all testing facilities, based on the public health principles of informed consent and medical confidentiality. Due to the … users with specific issues like co-morbidity and drug dependency. Integrating health services for HIV positive people who … unclear, it is evident that the crisis has a significant social and health impact on the population of Greece. In addition …

intervals. To evaluate progress in the area of communicable diseases, the European Commission's Directorate-General Health and …, surveillance, preparedness and response, and health governance in this domain for all EU enlargement countries (EU Candidate …

education, health literacy and behaviour change.' Strengthening the prevention of infectious diseases, especially after the … and related special health issues. It sets out a vision for strong, effective and evidence-based prevention of …: '(...) the Centre shall develop a framework for the prevention of communicable diseases and related special health issues …

-communicable diseases) that have been developed and used in health education and health promotion. It considered how these approaches have … communicable diseases. Details are presented on applicable health education and health promotion models for prevention that are … that included a more holistic approach to promoting health rather than being just disease-focused. Based on this, a …

prevention and control of communicable diseases. The purpose of this review is to contribute to the evidence base on health … communication evaluation research in order to aid public health professionals and researchers in the development of future … international literature pertaining to the identification of health communication campaign evaluation tools, frameworks and models …

Health communication is integral to the effective public health response to the continuing threat posed by communicable … diseases in European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) Member States. Public health practitioners, programme managers … and policymakers need to be aware of what is known about the strengths, weaknesses and costs of health communication …

sexual health needs. Vulnerability among these individuals is determined not only by risk behaviour, such as unprotected sex … programming in Europe into broader public health strategies, whilst recognising the linkages between different sexual health … outcomes and the overlap and synergy between the interventions required to address HIV/STI and other aspects of sexual health …

Behavioural or social theories and models are considered an important tool in effective behaviour change interventions … influences on outcomes and select those participants most likely to benefit. Their use in health intervention planning and … of published work evaluating interventions using behaviour change theories and models to prevent or control communicable …