Welcome to the presentation of the Project Local Public Health Strategies

COMMUNITY HEALTH – DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES

Two years project, which is proposed, has to contribute to development and implementation of efficient public health strategies at the local level, based on the population health needs and participatory approach.

Specific objectives of Project are:
• Development of seminars for education of local public-health professionals in the field of new public health, which will be based on good principles of continuing education established in Bologna Declaration,
• Delivery of seminars among local public-health professionals to increase their knowledge in new public health and to gain skills for development of public health strategies based on local needs,
• Assessment of public health needs in local communities and designing local public health strategies, and
• Implementation of local strategies through small community projects and their evaluations.

The Project is based on international programmes of new public health, contemporary educational methods, defined in Bologna Declaration for higher education, on OSI approach in the Workforce Development Programme, on proposed documents of “Serbian Health Policy” and “National Public Health Strategy for Serbia”, as well as on specificities of local environments.

Centers of four District, Sabac (Macvanski district), Sombor (Zapadnobacki district), PanCevo (Juznobanatski district) and Leskovac (Jablanicki district) are participated in the Project. They were selected in cooperation with the Fund for an Open Society - Serbia. These Districts have public health professionals with high motivation for public health. In this Project, participants are public health professionals and partners in local community, who are relevant for development and implementation of public health strategy at the local level.