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Joint symposium of CO-CREATE, STOP and PEN at ECO/ ICO
Joint symposium “Disrupting childhood obesity trends across Europe”
On September 2nd, 2020, EU-projects CO-CREATE, STOP and PEN met at ECO/ICO 2020 for a joint symposium where they discussed how the three projects are trying to address some unresolved challenges around childhood obesity and ensure successful, sustainable outcomes.
Report on Food-EPI Europe
The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): European Union
An overview of EU-level policies influencing food environments in EU Member States.
Vlog about stakeholders engagement in PEN
Key message by PEN PhD students addresssing the “Theory of Change” (ToC) approach
Janine Wendt and Daniel Scheller, two PhD students from the PEN project, planned to address the “Theory of Change” (ToC) approach in their inspiration session of the JPI HDHL conference in 2020, which because of COVID-19 was postponed till spring 2021. They share their key message in this vlog.
Joint symposium of the STOP/ CO-CREATE/ PEN projects
Addressing health policy and research at the STOP/ CO-CREATE/ PEN Symposium
A virtual joint symposium of the STOP, CO-CREATE and PEN was organized with key members of the three consortia as an opportunity for the projects to collaborate and share updates on progress to date.
New PEN article on public acceptability of sugar-sweetened beverages tax in the Netherlands
Public acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and its associated factors in the Netherlands
Public acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax tends to be higher if revenue is used for health initiatives. This is according to an online survey conducted among a representative sample of Dutch adults.
New PEN scoping review of nutrition and physical activity policies
Use of the GRADE approach in health policymaking and evaluation: a scoping review of nutrition and physical activity policies (systematic review)
In the world of health-related guidelines, GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) is the most widely used approach for assessing the certainty of evidence and determining the strength of recommendations. In this scoping review of 36 documents we found that the GRADE approach has been used for policy evaluations, in the evaluation of the effectiveness of policy-relevant interventions (policymaking), as well as in the development of guidelines intended to guide policymaking in the areas of dietary behavior, physical activity, and sedentary behavior.
The PEN's signature paper is now online!
As no systematic research on health policy implementation and impact, with a focus on relevant public policy interventions to directly or indirectly tackle physical inactivity, unhealthy diets and sedentary behaviours currently exist across Europe, PEN will address this need.
Food-EPI in Norway - evaluation of the authorities' efforts to promote healthy food environments and prevent overweight, obesity and NCDs
In 2019 and 2020, researchers at OsloMet will implement the Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) in Norway as part of the ongoing European Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) initiative funded by the Joint Programming Initiative "A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life" (JPI HDHL) with contributions from the Research Council.
The Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) starts
The kick-off meeting of the Policy Evaluation Network took place from 4th to 6th February 2019 at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS in Bremen, Germany, with the participation of representatives of the involved institutes, collaborators from related European projects and external experts supporting this multi-disciplinary network.