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50 years of professional public health workforce development ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book 2nd edition Edited by: Anders Foldspang Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic Robert Otok © 2017 The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) 50 years of professional public health workforce development ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book Acknowledgement The editors want to express their gratitude to all contributors of ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book. The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) is the key independent European organisation dedicated to strengthening the role of public health by improving education and training of public health professionals for both practice and research. ASPHER is a membership organisation of institutions, spread across EU and wider across WHO European Region, which are collectively concerned with the education and training, and professionalism, of those entering and working within the public health workforce. Second edition (June 2017) This 2nd edition of ASPHER's 50th Anniversary Book in total includes twenty-eight descriptions of member schools' history, eleven more than the 1st edition (2016). The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) Avenue de l’Armée / Legerlaan 10 1040 Etterbeek, Brussels – Capital Region of Belgium E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.aspher.org This book was printed at the printing office 'SUN TRYK' – Aarhus University, 2 and paid by the Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark. Page Page 50 years of professional public health workforce development ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book Editorial Committee: Anders Foldspang Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic Robert Otok Fèlix Ruiz Cabré, Assistant List of contributors: Theodor Abelin, University of Bern, Switzerland; Roza Adany, University of Debrecen, Hungary; Henrique Barros, University of Porto, Portugal; Christopher Birt, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; Jadranka Bozikov, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Helmut Brand, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Franco Cavallo, University of Torino, Italy; Laurent Chambaud, EHESP School of Public Health, France; Mary Codd, University College Dublin, Ireland; Margaret Coffey, University of Salford, United Kingdom; Luca Crivelli, University of Lugano, Switzerland; Katarzyna Czabanowska, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Henrik Eriksson, The Swedish Red Cross University College, Sweden; Josep Figueras, European Observatory of Health Systems and Policies, Belgium; Antoine Flahault, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Anders Foldspang, Aarhus University, Denmark; Gena Grancharova, Medical University of Pleven, Bulgaria; Julien Goodman, Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation, Belgium; Motasem Hamdan, Al-Quds University, Palestine; Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic, University of Kragujevac, Serbia; Agapi Karela, (Hellenic) National School of Public Health, Greece; Søren K Kjaergaard, Aarhus University, Denmark; Allan Krasnik, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Nino Künzli, University of Basel, Switzerland; Ulrich Laaser, University of Bielefeld, Germany; Jeffrey Levett, (Hellenic) National School of Public Health, Greece; Steffen Loft, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Fiona MacLeod, University College Cork, Ireland; José M Martin-Moreno, University of Valencia, Spain; Martin McKee, University of London, United Kingdom; Elias Mossialos, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom; Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Charité – Medical University of Berlin, Germany; Yehuda Neumark, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Israel; Sandra Nocera, Swiss School of Public Health, Switzerland; Jascha de Nooijer, Maastricht University; The Netherlands; Charles Normand, University of Dublin, Ireland; Robert Otok, 3 Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region, Belgium; Elpida Pavi, (Hellenic) National School of Public Health, Greece; Peter Piot, University of Page 50 years of professional public health workforce development ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book London, United Kingdom; María Luisa Roselló Pérez, The Valencian School of Health Studies (EVES), Valencia; Miguel Ángel Royo Bordonada, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain; Fredrik Saboonchi, The Swedish Red Cross University College, Sweden; Silvia Gabriela Scîntee, National School of Public Health Management and Professional Development, Romania; Suzanne Selig, University of Michigan-Flint, United States; Stojgniew Jacek Sitko, Jagiellonian University, Poland; Christoph Sowada, Jagiellonian University, Poland; Martin Sprenger, Medical University of Graz, Austria; Dominique Sprumont, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Louise Stjernberg, The Swedish Red Cross University College, Sweden; Eva von Strauss, The Swedish Red Cross University College, Sweden; Tordis A. Trovik, UIT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø; Theodore H Tulchinsky, Hebrew University- Hadassah, Israel; Cristian Vlădescu, National School of Public Health Management and Professional Development, Romania. 4 Page Page 50 years of professional public health workforce development ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book Map of ASPHER member locations http://aspher.org/members.html 2006: 69 full members from 34 countries 2016: 112 full members from 43 European countries 14 associate members from the EMRO, PAHO and WPRO regions 5 Page 50 years of professional public health workforce development ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book Preface ASPHER is celebrating its 50th anniversary with half a century of strong and enthusiastic commitment to public health from its members. It has developed from a small group of members in 1966 to a full-grown organisation with more than hundred institutional members situated all over Europe. ASPHER has been supporting public health and public health education throughout Europe, in particular by promoting cooperation between West and Central/ East European countries. At the core of ASPHER’s mission is the development of high-quality public health education programmes, fulfilling all Bologna levels – bachelor, master, PhD, as well as continuing professional development. ASPHER developed a list of core competences to improve knowledge and skills in public health, which was endorsed by WHO Europe member states in 2012. Guidelines for doctoral programmes in public health followed. Throughout the last decades, ASPHER has strongly promoted the principles of quality assurance in education and training programmes, first with the Public Health Education European Review (PEER) process and, later, the European Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA). Together with its many partner organizations, ASPHER aims at strengthening the public health workforce in Europe. The collaboration with WHO Europe was intensified with the implementation of the European Action Plan for Strengthening Public Health Capacities and Services. Assuring a sufficient and competent public health workforce is one of the defined ten essential public health operations in the European Action Plan, with ASPHER being a key partner. Upcoming challenges include the mapping of the European public health workforce with existing competencies and needs, the assessment of public health employers’ expectations, and the ability to adapt to a constantly changing and globalised world. Public health is faced with increasing social inequalities, demographic changes with ageing populations, and new epidemics, such as the obesity epidemic. To provide evidence-based public health, training in research of the public health workforce is crucial not only for delivering excellent 6 research but also with regard to high-quality decision-making. The critical evaluation of existing evidence taking into account cultural differences in Page 50 years of professional public health workforce development ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book Europe is at the core of all public health recommendations as well as public health ethics. In 2015, the ASPHER 2020 strategic plan was adopted outlining major objectives for the upcoming years. Based on an outstanding network of excellent schools of public health in Europe, ASPHER is perfectly suited to move further in strengthening public health and the public health workforce with the ultimate aim to improve the health of the population. Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn President, ASPHER Professor, The Berlin School of Public Health 7 Page Page 50 years of professional public health workforce development ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary Book Greetings from The World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe have a long history of collaboration. Together, they work to strengthen the education and management of the public health workforce, empowering practitioners and experts to tackle strategic health policy priorities. These challenges require solutions that are capable to influence macro level policies and their political, economic and social drivers. As highlighted by Health 2020, promoting and protecting population health and reducing health inequities across the life course is at the heart of public health in the 21st Century. This has never been more relevant than at this time where governments across the European Region are dealing with diverse and more complex health challenges. The data shows us that not everyone’s health has improved