| GOSASUN – promoting healthy lifestyles initiative | |
| Brief Description | GOSASUN embraces more than 200 organizations of different types engaged in diverse initiatives with the common objective of creating a healthier territory in the Basque Country. Each organization count on a personal profile identified in the web page www.gosasun.net, from where it can share the initiatives put in place with other agents and organizations, and at the same time learning from the experience gathered by other organizations through their initiatives. Through GOSASUN, INNOBASQUE is looking at the opportunity to active a System of Widespread or Extended Population Health, where the responsibility on health is a shared objective among citizens, social environments and organizations acting in the community, and the public health system. This suggests a transversal approach to health requiring involvement of all sectors and agents in the society for a collective effort towards improving health and well-being. |
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| European Country/Countries | Spain |
| Field | Moving: Walking |
| Type | Umbrella program |
| Impact | Health, Equity, Environmental sustainability |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Target Group | General population, Low socio-economic status, Children & adolescents, Older people |
| Evaluation | No |
| Level | Local |
| INHERIT Perspective | INNOBASQUE (the Basque Agency for Innovation) promote the movement GOSASUN which acts as a driver from promoting and encouraging the creation of a social environment for supporting the adoption of healthy lifestyles in all segments of the population, including food, physical activity, mental health and access to green areas, as well as by generating a balance among them. This project is aligned with one of the priority areas of the Health Plan for the Basque Country 2013-2020 covering social environments and healthy lifestyles through inter-sectoral collaboration, engagement in local activities and community. |
| Detailed description PDF filename | Download file |
| Relevant links | http://www.gosasun.net/ |
| Contact | http://www.gosasun.net/ |