Terveys 2015 in English

The Government Resolution on the Health 2015 public health programme outlines the targets for Finland’s national health policy for the next fifteen years. The main focus of the strategy is on health promotion, not so much on developing the health service system. The foundation for the strategy is provided by the Health for All programme of the WHO. The strategy is a continuation of the Finnish national HFA 2000 programme.

Health 2015 is a cooperation programme that provides a broad framework for health promotion in various component areas of society. It reaches across different sectors of administration, since public health is largely determined by factors outside health care: lifestyles, living environment, quality of products, factors promoting and factors endangering community health. The concepts ‘settings of everyday life’ and ‘course of life’ play a key role in the programme. The strategy presents eight targets for public health, which focus on important problems requiring concerted action by various bodies. They indicate the outcome aimed at in different phases of life. In addition, there are 36 statements concerning the lines of action underlined by the Government, incorporating challenges and guidelines related to citizens’ everyday environments and various actors in society.

Government Resolution on the Health 2015 public health programme. Helsinki 2001. 36 p. (Publications of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, ISSN 1236- 2050: 2001:6) ISBN 952-00-0982-5.