Enabling, supporting and promoting positive health-related behaviours is critical in addressing the major public health challenges of our time, and the multifaceted nature of behaviours requires an evidence-based approach. This statement seeks to suggest how a much-needed enhanced use of behavioural and cultural science and insights for health could be advanced. Public health authorities of Europe and Central Asia and international partner organizations in September 2023 met in Copenhagen, Denmark, to discuss the way forward. Drawing on 1) country reporting to WHO, 2) interview study with public health authorities and 3) the meeting deliberations, this meeting statement was developed. The meeting statement presents a joint call for step-change accelerated use of evidence-based approaches for health behaviours. Actionable next steps for public health authorities and international and regional development partners in health are presented. The way forward involves increased resource allocation, integration of behavioural insights into health strategies, advocacy through case and cost-effectiveness examples and capacity building.
HABERSAAT Katrine Bach;
KOYLYU Anastasia;
LIKKI Tiina;
FIETJE Nils;
SCHERZER Martha;
SNIJDERS Vee;
MAZHNAIA Alona;
ROY Svenja;
MERITA Berisha;
BASHOLLI Florie Miftari;
CATIC Sabina;
NAGYOVA Iveta;
SIVELÄ Jonas;
CIRULLI Francesca;
VAN DER BIEST Lien;
SLADJANA Baros;
LAGARIJA Šeila Cilović;
SCHILLING Mathilde;
NOHLEN Hannah;
FORJAZ Maria João;
ROMAY-BARJA María;
ÜÇÜNCÜ İlayda;
FLASCHBERGER Edith;
KRAJNC NIKOLIĆ Tatjana;
NESTEROVA Olena;
LUKMINE Igne;
RIVERO-MONTESDEOCA Yaiza;
LOSS Julika;
ANDREASYAN Diana;
OIKONOMOU Milena Carmina;
GODOY-RAMIREZ Karina;
KARREGÅRD Susanne;
MURPHY Robert;
NISKANOVIC Jelena;
VAN BRUSSEL Leen;
ARRIAGA Miguel Telo De;
WOJTYNIAK Bogdan;
PRICE Cortney;
ALTYMYSHEVA Nurila;
STEIN JOST Karin;
BERJAOUI Roxane;
SAARISTO Panu;
JOANNA Glazewska;
TOPURIDZE Marina;
CRAIG Brett;
MUKHTAROVA Parvina;
DUISHENKULOVA Marina;
PACE Sarah;
MACLENNAN Mary;
BACHANOVIKJ Marina;
JAKUBOWSKI Elke;
ZEROUG-VIAL Halima;
GOULD Ashley;
CUTLER Adam;
LEURS Mariken;
SILITRARI Natalia;
BRATU Eugenia Claudia;
YOUNG Jenny;
BIANCO Viviane Melo;
BUTLER Robb;
2026-05-12
ELSEVIER BV
JRC138908
2666-5352 (online),
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535224000351?via%3Dihub,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC138908,
10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100498 (online),
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