In an article for the Open Access Government, a digital publication that provides an in-depth perspective on key public policy areas from all around the world, Dineke Zeegers Paget, Executive Director of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) presented her views on the new challenges for public health in the 21st century.
She focused on five challenges for public health in the coming decades
- Changing demographics in Europe
- Technological and digital revolution
- Political influence on public health
- Influence of vested interests
- New ethical issues of the 21st century
To overcome all the challenges, old and new, Dineke thinks that we need to:
- Be deliberately collaborative by forging broad alliances in and outside the field of public health to get our message across;
- Be open-minded to engage with partners, including politicians, to jointly come to solutions that have a broad support base;
- Tell compelling narratives, which address the concerns that people have in a way that people understand; and
- Be transparent and open about potential uncertainties surrounding the evidence-base.
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