{"id":10318,"date":"2018-06-05T15:18:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T13:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=10318"},"modified":"2018-06-05T15:18:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T13:18:22","slug":"empowered-nurses-support-the-shift-towards-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=10318","title":{"rendered":"Empowered nurses support the shift towards prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding a balance between quality and expenditure control in healthcare is becoming an urgent priority among EU Member States, as highlighted by the European Semester Country Reports 2018<\/a>. Moreover, the need to meet cost-effectiveness requirements and ensure the sustainability of the health system is one of the most recurring reference in the Country Specific Recommendations<\/a> for healthcare.<\/p>\n

To achieve this objective, it is therefore crucial to strengthen disease prevention measures in public health. It is time to revert the very negative European trend that sees that less than 3% of national health budgets are spent on prevention, while 80% is spent on treating chronic diseases.<\/p>\n

More efforts are needed to promote and finance prevention and primary care, in which nurses can greatly contribute thanks to their coaching roles to empower individuals and families<\/a>, as well as in promoting health literacy and changes in health behaviour<\/a> throughout the life-course of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finding a balance between quality and expenditure control in healthcare…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4825,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=4825","url_meta":{"origin":10318,"position":0},"title":"Zero tolerance as key target for the prevention of sharps injuries!","author":"efn efn","date":"December 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Sharps injuries are a reality that a lot of healthcare professionals have already been confronted to. 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