This year, the annual EUPHA conference will be held from 7
to 9 October in Oslo, Norway. The main theme of the conference is: Urbanisation
and health: new challenges in health promotion and prevention
Urbanisation has a deep impact on people’s health as well
as the health and social care services. The rapid process of change is a
challenge to public health policy and services within health promotion and
prevention. This conference focuses not only on factors causing disease and
injury but also on factors promoting health, and encouraging a change in
lifestyle. It aims at bringing together researchers, practitioners and
policymakers to discuss the health problems related to urbanisation, exchange
of information on experiences and research results, and formulate common
solutions and strategies dealing with urbanisation and health.
The major topics of the 2004 meeting are:
