Healthcare organizations can look to their internal structures to orient themselves to promoting health for their patients, staff, communities and environment.
The International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services has developed standards to operationalize this health promoting role. Originally focused on the roles of hospitals, the revised standards are applicable across broader health systems. These standards recognize the role of environmental health in wellbeing.
Report: Standards for Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services
International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services. 2020 Standards for Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services. Hamburg, Germany: International HPH Network; December, 2020.
The International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (HPH) works towards incorporating the concepts, values, strategies and standards or indicators of health promotion into the organizational structure and culture of hospitals and health services. HPH aims to better health by improving the quality of health care, the relationship between hospitals and/or health services, the community and the environment, and the conditions for and satisfaction of patients, relatives and staff.
The aim of the Task Force on HPH and the Environment is assist the medical community in mitigating the effects of climate change and cultivate the resilience of health care systems to climate change. We provide evidence-based findings and work to visualize environment-related health promotion issues in existing HPH models and tools. Our group represents a broad range of research, practice, and policy expertise in public health, health promotion, climate change, environmental sustainability, and protection.
