A conference to take stock of objectives achieved and critical issues. There are 20 programs in the Plan, divided into 4 macro areas: chronic diseases, communicable diseases, environment and climate, safety. Good results on training and communication, despite the difficulties linked to the pandemic and flood
8 May 2024 – The interventions and programs of the Regional Health Service on the area are positive protection and the health promotion of those who live and work in Emilia Romagnawith over the 95% of the objectives achieved In the 2022 and the 98,3% in 2023.
This is attested by mid-course monitoring of the Regional Prevention Plan 2021-2025 (PRP), the reference tool desired and developed by the Region that was presented today a Bologna in Region during the conference “Road traveled and travel companions”. An opportunity to take stock of the progress of the PRP, discuss the results obtained and still to be achieved, discuss alliances, transversal dimensions and variations at a local level also with a view to equity, innovation in services and the ‘One health‘ approach.
The objectives achieved, not to be taken for granted considering that Emilia-Romagna was strongly affected first by the pandemic and then by the 2023 flood, confirm that the work done so far is going in the right direction, for a Plan that considers the health and well-being of the community at 360 degrees, therefore well beyond healthcare borders. The mid-way monitoring – the indicators of which have already been certified by the Ministry of Health for 2022, while processing is underway for 2023 – highlights the validity of the decision to pursue collective health and well-being through a multidisciplinary, intersectoral and coordinated strategy between the world of health and school, work, social, environment, urban planning, productive activities, agriculture and volunteering, just to mention the main sectors considered.
Some results achieved
The choice underlying the regional prevention plan was that of to integrate energies and resources coming from different sectors, incentivize the creation and maintenance of coordinated networks between the Region, the Local Health Authority and other stakeholders such as local authorities, businesses, voluntary associations, public and private professionals. Different ones transversal actions where this synergy has led to visible results: for example the comunication, with information campaigns created in collaboration by the Region and the Local Health Authority which obtained the viewing of over 5 million web pages, 12 million views of videos and reels, while the event The gardens of prevention held in October 2023 in Bologna it involved over 6 thousand citizens.
Another area of cooperation was that of training of professionals on prevention and health promotion. In the two-year period 2022-2023, more were achieved 145 training courses per more than 680 hours of lessons which involved approx 19,300 participants including doctors, health and social workers, prevention technicians, veterinarians, breeders, teachers, educators, journalists, representatives of trade unions and employers’ associations. Even the contrast to iniquity involved the local health authorities, who collaborated with schools in all the territories. Other initiatives relevant to equity concerned the support of breastfeeding, the encouragement of screening and correct nutrition for foreign women, the training of cultural mediators in the healthcare sector, and the care of foreign children at risk of obesity.
Among the main critical issues that emerged was: staff shortagein Emilia-Romagna as in the rest of the country, and the consequent workloads that sometimes make it difficult to undertake innovative paths within the expected timescales.
It PRP 2021-2025
The document was drawn up starting from the guidelines provided by the National Prevention Plan 2020-2025 of the Ministry of Health, to then integrate it with the necessary actions at regional level in light of the epidemiological framework and the specificity of local data.
It is divided into 20 programs that they set out to promote health in all policiesfrom the job security at the fight against addictionsdal support for the most vulnerable up to the promotion of correct lifestyles in healthy environments.
The PRP is part of the requirements for accessing greater financing of the resources of the national health system. Programs are grouped by thematic areaslinked to the main recipients of the interventions: 5 programs are aimed at the general population to encourage healthy lifestyles and counter chronic diseases, 6 these are the programs that are mainly of interest the healthcare sector and they contrast the communicable diseases, 3 programs that decline the theme environment, climate and health and finally 6 programs are dedicated to the promotion of safety and of health in the living and working environment.
The PRP online
Contents, updates and initiatives of the Regional Prevention Plan are available online at: www.costruiamosalute.it
To know more
The results area by area (151.74 KB)
Demographic profile and economic context of the Emilia-Romagna region (111.79 KB)