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Aim and objectives
The overall objective of DETERMINE is to achieve greater awareness and capacity amongst decision makers in all policy sectors to take health and health equity into consideration when developing policy.
Specifically, the project aims to
- identify effective national level policies and practices that promote health equity and undertake a cost-effectiveness review.
- seek innovative approaches to improve the health of disadvantaged groups, and implement small scale pilot projects in this area.
- design and implement awareness raising and capacity building activities.
Work is carried out in the context of seven work packages, which are led by different organizations. EuroHealthNet, in collaboration with the Czech Institute of Public Health (contract holder), coordinates the project. Click here for an overview of DETERMINE’s structure and its aims and objectives.
DETERMINE complements the work of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2005-2008), which brings together evidence on policies that improve health by addressing the social conditions in which people live and work.
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