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Textbook about physical activity on prescription
2012-01-24
There is strong scientific evidence that physical activity promotes health and can be used to both prevent and treat many widespread diseases. “Individually Adapted, Written Prescription of Physical Activity – FaR®” is a textbook about physical activity on prescription, a method for promoting physical activity through the healthcare services.
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Pre-conference on monitoring public health trends and policies at the European Public Health Conference
2011-11-09
The presentations given at the institute’s pre-conference can now be found on our website, please see Related links.
The Swedish National Institute of Public Health is holding a pre-conference, “Monitoring public health trends and public health policies in the 21st century”, just prior to the start of the annual European Public Health Conference in Copenhagen on Thursday, November 10th.
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2011 IANPHI Annual Meeting
2011-09-26
On September 25-26 public health leaders from around the world gather in Helsinki, Finland, for IANPHI’s 2011 Annual Meeting.
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Political declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases
2011-09-23
The General Assembly has adopted the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases.
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Tobacco, supervision and availability – an interview study and a systematic literature review regarding availability restriction methods
2011-09-22
In a report published by the Swedish National Institute of Public Health, an interview study was conducted among 26 municipalities in Sweden. The results of the interview study present the practical tobacco supervision work in each municipality.
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Presentations from the Swedish side-event at the UN high-level meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases
2011-09-22
Here you can download the presentations that were recently made at the Swedish side-event at the UN high-level meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases in New York, September 19-20 2011.
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Sweden and the Swedish National Institute of Public Health at the UN high-level meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases
2011-09-19
The UN is arranging a global high-level meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), primarily heart- and circulatory disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disorders and their risk factors, in New York on September 19-20. This is the second time the UN has chosen to arrange a meeting of this format regarding a health issue, the first being HIV/AIDS, which shows what a priority these diseases have become in global terms.
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Support when selling tobacco
2011-03-15
As a part of the “National Tobacco Project”, the Swedish National Institute of Public Health has prepared information materials for those who sell tobacco products. These materials serve as a support to business operators and their staff to make it easier to comply with the sales regulations of the Tobacco Act, and as an aid in municipal supervisory efforts.
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Problem gambling unevenly distributed in the population
2011-01-21
A new report from the Swedish National Institute of Public Health shows that problem gambling is unevenly distributed in the Swedish population. Young people and those economically vulnerable have high proportions of problem gamblers, fewer people play for more money and mental disorders are more common among people with gambling problems compared to the rest of the population.
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Doping - a problem also outside sports
2010-12-29
Use of doping agents can clearly lead to serious physical, psychic and social problems. At least 10,000 people in Sweden are estimated to have used doping agents in the past year. The number of crimes and seizures has multiplied in the past decade, which may indicate a greater occurrence of doping. Doping is used for reasons that distinguish from use of other drugs. It’s obvious that doping is a problem outside sports. That shows a new report about doping in Sweden.
