Recommendations for Effective Intersectoral Collaboration in Health Promotion Interventions: Results from Joint Action CHRODIS-PLUS Work Package 5 Activities

Djoeke van Dale, Lidwien Lemmens, Marieke Hendriksen, Nella Savolainen, Péter Nagy, Edit Marosi, Michela Eigenmann, Ingrid Stegemann and Heather L. Rogers
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Djoeke van Dale: National Institute of Public Health and Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Lidwien Lemmens: National Institute of Public Health and Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Marieke Hendriksen: National Institute of Public Health and Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Nella Savolainen: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Fl-100271 Helsinki, Finland
Péter Nagy: National Institute of Oncology, 1122 Budapest, Hungary
Edit Marosi: National Institute of Oncology, 1122 Budapest, Hungary
Michela Eigenmann: Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta”, 20133 Milan, Italy
Ingrid Stegemann: EuroHealthNet, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Heather L. Rogers: Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-20

Abstract: The burden of chronic disease in Europe continues to grow. A major challenge facing national governments is how to tackle the risk factors of sedentary lifestyle, alcohol abuse, smoking, and unhealthy diet. These factors are complex and necessitate intersectoral collaboration to strengthen health promotion, counter-act the social determinants of health, and reduce the prevalence of chronic disease. European countries have diverse intersectoral collaboration to encourage health promotion activities. In the Joint Action CHRODIS-PLUS success factors for intersectoral collaboration within and outside healthcare which strengthen health promotion activities were identified with a mixed method design via a survey of 22 project partners in 14 countries and 2 workshops. In six semi-structured interviews, the mechanisms underlying these success factors were examined. These mechanisms can be very context-specific but do give more insight into how they can be replicated. In this paper, 20 health promotion interventions from national programs in CHRODIS PLUS are explored. This includes community interventions, policy actions, integrated approaches, capacity building, and training activities. The interventions involved collaboration across three to more than six sectors. The conclusion is a set of seven recommendations that are considered to be essential for fostering intersectoral collaboration to improve health-promoting activities.

Keywords: chronic diseases; disease prevention; health promotion; intersectoral action for health; intersectoral collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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