International training programme: Health Management 27 – 30 September 2010

The content of the training programme was based on Russian requirements, Swiss standards and practical experience within the public health sector.

Left to right: Ekaterina Kakhiani; Tatiana Surovtseva; Irina Bogdanova; Olga Schibli; back row:Terebilov Ilya; Volker Schulte; Dmitry Metelev; (front row); Guy Ochsenbein; Olga Strakhova; Irina Simonova; Vladimir Komarnitskiy

Objectives of the programme:

• Participants will understand the importance of health management as an integral part of general management
• Participants will investigate aspects of managing health organisations
• Participants will learn about the planning of workplace health promotion as a part of occupational health
• Participants will demonstrate knowledge of social marketing and health campaign fundamentals

Lessons learned:

• General Health Indicators Russia
• General Health Indicators Switzerland 
• Introduction of workplace health promotion and corporate culture planning
• Development of a prevention campaign against alcohol consumption and HIV/Aids in Russia
• Identification of shifts and trends that affect one's professional life (such as lifelong learning, demography, diversity and multicultural societies)
• Development of a healthy workplace policy including targets and action plans

Enterprises visited:

• Health Promotion Switzerland, Swiss Federal Ministry of Health in Bern: tasks, policy, campaigning
• Swiss Federal Office of Public Health: presentation of the Swiss Palliative Care Policy, hearing and proceedings
• Visit to Vitalab – Idea Seetal: presentation of the regional economic development SME (Small & Medium Enterprise) project