EFPC Newsflash 18-2023

EFPC Newsflash 18 | EFPC Conference Barcelona presentations, new EFPC AdBo members, Upcoming EFPC Webinars, Migrant integration statistics, First Annual Health Equity Network National Conference, Primary HealthCare Malta and more!


Announcements

We just had our EFPC annual conference. It was a pleasure to host this vibrant discussion in Barcelona with primary healthcare professionals from across Europe.

Have a look at the final presentation of our chair Maria van den Muijsenbergh which summarizes all the topics touched upon.

If you missed it, please have a look at our online platform where most of the presentations will be shared by our members here.

Not a member yet? Please register here so you will gain access to the platform.

New EFPC Advisory Board Members

We are pleased to welcome our new EFPC Advisory Board members:

  • Gitana Rederiene
  • Cristiano Figueiredo

We look forward to having their support in bringing our network further in our objective to improve the health of the population by promoting strong Primary Care.

We also want to sincerely thank our leaving members for their great work and contributions to the EFPC activities and wish to continue our relationship:

  • Mehmet Ungan
  • Alexandre Barna

The EFPC will be hosting a new webinar on The Austrian dementia strategy “Living well with dementia” – achievements and future developments", next 4th of October, at 12:30-13:30h (CET) by Lisa Katharina Mayer and Martin Gessl from the Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH., GÖG), Department long-term care and healthcare professions.

The Austrian dementia strategy “Living well with dementia” was developed in 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Social Affairs in cooperation with all stakeholders as well as people with dementia, their families, and caregivers. With its 7 objectives and 21 recommendations, the strategy provides a common framework for targeted collaboration between the relevant representatives and decision-makers in the healthcare and social system. The webinar will give a brief overview on the Austrian Dementia Strategy, its objectives, and some examples of implemented actions and interventions. In addition, current topics such as post-diagnostic support, the elaboration of ethical and legal aspects for people with dementia and their families or the development of a dementia quality registry, which are coordinated by the Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (Austrian National Public Health Institute) will be presented – followed by a discussion and exchange of field experiences as well as the importance and role of primary.

More information and registration here!

The EFPC will be hosting awebinar on“Interprofessional collaboration to tackle health inequities”, next 30th of November, at 12h30-13h30 (CET), by Veerle Vyncke– EFPC advisory Board member, staff member of the Association of Community Health Centres (Brussels, Belgium) and academic consultant for the Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care at the University of Ghent, Belgium.

More than 40 years ago, the Belgian law made possible that primary care nurses, general practitioners and physiotherapists would be paid through a full needs based capitation system. Since then, more than 220 primary care practices chose to operate under this mode of financing. The facilitation of interprofessional collaboration (not limited to the beforementionned disciplines) within primary care practices is one of the advantages of said financing system.

The Association of Community Health Centres joins 37 interdisciplinary primary care practices that are paid through a full needs based capitation system and are mostly located in socioeconomic vulnerable communities in Flanders and Brussels. This webinar will present a theoretical basis on health equity and interprofessional collaboration, but will mainly present experiences of primary care providers “from the field” on the ups and downs of interprofessional collaboration to care for vulnerable patient populations.

Please register your interest in attendance using our online registration form. For further information please feel free to contact us.

1st European Conference on Medical Education on Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, and Society (AIIS 2023)

Organised by the University of Salamanca (USAL), will take place on the 28th of September 2023 at 9:00–13:30 CET.

This conference aims to:

  • Present the outcomes of the AIIS Project, with a specific focus on the exploitation activities and its significance in medicine studies.
  • Bring together national and European stakeholders, including Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), who are eager to explore the AI and Soft Skills training program and collaborative learning method developed under the AIIS project.
  • Provide a platform for representatives of medical universities and companies, medicine students, organizations who collaborated on the project and those who participated in the project’s development.
  • Raise awareness and foster dialogue among professionals in the medical education field.

First Annual Health Equity Network National Conference

5th October 2023 Council House, Birmingham City Centre

Facilitated breakout sessions and member facilitated sessionsMidday panel of speakers to be livestreamed

Tickets here.!

Digital health literacy key to overcoming barriers for health workers, WHO study says

WHO Europe news release; 18 September 2023

Better training programmes, incentives, and evaluations of perceived technology usefulness could increase the adoption of digital health tools among health and care workers, a new WHO study suggests. "Barriers and facilitators to utilizing digital health technologies by health-care professionals" calls for digital health solutions that take into careful consideration the needs of health-care professionals. It highlights infrastructure, technical, training, legal and ethical barriers, as well as concerns about increased workload. Read more about this initiative in the press release.

A Call to Secure a Just & Equitable Transition to Sustainable Energy & Safeguard Health

A call from Family Doctors to secure a just and equitable transition to sustainable energy and safeguard health from the climate emergency.

Eurosurveillance annual theme 2024: Editors inviting submissions on changing urban environments and effects on infectious diseases and their epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control

For their 2024 annual theme, they invite article submissions relevant for Europe, that:

  • address how urban environment changes toward SDGs and resilience are affecting or might affect infectious disease epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control;
  • address if or how communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control activities may have to adapt to these urban changes or to innovate to remain responsive or become more effective;
  • include relevant examples of urban transitions toward SDGs and/or emergency preparedness, which have taken infectious disease epidemiology into account, or examples of adapted surveillance, prevention and control of communicable disease as a result of such urban transitions.

