This document comprises a comprehensive standard set for Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services. It will be accompanied by documents that operationalize the standards and provide concrete measurable elements, against which performance can be measured.
The International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (HPH) works towards incorporating the concepts, values, strategies and standards or indicators of health promotion into the organizational structure and culture of hospitals and health services. HPH aims to better health by improving the quality of health care, the relationship between hospitals and/or health services, the community and the environment, and the conditions for and satisfaction of patients, relatives and staff.
The aim of the Task Force on HPH and the Environment is assist the medical community in mitigating the effects of climate change and cultivate the resilience of health care systems to climate change. We provide evidence-based findings and work to visualize environment-related health promotion issues in existing HPH models and tools. Our group represents a broad range of research, practice, and policy expertise in public health, health promotion, climate change, environmental sustainability, and protection.
This Population Health series explores the concept of population health and the role a hospital can play in producing population health. The series also offers local and international examples of health systems that have reached beyond their walls to improve the health of their communities.
Recognizing that planetary health touches every part of our organization and requires action from all departments and individuals, leadership and partnership are key to making the changes outlined in this strategy. This first strategic plan for planetary health is a living document with iterative goals that we will continue to shape and grow as we take this journey, face challenges and identify new opportunities.
Health inequalities are, in large part, the product of inequalities in the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age – the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). This learning report focusses on innovative approaches taken by four provider trusts within the UCLPartners geography that are acting on the SDOH within their healthcare settings, and common lessons from their work.
