Public health: Community action programme on health promotion, information, education and training 1996-2000

This proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision aimed to adopt a Community action programme on health promotion, information, education and training for a period of five years (1 January 1995 to 31 December 1999) and totalling ECU 35 million (amount deemed necessary). This programme involved five main areas of action intended to promote public health in Europe: - health information: through efforts aimed at promoting better knowledge of the methods and techniques for providing health information and surveys on this issue; - health education: introduction of health education in schools and in the workplace as well as in specific situations to target young people in particular (sport, leisure, socio-cultural activities, etc.); - vocational training in public health and health promotion: support for cooperation between schools of public health and other training bodies with a view to developing common training courses among other things; - specific prevention measures: particularly for socially excluded or disadvantaged groups; - health promotion strategies and structures: surveys and comparative analyses of health promotion measures and support for national and regional health promotion bodies. The EEA countries and associated countries of Eastern Europe could participate in this programme. �