Publications
Key publications
Strengthening intersectoral collaboration for the prevention of violence against children. Meeting report (2020)
The WHO Regional Office for Europe, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia jointly organized a two-day sub-regional workshop on the prevention of violence against children.
Fact sheet on the SDGs: Violence, health and sustainable development (2020)
Addressing risk factors across the SDGs provides a strong opportunity to tackle some of the main causes of interpersonal violence.
Violence and injuries in Europe: burden, prevention and priorities for action (2020)
The WHO Global Health Estimates show that nearly half a million deaths (493 471) occurred in the WHO European Region due to violence and injuries in 2016.
Baltic workshop on building capacity in parenting programmes to prevent violence (2019)
The aim of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of one of the INSPIRE: seven strategies for ending violence against children on Parent and caregiver support by building institutional capacity and promoting the exchange of expertise in parenting programmes.
European regional status report on road safety 2019
The European regional status report on road safety describes the progress made by governments in the Region. The report is based on a detailed survey of status reports on road safety completed by government appointed national data coordinators in 51 of 53 Member States of the Region.
European status report on preventing child maltreatment (2018)
This status report documents the progress that has been made by Member States in implementing the WHO European child maltreatment prevention action plan 2015–2020 at its midpoint. The plan has a target of a 20% reduction in child maltreatment and homicides by 2020.
Meeting report. Second workshop to strengthen intersectoral working on prevention of child maltreatment in the Nordic–Baltic subregion (2018)
Vilnius, Lithuania 18-19 June 2018. Report
Adverse childhood experiences and health-harming behaviours among students in Ukraine (2018)
The survey of adverse childhood experiences in Ukraine was conducted among a representative sample of the student population selected from colleges and universities at all levels of accreditation.
Injuries: a call for public health action in Europe (2017)
The WHO global health estimates show that 530 000 deaths occurred in the WHO European Region due to injuries and violence in 2015. This represents a decline of 29% from 2000.
Handbook on developing national action plans to prevent child maltreatment (2016)
This handbook sets out the steps that can be taken when developing an action plan to prevent child maltreatment.
Measuring and monitoring national prevalence of child maltreatment: a practical handbook (2016)
This handbook describes the processes involved in setting up child-maltreatment surveillance systems and gives recommendations on issues such as selecting a data-collection method, sampling respondents, choosing an instrument to measure abuse and identifying ethical considerations.
Investing in children: the European child maltreatment prevention action plan 2015–2020 (2015)
This document contains an action plan for the prevention of child maltreatment in the WHO European Region for the next six years 2015–2020.
Implementing child maltreatment prevention programmes: what the experts say (2015)
After outlining the wider political and cultural landscape needed to drive and sustain interventions, the handbook describes key principles for selecting and delivering programmes, and important practical considerations, including resources and technical support.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) studies (2012 - 2018)
Theis series of surveys is aimed to describe the magnitude of ACE, to identify sociodemographic characteristics and find the association between ACE and health risk behaviours.
Situation analysis of child maltreatment prevention in Latvia (2018)
This situation analysis report on prevention of child maltreatment in Latvia has been prepared with the cooperation of many stakeholders from different ministries, such as justice, welfare and health, agencies such as child protection, ombudsman and police, and nongovernmental organizations.
The Nordic–Baltic workshop on the prevention of child maltreatment: strengthening intersectoral working (2017)
This report summarizes presentations and outputs from the workshop.
European country profiles and the “Global status report on road safety 2015” (2016)
This publication presents country profiles from the “Global status report on road safety 2015” for 52 of 53 Member States in the WHO European Region.
European facts and the Global status report on road safety 2015
This publication assesses countries' laws and practices on key risk factors – such as regulating speed appropriate to road type, drink–driving, and use of seat belts, motorcycle helmets and child restraints – for their effectiveness in reducing the risk injury.
Practical steps in enhancing road safety: Lessons from the Road safety in 10 countries project in the Russian Federation (2015)
This report describes an intersectoral road safety project implemented in two regions of the Russian Federation, Lipetsk and Ivanovo, between 2010 and 2014. Best practices identified from the global literature were used to target behaviour change in road users with regard to three main factors which influence outcomes in road traffic accidents – speed, wearing seat-belts and use of child restraints.
