EUROPEAN SOCIETY
FOR SOCIAL PEDIATRICS and CHILD
HEALTH - ESSOP
'Health professionals
thinking and acting locally and globally to improve the health and well being
of children and young people'
Constitution 2005 [pdf
23 kB] -
ESSOP mission statement - Jan 2007
version [pdf 20 KB]
We believe in - working together to use our skills, resources and
knowledge to develop local and global strategies to improve the health and well
being of children and young people.
Our methods include - improving communication between all those involved in
child and adolescent health and well being, bringing you the latest on the
relevant research world wide, developing tools for advocacy, developing tools
for teaching, developing tools for involving children and young people
themselves, and by providing information about effectiveness and efficacy of
interventions, meeting together at conferences, maximising our individual and -
group effectiveness.
We work with - national social/community paediatric organisations, NGOs
working in the same field, child advocacy groups, health professionals involved
with child health, governments, economists, sociologists, lawyers and others
with the same interests and aspirations.
The benefits of joining us - means that we can work together
in making us all a more powerful voice and force for change. You have access to
people, strategies and concepts via the internet to promote your ideas, you
meet people with similar aspirations and contribute at conferences held in
various places throughout
What does it cost and where does your money go? Annual membership presently costs
35 Euros (or 50 Swiss francs) and goes to supporting a general secretary, a
website with detailed information about the organisations activities and
membership, and the development of advocacy and teaching materials. But essentially
costs are kept to minimum by involving all the membership in developing the
association. You, your, knowledge, your actions are the association's main
resource.
How often does the association meet? Once a year, in various locations
around
For the record: Constitution 1999 [323 kB] - ESSOP mission statement - Nov 2002
version [pdf 10 KB]
