HEALTH PROMOTION PACKAGES - Sundhedsstyrelsen

(B) Discussion about tobacco at the end of lower-secondary schoolThe municipal health services systematically discuss tobacco as part of the healthinterviews and examinations when students finish lower-secondary school (at 15 or16 years old).Reading to inspire action (in Danish): Danish Health and Medicines Authoritywww.sst.dk, Vejledning om forebyggende sundhedsydelser til børn og unge[Guidelines on health promotion services for children and adolescents]; smokingcessationprogrammes targeting young people www.xhale.dk.(B) Municipal dental services providing information and referralThe municipal dental services focus on smokers and systematically communicateinformation about smoking, offer brief counselling and, if relevant, refer individualsto smoking-cessation programmes, such as www.xhale.dk. The Danish DentalAssociation has previously published specific inspirational material.(B) Special activities targeting pregnant women and new mothersThe municipality establishes special informative and consultative activities forpregnant women and new mothers focusing on preventing harm to foetuses and infants.Public health nurses (health visitors) can carry out these activities in collaborationwith general practitioners and midwives.(B) Collaboration with general practitionersThe municipality establishes collaboration with general practitioners on counsellingand referral to municipal smoking-cessation programmes among newly observedchronically ill people (such as those diagnosed with chronic obstructivepulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease or diabetes) or smokers awaiting surgery.Reading to inspire action: www.sst.dk (search for operation and tobak or operationand alkohol).(D) Expanded collaboration with general practitioners and hospitalsThe municipality cooperates with general practitioners and hospitals – includingmidwives – on systematic activities ensuring counselling and relevant referral totargeted smoking-cessation programmes for pregnant women and for everyonewho already has a chronic disease or is at higher risk of developing one.Reading to inspire action (in Danish at www.sst.dk): The Danish Health andMedicines Authority’s publication Behandling af tobaksafhængighed – anbefalingertil en styrket klinisk praksis [Treatment of tobacco dependence – recommendationsfor strengthening clinical practice].(D) Proactive measures in housing estatesThe municipality launches proactive measures in housing estates with a high proportionof smokers. They will be offered a review of their health profile with theaim of carrying out systematic counselling on changing lifestyles, including smokingcessation, which may help prevent the development of lifestyle-related diseases.Reading to inspire action: The Inter99 Study (www.regionh.dk, search for FCFS,click on English, about the Research Centre and The Inter99 Study).(B) Basic level(D) Developmental levelHealth promotion packages in Denmark – introduction and recommendations 12