If you would like to submit a paper or ask for more information, please consult our instructions for authors regarding article types or contact the editorial team at [email protected].

Events

12-15/10/2023

Prague (Czech Republic)

Articles

New on Primary Health Care Research & Development (PHCR&D)

Enabling primary healthcare service development with patient participation: A qualitative study of the internal facilitator role in Norway

Sandvin Olsson, A., Stenberg, U., Haaland-Øverby, M., Slettebø, T., & Strøm, A. (2023).. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 24, E57. doi:10.1017/S1463423623000488

Patient participation in health service development is a recognized means of ensuring that health services fit the public’s needs. However, HCPs are often uncertain about how to involve patient representatives (PRs), and patient participation is poorly implemented. Inspired by the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services framework, they address the innovation (patient participation), its recipients (PRs, HCPs, supervisors, and senior managers), and its context (primary healthcare at a local and organizational level).

They conducted semi-structured individual interviews with six HCPs working as internal facilitators in primary healthcare in four Norwegian municipalities. The data were analyzed by applying Braun and Clarke’s reflexive thematic analysis.

EFPCMembers - Corresponding authors who are members of EFPC are entitled to a 25% discount on theirarticle processing charges (APC). In order to confirm your eligibility, please email:[email protected]following with your manuscript number. We will confirm your entitlement to receive this discount directly with the editorial office. Please indicate in the submission system whether you will be looking to use this discount. Check theInstructions for authors

Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health intervention coverage in 70 low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–30: trends, projections, and inequities

Mizanur Rahman et al; The Lancet, Online First, September 4, 2023

Quote page 10/11:

“However, the downward trend in southern Europe is difficult to explain. The southern European region in this study consists of three western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. These countries, which are not EU members, face unique health and socioeconomic challenges. One major challenge is the high emigration rates in the medical sector, which exacerbate labour shortages in their health-care systems. Consequently, the per-capita availability of medical staff in these countries is lower than in EU and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations. Emigration data highlight a substantial outflow of home-trained doctors and nurses to OECD countries, with Albania having the highest emigration rates in the region for both professions. The number of doctors and nurses from the western Balkans working in OECD countries surpasses the number of home-trained professionals. Although this interpretation should be approached cautiously, there is a possibility that the rising medical brain drain, perhaps linked to EU expansion, has had a role in the decline of RMNCH coverage.”

Strengthening primary health care as a foundation for resilient health systems

Dheepa Rajan, Ilana Ventura, Christina Amrhein and Stefan Eichwalder; Eurohealth, Vol.29, No.1, 2023

In addition to pursuing the goal of universal health coverage, primary health care (PHC) helps to ensure health system resilience and health security. Community engagement plays a vital role in PHC leading to increased trust and safeguarding vulnerable groups against health threats. It is also critical for reducing inequalities, a key weakness when facing health threats. The comprehensive approach and expanded roles in multi-disciplinary teams within PHC strengthen the capacity to address community needs and enhance resilience. Greater integration of PHC and public health, as observed in some settings during the COVID-19 pandemic, can lead to better outcomes. PHC played a crucial role during the pandemic and can protect against future health shocks.

Migrant integration statistics - active citizenship

EuroStat statistics explained; 20 September 2023

Active citizenship covers civic and political participation by migrants and the acquisition of equal rights and responsibilities by migrants. This article presents information for two key indicators: both are considered to be positive indications of migrant integration and they form part of a set of Zaragoza indicators that were agreed by European Union (EU) Member States in Zaragoza (Spain) in April 2010. More specifically, the article presents Eurostat statistics on: The naturalisation rate, calculated as the the ratio of the total number of citizenships granted over the stock of non-national population in a country at the beginning of the year; the share of non-EU citizens also known as third-country citizens having long-term residency status, calculated as the number of long-term (at least 5 years) residents who are non-EU citizens relative to the total number of non-EU citizens holding residency rights. This article forms part of an online Eurostat publication Migrant integration statistics

Transforming women's, children's, and adolescents' health and wellbeing through primary health care

WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (STAGE)

Despite substantial improvements in health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents over recent decades, many have now stalled.1,2 There remains a substantive unfinished agenda of preventable mortality among women, children, and adolescents, while at the same time, epidemiological shifts call for greater attention to non-communicable diseases. Pregnancy and the first two decades of life provide a unique window of opportunity for supporting healthy growth and development, preventing health-related risks, and promoting health and wellbeing along the life course.

At the 2023 UN General Assembly, the high-level meeting on universal health coverage will provide an opportunity for member states to recommit to achieving universal health coverage and Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Primary HealthCare Unlocking its full potential

Published on September 11, 2023

Shines a spotlight on the dedicated leaders and key figures at Primary HealthCare of Malta who have been instrumental in driving positive change and innovation within the organization. Learn about their roles, achievements, and the transformative initiatives that have been undertaken to enhance healthcare delivery, providing high-quality care to our communities.