In order to implement national policy objectives contained in Healthy Ireland, Tobacco Free Ireland and the HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme, and to protect staff, service users and visitors from the harmful effects of tobacco smoke, EVE has adopted the HSE official corporate Tobacco Free Campus Policy. The policy has two clear aims:
The policy is based on international best practice and is in line with the GNTH Global Network of Tobacco Free Health Services Model. Click here for more information.
Experience demonstrates that the successful implementation of Tobacco Free Campus Policy requires a systematic approach and the proactive support of the service managers at all levels. To assist in the smooth implementation and ongoing management of this policy across all services and settings a resource implementation guide with supporting tools has been developed using the updated GNTH-Global Network for Tobacco Free Health Care Services Standards.
The Healthy Ireland Framework 2013-2025 supports Government’s response to Ireland's changing health and wellbeing profile.
A healthy population is a major asset for society and improving the health and wellbeing of the nation is a priority for Government. Healthy Ireland is a collective response to the risks that threaten Ireland’s future health and wellbeing. This new Framework calls for action to improve the health and wellbeing of the population of Ireland over the coming generation.
The Framework draws on existing policies but also proposes new arrangements to ensure effective co-operation and collaboration to implement evidence based policies at Government, sectoral, community and local levels. It is about each individual sector helping to improve health and wellbeing for all.
To learn how EVE are embracing the four goals of the Governments Healthy Ireland Framework click here.
The core aim of Making Every Contact Count is chronic disease prevention. The four main lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease; tobacco use, harmful alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating, are the health behaviours which will be the focus at the outset.
The vision for Making Every Contact Count is that health behaviour change interventions will become part of routine clinical care delivered by health professionals in the health service.
Through a combination of HSE’s campaigns including MECC, we hope to articulate a way of working that is complimentary to the recovery values EVE have prioritised to date.
