So far, the European Health Union is largely focused on the necessary task of improving health security. A more comprehensive Health Union also needs to consider health promotion. But what does health promotion mean? Is it merely an instrument to nudge individual behaviours, or can it be more than that? A truly health-promoting Union requires a more social Union. This blog post, authored by Charlotte Godziewski and originally published by The Progressive Post‘s (26 October 2022), explores what health promotion can entail and why it should feature more prominently in the European Health Union.
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Read the full Progressive Post’s Dossier ‘Moving towards a Healthier Union’ here.