HPH Coordinators Workshop
Technical Officer Thor Bern Jensen, MA (Comm)
The International HPH Secretariat
Clinical Health Promoting Centre – WHO-CC for Evidence-based Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Services
Welcome
Thank you all for attending this year HPH Coordinator Workshop.
Today, we will discuss the possibilities and challenges met by the National/Regional HPH Networks.
Margareta Kristensson (Swedish HPH Coordinator), Thor Bern Jensen (Technical Officer HPH Secretariat)
Program
Secretariat – challenges experienced (TBJ)Swedish Network – Challenges faced and met (MK)RE-vitalisation of French Network (AL)Work with achieving the HPH goals – Catalonian network (MS)Workshop and Discussion – where?AOB
Experience and update from the HPH Secretariat
Update on networks and membersNew networksCeassed and suspended networksProblems and reactions & solutionsRe-organising of networksInvolvement of Ministeriel level
Member and Network Update
957 member Hospitals and Health Services34 N/R HPH Network• Asia (4 N. & 1 R. Netw) + 6 count. Indv. memb.• Australia (1 R. Netw) + 4 Indv. memb.• Europe (17 N., 6 + 1 R. Netw) + 11 count. Indv memb.• North Americas (4 R. Netw) + 2 indv memb.
• South Americas and Africa No Networks 2 Indv members (Nigeria & Brasil)
Affliated members in process: Austria, Macedonia and rep of Korea
New networks in the process
• National Network in Japan• Regional Network in Hong Kong
• From India (Official delegation from Andra Pradesh – Min Level)
• SEEHN (South-eastern European Health Network ) – 8 new countries. Pilot project with one HPH hospital and a few Health Services in each country.
SEEHN
Ceassing and suspended netw
• 2 Regional Networks in Italy are suspended (on own request)
• The German & Swiss Network will be re-organised (Klaus Hüllemannn & Nils Undritz)
• 2 Networks have decided to split up (Tuscany (Ita))
– the secretariat have begun contacting each member to become individual
members – eventually new network!
Ceassing network - Reasons
• Financially – budget cuts• Re-organisation of Organisational
structure• New management• Network coordinator stops• Missing membership benefits • Shift in focus (other HP focus)
Reactions & solutionsFinancially – Save money, not spend moneyRe-organisation – See the possibilities, a new start invites for participate in shaping the organisation New management – Low fee, only need a little persuasion/ few arguments Coord. stops – For the existing coord. it is important to start out simple, engage a new coord.Missing benefits – Coord & Sec work on articulating benefits (higher level of service)Shift in focus (other HP focus) – difficult
Re-organised Networks
Scotland ceassed as a Network, and have re-organised a NEW Scottish Network (Re-start with 3 members)GermanySwitzerland – New focus! RE-start with Nils Undritz.
Network Agreements due for renewal
BulgariaFranceGreeceIrelandIreland, NorthernItaly, TrentinoItaly, VenetoLithuaniaSwitzerlandUSA, Pennsylvania
GA Meeting May 22 – 2013 Gothenburg, Sweden
Ministerial Involvement
Scotland, Poland & Hungary
Top down approach. Strong ministerial support ease the way and an articulation of a national interest and engagement often gives better circumstances for the networks. The experience is, that the Ministries often find the HPH concept is good publicity for small money, and they therefore can sometimes be persuaded to giving a national support and taking a part in the establishment.