Assessing public health intervention practices in a Danish municipality: applying criteria based on the European Community Health Promotion Indicator Development (EUHPID) model.

Aim: To develop a set of assessment criteria and assess public health interventions at municipal level in Denmark using the European Community Health Promotion Indicator Development (EUHPID) model to support more effective planning and funding allocation in public health.

Methods: Based on knowledge synthesis, a set of assessment criteria were developed to classify interventions into the four types of public health provided by the EUHPID model: health promotion, health protection, disease prevention, and health care. Information was then collected on all current public health interventions in Varde Municipality within a 3-month period in spring 2009.

[New European model for cross-sectorial health initiatives].

Over the last years EU have been working on the development of a common classification system for health indicators. In connection with prevention and health promotion, a classification system has now been developed: the European Health Promotion Indicator Development, EUHPID. The purpose has been to establish a system of indicators to advance the focus on health promotion.