European training in public health: A practical experience

Development of public health in Europe requires the human resourcesnecessary for planning and managing programmes with a European,intersectoral and multidisciplinary approach, based on the ‘healthfor all’ strategy. In this paper the European TrainingConsortium in Public Health (ETC-PH) presents the experienceof 4 years of developing educational activities and materialwith these approaches. Participants from different countriesand 5 institutions concerned with training in public healthhave been involved. Evaluation is positive both for studentsand teachers and an ETC network and project register have beencreated as a way for communication to continue and for the consortiumto offer ongoing support to all participants.