Finnish Centre for Health Promotion

The Finnish Centre for Health Promotion (FCHP) aims to increase the functionality of communities and the possibilities of individual persons to manage their everyday life by enabling health-supporting choices in ways that increase the equality between various population groups. This goal requires our society to adopt the health promotion as an integral part of public policy.

We work in collaboration with actors in various related fields, especially in supporting health-promoting activities of our member organisations. We have 127 members, representing organisations in the health sector and other communities.

Aims: Education, Information and Advocacy

Activities: Co-ordinator of substance abuse prevention programme for NGOs; co-ordinator of Healthy School in Europe programme. Preparing a plan for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health which covers the health promotion projects of the NGOs; Co-ordinator fro implementation plan of national alcohol action plan.