Health problems of prisoners are widespread exacerbated by rising prison populations. Young prisoners have needs distinct from other prisoners, are more disadvantaged than their counterparts in the community and show negative impacts on their health. There is a clear need for prisons to respond with health promotion interventions to address health inequalities endorsing the principle that time spent in custody should aid disease prevention and promote health.

The project Health Promotion for Young Prisoners (HPYP) aims at developing and improving health promotion for young vulnerable people in the prison setting. It specifically aims at the subsequent implementation of a health promotion toolkit for young prisoners widely across European Member States. The toolkit addresses health related factors regarding infectious diseases, sexual health, mental health as well as the prevention and treatment of drug use.


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The project`s ultimate aim is to achieve better health for mothers and babies by building a European perinatal health surveillance system to provide evidence to policy makers, clinicians and users for informed decision-making. We aim to implement a financially sustainable approach to the production and use of perinatal health data in which (1) core EURO-PERISTAT indicators are included in routine statistical systems through EUROSTAT and ECHIM (European Community Health Indicators Monitoring) and (2) a European Network of experts from participating countries is created to monitor other EURO-PERISTAT indicators and to analyse trends and inequalities in health and care for dissemination to target audiences. The project has 5 specific objectives (1) Integrate EURO-PERISTAT perinatal health indicators into European statistical systems (2)Establish a European Perinatal Health Surveillance Network (3)Develop capacity for high quality health reporting (4)Monitor trends and inequalities in perinatal outcomes and care in Europe (5)Expand EURO-PERISTAT`s geographical coverage.
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Its main objective is to assist European, national, regional and local decision makers in developing their health policy, through a better understanding of the health status of the population and of health inequalities at regional and sub regional level. the project will pursue two specific objectives:
- developing health profiles for each region of all the E. U. member states and, as soon as it is possible, for all the regions of the candidate countries and
- elaboration of a typology of geographic areas both at regional (for all the regions of all the member states and, as soon as it is possible, all the regions of the candidate countries) and infra regional level (in 10 selected countries/ regions).

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The overall aim of the project is to prevent harm done to children and adolescents caused by the alcohol problems of their parents, with special attention given to health inequalities as one serious consequence for children affected by parental alcohol problems (ChAPAPs).
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