","authors":"Donatella Barbina, Joao Breda, Alfonso Mazzaccara, Alessandra Di Pucchio, Guglielmo Arzilli, Camilla Fasano, Christos Triantafyllou, Thanos Myloneros, Carlo Signorelli, Silvia Stacchini, Stefania Bocci, Lucia Dell' Amura, Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera, Luigi Bertinato, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Silvio Brusaferro","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae178","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The WHO European Programme of Work, 2020-2025 'United Action for Better Health in Europe', backed up by the Regional Director's vision, recognizes the need to invest in public health leadership towards addressing the multifaceted public health challenges in the WHO European Region. The WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with the Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità-ISS) developed the first European Public Health Leadership Course to support Member States in building their capacity. The course was delivered in blended modality over a period of 3 weeks (7-25 November 2022). It was structured according to the Competency-Based Education model and Problem-Based Learning methodology. Data analyses were conducted on the cohort of the course's 'Completers'. The formative assessment was conducted by a pre-post training questionnaire, while the summative assessment included three evaluation tools, in which participants were required to get a minimum overall mean score of 75/100 to pass the course. Thirty-eight participants passed all the summative tests out of 39 enrolled. The analysis of the multiple-choice questions showed an increase in knowledge. Survey results showed a high level of satisfaction. The course offered a mix of both theoretical and practical approaches, allowing participants to gain in-depth knowledge and develop skills that can be applied in their daily work. The successful completion of the course is expected to promote the development of the public health workforce in the eastern and southern parts of the WHO European Region.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":"35 Supplement_2","pages":"ii21-ii28"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933797/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The future of public health: a vision grounded in data and values.","authors":"Sandro Galea","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae177","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae177","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":"35 Supplement_2","pages":"ii5-ii6"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933799/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Restoring trust in public health: communications lessons from person-centered health care.","authors":"Robert Steiner, Seema Yasmin","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae151","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":"35 Supplement_2","pages":"ii9-ii10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933818/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communication in the infodemic: building communication competencies for effective public health leadership.","authors":"Seema Yasmin","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae190","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae190","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":"35 Supplement_2","pages":"ii17-ii18"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933792/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The attributes of public health leadership.","authors":"Martin McKee","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf019","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of public health leadership. Yet, while there were many inspirational examples, too often, it was lacking. This personal perspective reflects on the experience of the pandemic, drawing on previous reflections on the role of public health professionals. It identifies eight key attributes that a public health leader should have. These are an ability to take the initiative, a sense of curiosity, a broad perspective on health threats, a recognition that there are those who are opposed to health, a willingness to speak truth to power, confidence, and the ability to engage with leaders in other sectors, a commitment to values, and an ability to communicate. In each case, it asks whether these attributes were apparent during the pandemic and why they might be needed in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":"35 Supplement_2","pages":"ii1-ii4"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933794/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martina Gandini, Elena Farina, Antonella Bena, Cristiana Ivaldi, Laura Crosetto
{"title":"Long-term health effects of a third-generation waste-to-energy plant: the experience of Turin (Italy).","authors":"Martina Gandini, Elena Farina, Antonella Bena, Cristiana Ivaldi, Laura Crosetto","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckaf014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The long-term study on adverse health effects of the third-generation waste-to-energy (WTE) plant located in Turin, Italy, is part of a broader health surveillance system. We considered 369 236 subjects living in areas with different levels of emission fallout, as well as a control group, from 1 January 2014, until the end of the follow-up period. Hospital admissions for cardiac diseases (ICD-IX: 390-429), ischaemic heart diseases (ICD IX: 410-414), chronic heart failure (ICD IX: 428.0, 428.2, 428.9), cerebrovascular diseases (ICD IX: 430-438), acute respiratory diseases (ICD IX: 460-466, 480-487), and COPD (ICD IX: 490-492, 494, 496) were evaluated for the population considered. Cox models were used, considering individual characteristics and overall environmental exposure. We also considered all births (n = 8296) of women residing in the area at the time of delivery during the study period. Log-binomial models were run separately for each outcome (sex ratio, multiple births, preterm births, on term low birthweight and small for gestational age births), adjusting for exposure to other pollution sources and maternal characteristics. Miscarriages were evaluated using hospital admissions registries. No relationship was found for the outcomes considered in the wider area, neither with hospital admissions nor with adverse reproductive outcomes. There is an association with chronic heart failure and ischaemic heart diseases in the maximum exposure area, but the small number of events suggests caution in interpreting this result. This study confirm results of other health surveillance lines, showing no evident harmful effects of the WTE plant.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143374025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed Nabil Shaaban, Filip Andersson, Robert Thiesmeier, Nicola Orsini, Sebastian Peña, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Cecilia Magnusson, Sakari Karvonen, Per Minor Magnus, Maria Pia Hergens, Basra Qazi, Maria Rosaria Galanti
{"title":"The association between tobacco use and COVID-19 diagnoses in three Nordic countries: a pooled analysis.","authors":"Ahmed Nabil Shaaban, Filip Andersson, Robert Thiesmeier, Nicola Orsini, Sebastian Peña, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Cecilia Magnusson, Sakari Karvonen, Per Minor Magnus, Maria Pia Hergens, Basra Qazi, Maria Rosaria Galanti","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae156","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurpub/ckae156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research has suggested an unexpected negative association between smoking and susceptibility to COVID-19. This study, drawing on population-based data from three Nordic countries-Sweden, Norway, and Finland-aims to investigate this association further, capitalizing on diversity introduced by different containment measures. The objective of this research was to examine the association between cigarette smoking and snus (smokeless tobacco) use and the risk of confirmed COVID-19 infection. A pooled analysis integrating original data from 547,685 participants across three countries. We used a multiple imputation approach based on conditional probabilities to impute the systematically missing covariates. The associations between tobacco use and COVID-19 infection were assessed, controlling for potential confounding factors. Current cigarette smokers had a lower risk of a confirmed COVID-19 case, whereas there was an increased risk among snus users. Our sensitivity analysis confirmed that the associations between tobacco use and COVID-19 infection risk are robust, remaining consistent regardless of whether covariate imputation was applied. Findings support a negative association between smoking and SARS-CoV-2 infection, but not the hypothesis that nicotine may be protective against the risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":12059,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"101-107"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11832155/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142461143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}