Public Health Switzerland

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Public Health Switzerland is a national professional association that advocates optimal framework conditions for the health of the population in Switzerland . The association was created in 1972 from the merger of the Swiss Society for Preventive Medicine and the Swiss Society for Social Medicine. It is an independent platform for specialist questions in the field of public health . The association has 653 individual members, 111 collective and 22 donor members (as of December 31, 2016).

target

Public Health Switzerland aims to contribute to achieving and maintaining the best possible state of health in Switzerland. The work of the professional association is based on scientific principles and promotes the interprofessional and interdisciplinary exchange between people and organizations who are committed to the further development and improvement of public health in Switzerland.

activities

Federal Councilor Alain Berset and Public Health Switzerland President Ursula Zybach at the Swiss Public Health Conference 2016.

Public Health Switzerland takes part in the public discussion on public health issues and takes a position on health policy events. In addition, the professional association offers various events that promote health policy discourse and give members and other people working in the health sector the opportunity to exchange ideas and network. In this context, the annual Swiss Public Health Conference and various symposia on public health issues are particularly important.

Swiss Public Health Conference

The Swiss Public Health Conference is an event for public health professionals in Switzerland. In 2016, the conference was organized jointly for the first time by Public Health Switzerland and the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH +). Every year a topic relevant to public health is taken up and implemented in the conference program.

Symposia

The symposia organized by Public Health Switzerland address current issues and initiate specialist discussions. In addition to inputs from science and professional practice, these events offer the opportunity to network.

Organization and structure

Public Health Switzerland is made up of the following bodies: General Assembly, Expert Council, Executive Board, Expert Groups and Auditors. The operational management of Public Health Switzerland is taken over by the office, which supports the respective bodies in the implementation of their resolutions. The current President of Public Health Switzerland is Ursula Zybach .

The specialist groups are associations of members of Public Health Switzerland who share a specialist topic, a professional function or a professional qualification. You will develop basic documents, work with external organizations and provide relevant input for statements, discussions and other activities at Public Health Switzerland. The specialist groups focus on epidemiology, nutrition, child and youth health, mental health, health promotion and global health.

history

Public health has a long tradition in Switzerland that goes back to the time of the Enlightenment. In 1761 the Lausanne doctor Auguste Tissot published the work 'Avis au peuple sur sa santé', which subsequently spread throughout Europe and was translated into 17 languages. The Zurich city doctor Hans Caspar Hirzel published the book in German translation in 1762 under the title 'Instructions for the country folk with a view to their health'. In the 19th century, professionalized academic medicine slowly developed. Between 1860 and 1910, hygiene was at its height, and from this the subject of public health care developed. Its representatives founded their own specialist societies early on. In 1899 the Swiss Society for School Health Care was founded. From this forerunner organization, the Swiss Society for Health Care emerged in 1920, which later became the Swiss Society for Preventive Medicine. In 1972 this merged with the Swiss Society for Social Medicine to form the Swiss Society for Social and Preventive Medicine. It became the Swiss Society for Prevention and Health Care in 1996 and Public Health Switzerland in 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://public-health.ch/de/ (accessed on August 7, 2017).
  2. ^ Jean Martin Public Health Works! ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Swiss Medical Journal 2013, Vol 94, No. 5, p. 198 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / saez.ch
  3. ^ Statutes of Public Health Switzerland of January 1, 2016, Article 2.
  4. ↑ Swiss Radio SRF: "Prevention campaigns work - but not overnight". Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Strategy of Public Health Switzerland (2013), p. 2.
  6. ↑ Swiss Radio SRF: "Prevention campaigns work - but not overnight". Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Basler Zeitung: Vaccine skeptics want to continue the fight. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
  8. ^ Letter to the editor from Corina Wirth, Managing Director of Public Health Switzerland, on the subject of "Smoking means living", NZZ on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
  9. ^ Swiss Public Health Conference. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Many refugees are not healthy . November 16, 2016, p. 14 .
  11. ^ Langethaler Tagblatt: Access to patient files at any time. December 8, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
  12. ^ Swiss Public Health Conference. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Many refugees are not healthy . November 16, 2016, p. 14 .
  14. ^ Public Health Switzerland: Symposium "Burnout - buzzword or mass sickness". Pro Mente Sana, accessed August 30, 2017 .
  15. ^ Symposia Public Health Switzerland. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
  16. ^ Statutes of Public Health Switzerland of January 1, 2016, Article 22.
  17. ^ Statutes of Public Health Switzerland of January 1, 2016, Article 23ff.
  18. ↑ Margot Mütsch et al .: SWISS MANIFESTO for Public Mental Health. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Section Mental Health Public Health Switzerland / Network for Mental Health, September 2014, archived from the original on August 26, 2016 ; accessed on August 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / secure.sbap.ch
  19. ^ Brigitte Ruckstuhl, Elisabeth Ryter. From the epidemic police to public health. Public health in Switzerland since 1750. Zurich, Chronos Verlag 2017. p. 19. ISBN 978-3-0340-1388-8
  20. ↑ Ruckstuhl, p. 106
  21. ↑ Ignazio Cassis , Markus Kaufmann: New skin, new heart for the SGPG ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Switzerland. Ärztezeitung 2005; 86: No. 24, p. 1446 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / saez.ch