Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Euro Surveill. 2024 Oct;29(43). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.43.2400306.
The capacity to deliver programmes that prevent and control infectious diseases is a key public health function. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) aims to support and strengthen this capacity in European Union/ European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries as part of its 2021-27 strategy which includes explicit attention to social and behavioural aspects of disease prevention. To achieve its strategic goals, it is important that ECDC improves its knowledge of prevention strategies, actors and activities in EU/EEA countries. In this Perspective, we summarise three challenges to implementing the prevention framework proposed by ECDC: (i) defining, recognising and identifying with 'prevention', (ii) integrating new understandings into established ways of thinking, and (iii) the need for more attention to prevention in governance. These challenges are derived from the findings of a project which conducted a preliminary mapping of prevention actors, networks and activities in four EU countries to support the development of a community of practice within the new ECDC prevention framework. This Perspective serves to draw attention to this prevention framework and the three identified challenges for those working on its implementation.
提供预防和控制传染病的项目的能力是公共卫生的一个关键职能。欧洲疾病预防控制中心（ECDC）旨在支持和加强欧盟/欧洲经济区（EU/EEA）国家的这一能力，作为其 2021-2027 年战略的一部分，该战略明确关注疾病预防的社会和行为方面。为了实现其战略目标，ECDC必须增进其对 EU/EEA 国家预防战略、行为体和活动的了解。在这篇观点文章中，我们总结了实施 ECDC 提出的预防框架的三个挑战：（i）定义、承认和认同“预防”；（ii）将新的认识纳入既定的思维方式；（iii）治理中需要更加重视预防。这些挑战源自一个项目的研究结果，该项目对四个欧盟国家的预防行为体、网络和活动进行了初步测绘，以支持在 ECDC 新预防框架内发展一个实践社区。这篇观点文章旨在提请那些致力于实施该框架的人注意这一预防框架和三个已确定的挑战。
