Public health strand
In addition, there are huge developments in health technology that allow us all to check sleep, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, reactions to different nutrients, map genes, get full hormone, vitamin and blood analyses without much effort or cost.
Instead of harnessing the power of new technologies and people's engagement, public health policy often shrinks into demands for new regulations and restrictions.
At EPHI, we have a different idea. We believe in the abilities of individuals and we believe in new technologies and developments. We also believe that public health is created from the bottom up and from the inside out, not the other way around.
Current projects
- Healthier and greener food
- The spread and organization of vaccine resistance
- Harm reduction in ANDT policy
- Effective measures against antibiotic resistance
What's new
Wine package or care package?
One of the big news stories of the fall, discussed around coffee tables in workplaces and in text messages with friends, was about something that can sound as boring as "government communication on public health". I mean, of course, the National Board of Health and Welfare's updated advice to health services on...
Ephi launches new report on obesity and medicines
Doctor Vincent Flink Amble-Naess will soon publish a report at Ephi on obesity and medicines. Flink Amble-Naess notes that there is currently effective medical treatment for weight loss. The only question is who should get it and how the treatment should be financed....
Epidemiologist Måns Rosén criticizes the National Board of Health and Welfare's advice on alcohol
According to new recommendations from the National Board of Health and Welfare, health services should offer support to people who drink ten standard glasses or more per week, or four standard glasses or more per occasion once a month or more often. Ephi spoke to epidemiologist Måns...
Taste of nicotine
In Sweden, we have almost reached the WHO target of being smoke-free, defined as less than 5% daily smokers. One contributing factor is the availability of a different way of using nicotine than smoking - snus. In our series of essays on HEALTH, Professor Fredrik H...
Duty to exercise?
In our series of essays on the theme of health, Dagens Industri's political editor PM Nilsson argues that liberalism is a good desk pad and a cornerstone of any successful society, but an often unsuccessful starting point for public health work. The essay Exercise duty? and related...
Publications
To eat or not to eat - on dietary advice for real people
To eat or not to eat - on dietary advice for real people Eating has become so much more than a way to get nutrition. What you eat can be a stand for a better world for humans as well as animals, for home-grown products, or a...