PORTUGAL’S

NORTHERN REGION

HEALTH PROFILES

WHAT’S THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ABOUT?...

►It’s a tool for the surveillance of the populations health, at the regional and local levels.

►It’s a strategy of health communication and health literacy promotion.

►It’s a strategy of health advocacy.

►It aims to support personal, professional and political health decision making at the regional and local levels.

WHAT’S THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ABOUT?...

►It’s a tool for the surveillance of the populations health, at the regional and local levels.

►It’s a strategy of health communication and health literacy promotion.

►It’s a strategy of health advocacy.

►It aims to support personal, professional and political health decision making at the regional and local levels.

WHAT’S THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ABOUT?...

►It’s a tool for the surveillance of the populations health, at the regional and local levels.

►It’s a strategy of health communication and health literacy promotion.

►It’s a strategy of health advocacy.

►It aims to support personal, professional and political health decision making at the regional and local levels.

WHAT’S THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ABOUT?...

►It’s a tool for the surveillance of the populations health, at the regional and local levels.

►It’s a strategy of health communication and health literacy promotion.

►It’s a strategy of health advocacy.

►It aims to support personal, professional and political health decision making at the regional and local levels.

WHAT’S THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ABOUT?...

►It’s a tool for the surveillance of the populations health, at the regional and local levels.

►It’s a strategy of health communication and health literacy promotion.

►It’s a strategy of health advocacy.

►It aims to support personal, professional and political health decision making at the regional and local levels.

THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT: ITS “PRODUCTS”

►Portugal’s Northern Region (NR) Health Profile:• a “paper” version (already developed) • an electronic version *• an “interactive” version (under development)

* Available at the site: http://www.arsnorte.min-saude.pt

(Who are we?)

(How do we live?)

(Which choices dowe make?)

(How’s our health?)

Visiting Portugal’s NR Health ProfilesThe “paper” version

A SNAPSHOT OF PORTUGAL’S NORTHERN REGION…

Population Estimates

Demography indexes Population Evolution

Birth rate Population Projections

WHO ARE WE?...Portugal’s NR DEMOGRAPHY

EmploymentOther Socioeconomic Indicators

Income

Occupational Sectors

HOW DO WE LIVE?...Portugal’s NR socioeconomicprofile

WHICH CHOICESDO WE MAKE?...Portugal’s NRHealth Determinants

Tobbaco, alcohol, lycit and illycit drugs consumption

Premature Mortality

Infant Mortality

Main Causes of Death

Communicable diseases: ● HIV/ Aids ● Tuberculosis ● Vaccine Preventable Diseases

HOW’S OUR HEALTH?...Mortality and Morbidity atPortugal’s NR

A SNAPSHOT OF PORTUGAL’S NORTHERN REGION…

THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT: ITS “PRODUCTS”

►Portugal’s Northern Region Local Health Profiles*:• implementing the trademark “Health Profiles” at the local level• helping the 26 local public health services to promote and advocate health and health literacy

* still under development

THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT: ITS “PRODUCTS”

►A specific e-mail adress:

• to encourage the scientific and educational communities and other stakeholders to share relevant information about the Northern Region population’s health

perfisdesaude@arsnorte.min-saude.pt

Visiting the Health Profiles

Initiative in England…

“Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health for each local council in England using key health indicators, which enables comparison locally, regionally and over time.”

Paper (pdf) Health Profiles

Interactive Health Profiles

and

www.apho.org.uk

Visiting the Health Profiles Initiative in England…

Paper (pdf) Health Profiles

An Example:Cambridge Health Profile 2008

Visiting the Health Profiles Initiative in England…

“The interactive version of the Health Profiles for England will allow you to select indicators and areas for comparison through a map or list.”

THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ID…

Its VISION: Making information about health and its determinants available and meaningful to the widest audience possible, has the potential to become a strong and easily replicated instrument of (Public) Health Promotion.

Its GOAL: To promote health advocacy and literacy, by implementing health information/ communication amongst all main stakeholders (including the health sector) in the Northern Region of Portugal.

Its STRATEGY: Developing an innovative and creative health information and communication tool and concept (trademark).

Its MOTO: “Keep it simple!” (Simplicity is the art of making complex information and concepts available and meaningful to the most large and diversified audience possible).

Its VISION: Making information about health and its determinants available and meaningful to the widest audience possible, has the potential to become a strong and easily replicated instrument of (Public) Health Promotion.

Its GOAL: To promote health advocacy and literacy, by implementing health information/ communication amongst all main stakeholders (including the health sector) in the Northern Region of Portugal.

Its STRATEGY: Developing an innovative and creative health information and communication tool and concept (trademark).

Its MOTO: “Keep it simple!” (Simplicity is the art of making complex information and concepts available and meaningful to the most large and diversified audience possible).

THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ID…

Its VISION: Making information about health and its determinants available and meaningful to the widest audience possible, has the potential to become a strong and easily replicated instrument of (Public) Health Promotion.

Its GOAL: To promote health advocacy and literacy, by implementing health information/ communication amongst all main stakeholders (including the health sector) in the Northern Region of Portugal.

Its STRATEGY: Developing an innovative and creative health information and communication tool and concept (trademark).

Its MOTO: “Keep it simple!” (Simplicity is the art of making complex information and concepts available and meaningful to the most large and diversified audience possible).

THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ID…

Its VISION: Making information about health and its determinants available and meaningful to the widest audience possible, has the potential to become a strong and easily replicated instrument of (Public) Health Promotion.

Its GOAL: To promote health advocacy and literacy, by implementing health information/ communication amongst all main stakeholders (including the health sector) in the Northern Region of Portugal.

Its STRATEGY: Developing an innovative and creative health information and communication tool and concept (trademark).

Its MOTO: “Keep it simple!” (Simplicity is the art of making complex information and concepts available and meaningful to the most large and diversified audience possible).

THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ID…

Its VISION: Making information about health and its determinants available and meaningful to the widest audience possible, has the potential to become a strong and easily replicated instrument of (Public) Health Promotion.

Its GOAL: To promote health advocacy and literacy, by implementing health information/ communication amongst all main stakeholders (including the health sector) in the Northern Region of Portugal.

Its STRATEGY: Developing an innovative and creative health information and communication tool and concept (trademark).

Its MOTO: “Keep it simple!” (Simplicity is the art of making complex information and concepts available and meaningful to the most large and diversified audience possible).

THE HEALTH PROFILES PROJECT ID…

Please, contact us by using the Health Profiles’ e-mail address:

perfisdesaude@arsnorte.min-saude.pt

We’d love to hear and learn from you!